Compare and contrast Shelley’s To a Skylark with Wordsworth’s To the Skylark
In the firmament of Romantic literature, both Wordsworth and Shelley are two dazzling luminaries. Both their Skylark poems deal …
Poetry
Browning’s Optimism in The Last Ride Together
“I find earth not grey but rosy Heaven not grim but fair of hue.” Robert Browning, a cherished poet of …
The Darkling Thrush: Contrast between Hardy’s Pessimism and the Thrush’s Optimism
Thomas Hardy is a detached observer of life and a typical product of the Victorian spirit – ‘Fin-de-siècle’. As a poet …
Nissim Ezekiel’s Indianness or Indian Sensibility in The Night of the Scorpion
Prof. V.K. Gokak defines Indianness as, “A composite awareness in the matter of race, milieu, language and religion.” But Indianness …
Escapism in Ode to a Nightingale | Ode to a Nightingale as an Escapist Poem
Escapism in Ode to a Nightingale Escapism is the English Romantic Movement as affirmation by Keats and many other poets. Escapists run away …
Supernatural Machinery in The Rape of the Lock
Supernatural Machinery in The Rape of the Lock In his dedicatory letter to Miss Arabella Fermore, Pope writes “The machinery, …
Wordsworth’s Attitude towards Nature in Tintern Abbey
“Tintern Abbey gives us”, as Moody and Lovett say, “almost a complete programme of Wordsworth’s poetic career”. The poem is especially memorable as Wordsworth’s …
The Good Morrow as a Metaphysical Love Poem
The Good Morrow as a Metaphysical Poem Metaphysics, as the term denotes, is a study of abstract concepts; while ‘meta’ …
The Sun Rising as a Love Poem
The Sun Rising as a Love Poem “The Sun Rising” is a typical love poem by Donne, characterized by his …