Poetry

Toru Dutt’s “The Tree of Life” is a symbolic poem that meditates on the unity shared by all forms of existence and the continual rhythms of life.

“Where the Mind Is Without Fear” (Poem No. 35 in Gitanjali) is a devotional verse by Rabindranath Tagore, composed before India achieved independence.

“Mysticism in the Poetry of Rabindranath Tagore” highlights his search for an immediate, intuitive, and deeply personal communion with the Divine—the universal spirit or ultimate truth—revealed through the richness of human experience, the beauty of nature, and everyday relationships.

“Poem No. 1—Thou Hast Made Me Endless” serves as the opening work of Rabindranath Tagore’s celebrated collection Gitanjali (Song Offerings).

“When Thou Commandest Me,” the second song/poem in Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali, expresses the poet’s deep spiritual devotion and his readiness to serve the divine.

“Ode On a Grecian Urn” is one of the finest odes of Keats. Keats wrote it in the same circumstances in which he wrote another great Ode to a Nightingale.

We find nature and man in the poems of Thomas Hardy. Thomas Hardy’s love of nature is evident in his keen and accurate observation of natural scenery and natural phenomena.

Thomas Hardy, a poet of love and pangs (1840–1928), one of the most significant literary figures of the Victorian and early Modernist eras, is remembered not only for his powerful novels but also for his deeply moving poetry.

His poems are imbued with a sense of pessimism, melancholy, and sadness, stemming from his philosophical outlook on life and his keen observation of human suffering.

As we study the poetry of Robert Frost we find the pastoral note in a large measure. In fact, the pastoral poetry is that poetry which is related with the life, character and activities of the common and simple people living in the countryside.