About the Poem Edward Thomas wrote the poem Rain in 1916 (when was in training as a World War I soldier) which appeared in the collection Poems in 1917, shortly after the death of the poet at the Battle of Arras. It contemplates the loneliness of life as well as the inevitability of death. Rain […]
Donne as A Metaphysical Poet The term metaphysical was first applied to Donne in derogation of his excessive use of philosophy by Dryden in 1693. Donne affects metaphysical, not only in his satires, but in his amorous verses, where nature only should reign, and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of
It is believed that William Shakespeare wrote the play As You Like It in 1599. It is a pastoral comedy that was first published in the First Folio (1623). The story of the play is mainly centred around Rosalind. She flees persecution in the court of her uncle. Celia, her cousin, also goes (flees) with
Introduction The Mill on the Floss is an outstanding novel by the famous Victorian novelist George Eliot. It was first published in 1860 (three volumes). The Mill on the Floss Summary in Short The novel entitled The Mill on the Floss mainly describes the story of Maggie Tulliver. She is a close self-portrait. Her childhood
In the previous two articles on William Congreve’s The Double Dealer, we discussed the themes and plot of this play. But, this one is concerned with Congreve’s art of characterization because characters play important roles in any drama. As we know (through the study of previous articles) The Double Dealer is a presentation of (a)
