Introducing the Poem ‘The Tyger’ ‘The Tyger’ is an eminent lyrical poem of William Blake (1757-1827) from his radical period. It was published in his poetry collection entitled ‘Songs of Experience (1794)’ that comprises some of his famous poems with poignant themes (of what happens when innocence is lost). Poem The Tyger Poet William Blake …
‘Daffodils’ Introduction: The lyrical poem ‘Daffodils’ is a well-known work of the leading 19th-century Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850). People know this poem by one more name that is “I wandered lonely as a cloud”. Poem Name Daffodils Poet William Wordsworth Poem Type lyrical poem Genre Romantic literature Form (rhyme scheme) iambic tetrameter …
Introduction It was William Blake who composed the lyrical poem ‘London’ that describes hopelessness in the faces of Londoners as well as fear and repression in their voices. It is one of the 27 poems from his ‘Songs of Experience. In terms of structure and form, ‘London’ is a short poem of just four stanzas …
Introducing the poet and the Poem It was Matthew Arnold (1822 – 1888), who wrote the poem ‘The Forsaken Merman’. He was not only a famous poet of the Victorian era but the inspector of the government of school, renowned critic, as well as, professor of poetry at Oxford University. ‘Thyrsis’, Rugby Chapel’, ‘The Scholar …
The lake Isle of Innisfree 1890 e was composed by Yeats in 1890. It appeared in his third volume of poem entitled the rose. The situation which inspired him to compose this poem was something like this. After the success of his poetic value the wandering of Oisin 1889, Yeats Decided to stay in London, …
Introduction The term reformation refers to the religious and political upheavals caused by the new protestant religion within the early 16th century. Reformation began within the European countries in the 16th century so as to reform the abuses within the Roman Catholic Church. In its essence, the reformation was a revolt against conventions that had lost the justification and had become fetters upon intellectual and spiritual …
Introduction Poetry of departures Philip Larkin poem of departure is an autobiographical poem. This poem is a description of an office worker. at present, the life of modern office workers is temperate and active. in opposition to this life, there are so many people in an Industrial society, even those who have some type of …
The Ode was originally chorals songs, often comparatively long, describing in elaborately formal language the feats of a God or a hero. The terms ode is now usually reserved for a long lyric poem, serious in the subject, elevated in style and elaborate in stanza structure. it now calls to mind the lyric which is …
Introduction: T.S Eliot is one of the most famous modern poets. His poetry is philosophical and full of ideas, but it is difficult and intellectual. Language is made difficult with symbols, pun, Paradox, ambiguity and fusion of images. It is also highly suggestive. further, there are allusions that only learned can understand. According to F. …
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Hardy’s poem neutral tones have a compact structure and singleness of Idea. The theme here is the frustration of love and the bitter memories that loss has left behind. This idea has fully been brought out in the final stanza where the poet speaks of the deception of love and the pain which the beloved’s …
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