About the poem The Solitary Reaper The Solitary Reaper is a popular lyric poem written by William Wordsworth who was the pioneer of English Poetry This poem was originally composed on 5th November 1805 and first published in the year 1807 In fact, William Wordsworth’s trip to Scotland in 1803 with his sister Dorothy inspired …
The last of the Victorian, Thomas Hardy (1840 – 1928) was one of the most well-known and popular novelists of England. ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’, ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’, ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’, and ‘Jude the Obscure’ are some of his famous novels among many others. As far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is …
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O my Luve is like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody That’s sweetly played in tune. So fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ …
About the novel Far from the Madding Crowd Far from the Madding Crowd is a novel written by Thomas Hardy that was his popular success as well It was first published serially as well as anonymously in The Cornhill Magazine in the year of 1874 In addition, the same year (1874) Far from the Madding …
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About the poem The Darkling Thrush The Darkling Thrush is a famous and important poem by Thomas Hardy. Hardy wrote this poem in the year of December 1900 Here, in this poem, the poet/speaker reflected on: (I) the end of the nineteenth (19th) century (II) the state of Western civilization as well It (this poem) …
Domestic Fiction is a genre. It rose to prominence in the mid-19th century. It is sometimes referred to/denoted by other names as well such as sentimental fiction or women’s fiction. This type of/such novel (mainly) deals with and focuses on young (people’s) domestic lives, typically middle-class women who are learning to make their way in …
Introduction: Stream of Consciousness is a phrase. It was William James who coined it in his 1890 treatise entitled ‘Principles of Psychology. This term is used to denote an expression of a(ny) character’s flow of thoughts in the form of the word. In other words, the Stream of Consciousness technique records: (I) the multifarious thoughts, …
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A Regret Over the Failure of Love This poem depicts the passing away of the love which the poet and his beloved had at one time felt for each other. The memory of a love, which has come to an end, is always bitter but it has its sweetness also. In this poem, it is …
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Epic Poem Definition The word “epic’ derived from Greek ‘epikos’ (meaning a narrative poem) brings to our mind’s eye the images of something big magnificent and larger than life. Forms of Poetry Epic Poem Epic Poem meaning Narrative poem Examples Paradise Lost Joseph T. Shipley explains it as follows “An epic is a narrative poem …
‘The Thought Fox‘ has often been acknowledged as one of the most complete and artistic poems of Ted Hughes. This poem of Ted Hughes is in the first collection of poems entitled “The Hawk in the Rain’. In other words, we can say that Ted Hughes’s poetic career began with the publication in 1057 of ‘The Hawk …
