Analysis of ‘A Different History’, by Sujata Bhatt: The poetess Sujata Bhatt, while writing this poem has given importance to the culture and various religions in India. She has emphasized in her poem by repeating words and questions and thereby making her poem stronger. She writes about Indian traditions, lost…
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Analysis of ‘Her First Ball’ by Katherine Mansfield The Author Analysis of ‘Her First Ball’ by Katherine Mansfield – Katherine Mansfield was born in New Zealand. She lived for the first nineteen years of her life before moving to Britain. There she came under the influence of the Modernists like…
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Summary Allen Curnow is a poet from New Zealand who has contributed much to the recognition of poetry from New Zealand. He trained initially to be a priest like his father but later assailed by doubts turned to journalism instead. He says that his poetry deals with “questions that are…
Analysis of ‘A Lesson Before Dying’, by Ernest J. Gaines: Author background Ernest J. Gaines was born into the fifth generation of a sharecropper family. Though born several generations after the abolition of slavery, he grew up in highly deprived conditions. His initial education came in a church when a…
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Contemporary trainees really have to reside a hectic lifespan – they have to waste countless hours in school, associated with rather long treatments in labs. In the end this, they should focus on school composing duties, like essays, investigate written documents, and dissertations, that happen to be noticeable challenging to…
Analysis of ‘Friend’ by Hone Tuwhare Background Analysis of ‘Friend’ by Hone Tuwhare – Hone Tuwhare was a New Zealand poet who drew from his Maori heritage to write poetry where nature plays an important part. He often humanizes natural phenomena, a practice that finds echoes in animistic Maori beliefs….
Analysis of ‘My Parents’ by Stephen Spender Background Analysis of ‘My Parents’ by Stephen Spender – Stephen Spender was an English poet, essayist and novelist who dealt with the theme of social injustice and class disparities. His parents were literary people too. Stephen Spender had a foot affliction and he…
Background Emily Dickinson was a prolific writer of poems whose true worth came to be known only after her death. In fact most of the poems were discovered only after her death. She is now considered to be one of America’s finest poets. Many of her poems are obscure as…
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Background Robert Browning was an erudite poet best known for his dramatic monologues. The most important event of his life was his marriage to Elizabeth Barrett who was an older and better known poet. Elizabeth had been under the control of a dominating and jealous father and the two had…
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Analysis of ‘Remembrance’ by Emily Bronte Background Analysis of ‘Remembrance’ by Emily Bronte – The Bronte sisters, Emily and Charlotte, are without parallels in English literature. Daughters of an impoverished clergyman, they overcame privations and death of siblings to produce works that have stood the test of time. For women…
Analysis of ‘The Reservist’ by Boey Kim Cheng Background Analysis of ‘The Reservist’ by Boey Kim Cheng – Boey Kim Cheng is a Singapore born Australian poet. Though he now lives in Australia. The influences that have shaped his poetry can be traced to his northern Asian descent and his…
Background This poem was written sometime between September and October 1917 when Owen was being treated for shell shock in Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh. Like many of Owen’s other poems, this one too deals with the untimely and unsung death of young soldiers. This poem is composed in the…
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Analysis of ‘Registers’ by Michael Laskey Background Analysis of ‘Registers’ by Michael Laskey – Michael Laskey has spent all his life being associated with poetry in some way or the other. He founded the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival in 1989 and since then has been connected with it in some capacity….
In Our Tenth Year – Simon Armitage Background Simon Armitage is one of the most popular 1960s- born poets. His poetry is marked by robust energy, contemporary subject matter and the use of a casual street lingo. For many, he is the face of modern unstuffy poetry and this quality…
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Analysis of ‘To Marguerite’ by Matthew Arnold To Marguerite – Matthew Arnold Background Analysis of ‘To Marguerite’ by Matthew Arnold – Psychological isolation is a theme that runs as a vein throughout Matthew Arnold’s poetry which has won much critical acclaim. Poems like Dover Beach and To Marguerite reverse the…
Greater Love – Wilfred Owen Background This poem was inspired probably by a letter Owen wrote in May 1917 which had a quotation from the Gospels. This poem has unexpected twists and turns that is not often seen in Owen’s poetry. Most of Owen’s poetry deals with the trials and…
Disabled – Wilfred Owen Background This poem was written when Owen was in Craiglockhart War Hospital. He was there while being treated for shell shock and would have seen many young soldiers maimed for life. It was commonplace for teenagers to lie about their age in order to get conscripted…
Apologia Pro Poemate Meo – Wilfred Owen Background It is believed that Apologia Pro Poemate Meo meaning ‘an apology for my poetry’ was written after reading a letter written by Robert Graves to Owen exhorting him to cheer up a little. This letter also contained praise for some of Owen’s…
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Strange Meeting – Wilfred Owen Background Analysis of ‘Strange Meeting’ by Wilfred Owen – Most of Wilfred Owen’s poems were written in a span of one year in a burst of concentrated productivity. The title of this poem, Strange Meeting was inspired by a line from Shelley’s The Revolt of…
Background This poem was written soon after Florence Hardy fell ill with a cancerous lump in her throat. She was operated upon for it in London. This poem was inspired by the anxious wait for her and his brother who was bringing her home. Metaphorical inference The scene at dusk…
Background Hardy wrote this poem when the First World War was at its height. The title of the poem is taken from the Old Testament. Hardy’s theme is the transience of the big events of history. They may be important for a while but are soon forgotten. On the contrary,…
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Background Hardy discovered his poetic genius after the death of his estranged wife, Emma. The feelings of remorse and guilt led him to pen some of his finest poems in a volume entitled Satires of Circumstance (1914). This poem is about the early days of their relationship when he unexpectedly…
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Background This is one of the elegiac poems written after the death of Hardy’s estranged wife, Emma. Though for several years they did not speak to each other even while living under one roof, Emma’s sudden death unleashed a wave of complicated feelings in Hardy. In this poem, Hardy imagines…
Background Emma Hardy died on the morning of 27th November, 1921. Her passing seems to have taken Hardy by surprise. Though they lived in the same house, they had been separated for some years. This poem is one of those he wrote on the subject of her death. Though roughly…
Analysis of ‘The Convergence of the Twain’ by Thomas Hardy Background Analysis of ‘The Convergence of the Twain’ by Thomas Hardy -This poem was read first at a concert planned as a charity event for the victims of the Titanic disaster. Titanic sank on 12 April 1912. The manuscript of…
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Analysis of ‘Drummer Hodge’ by Thomas Hardy Background Analysis of ‘Drummer Hodge’ by Thomas Hardy – Thomas Hardy wrote several war poems. This one is about a country lad who goes to South Africa fight in the Boer War and gets killed there. Hardy reflects on the circumstances in which…
Father Returning Home – Dilip Chitre Background Dilip Chitre is one of best known poets, independent India has produced. He wrote in both English and Marathi which was his mother tongue. Apart from writing poetry, he dabbled in painting and film making too. Most of his writing is centered on…
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For My Grandmother Knitting – Liz Lochhead Background Liz Lochhead, a Scottish poet, was trained in art. She taught art in Glasgow and Bristol. She also wrote several volumes of poetry but is best known for her plays. She focuses on various aspects of womanhood in her plays. We get…
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Tiger in the Menagerie – Emma Jones Background Emma Jones is a young Australian poet. Born to a British mother and an Australian father, she was educated in Sydney. Her first volume of poetry had the distinction of being published by Faber. After getting a degree in English, Emma Jones…
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She Was a Phantom of Delight – William Wordsworth Background William Wordsworth is one of the most renowned English poets, who along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge established the Romantic Movement. Wordsworth defined poetry as “a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” The origin of poetry for him lay in “emotion recollected…
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