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 … Read more
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 … Read more
W. B. Yeats composed the famous pastoral poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree in 1888. But, the poem was published in the year of 1893. Its title comes from a quite small, uninhibited island sitting in Lough Gill, a lake in the poet’s home country of Sligo (Ireland). Poem The lake Isle of Innisfree Poet … Read more
It was the eminent poet William Butler Yeats who wrote the poem Adam’s Curse which was (first) published in his poetic volume In the Seven Woods (1904). The poet, through this poem, describes poetry, love as well as beauty in general as hard work. It is a late summer evening when the speaker of Adam’s … Read more
Canonization is an outstanding poetic work by the leading metaphysical poet John Donne. This witty, punny, and passionate poem was first published in John Donne‘s Songs and Sonnets (1633) – a posthumous collection of the poet. It is noteworthy that generally famous Victorian poets Robert Browning and Alfred Lord Tennyson are known for writing dramatic … Read more
It was the famous Irish poet and Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats who wrote the poem Easter, 1916 that in fact reflects on those events that surround the Easter Rising; an armed insurrection began on Easter, 1916 (Monday, 24th April) in Dublin. As far as this event is concerned; it is about a rebellion led … Read more
Ode to the West Wind by P. B. Shelley is one of the most anthologized poems in English Literature. Shelley composed this poem in Cascine Woods, outside of Florence (Italy) in the autumn of the year 1819. Ode to the West Wind was first published in 1820. It is a five-stanza poem, each stanza of … Read more
It was William Wordsworth who wrote the poem Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1803, which is in fact an Italian/Spenserian sonnet. Its title is known for marking a particular place as well as time, a viewpoint over the River Thames of London during the Industrial Revolution. Moreover, the sonnet is typical of William Wordsworth … Read more
If- is a renowned poem written by Rudyard Kipling. It was published in his book Rewards and Fairies (1910). In this poem, a man gives many pieces of advice to his son. The speaker of Rudyard Kipling’s poem If- tells his son to live with: (a) Restraint, (b) Moderation, as well as (c) Composure. The … Read more
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, a renowned critic, as well as, a professor of poetry at Oxford University. ‘Thyrsis’, Rugby Chapel’, … Read more
