1. Introduction A lyric is a subjective manifestation of the poet’s impressions. It possesses the following qualities (1) unity of impression (2) brevity (3) personal emotion. It passes through the poet’s heart and soul and reflects his mood. Intellect and passion are also found in it. Edmund Gosse says: “If his songs were not so … Read more
It was Wilfred Owen who wrote the popular poem 1914. In fact, it is a Petrarchan sonnet about the outbreak of the Ist World War. Wilfred Owen’s poem 1914 is a lamentation of the destructiveness of war. Not only this, it also compares the rise as well as the fall of European or Western civilization … Read more
About the poem Shakespeare The poem Shakespeare is Matthew Arnold’s one of the most popular, read, as well as anthologized sonnets that were written in the 1840s as well and published in 1849 when the poet was just in his 20s. As everyone, who is familiar with (English) literature, knows quite well that Mr. William … Read more
About the Poem Anthem for the Doomed Youth The famous English war poet Wilfred Owen wrote the poem/sonnet Anthem for Doomed Youth in 1917 when he was in the hospital and recovering from injuries as well as trauma resulting from his military service during Ist World War This sonnet is a lamentation on the death … Read more
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 … Read more
Sonnet Definition The Sonnet is a kind of lyric poetry. it consists of only 14 lines with a particular rhyming arrangement. Its cheap quality is that it expresses a single thought or emotion and its charm lies in the charm of the poet’s personality. The Sonnet originated in Italy in the 13th century and Dante … Read more
