In this great ode, Keats presents an ideal philosophy of beauty based on truth. The urn represents it. The urn has a Grecian shape. It attracts the poet very much. It presents two lively pictures engraved on the urn. The pictures have the blessing of eternity. Nothing engraved in the pictures is subject to change. … Read more
Introduction to the Poem: The title of the third section has been borrowed from the sermon of Lord Buddha wherein he said that the world is on fire, “burning with fire of hatred, with the fire of infatuation, with birth, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation and misery, grief and despair”. All these are on … Read more
Introduction to the Poem: “A Game of Chess” is a device used by Middleton in the play entitled “Women beware Women” where this game is played to hide the seduction of a young girl by a noble man. In this section the poet indicates the failure of sex – relationship in the modern world. Sex … Read more
Introduction to the Poem: “The Burial of the Dead” is the first section of The Waste Land. Here The Dead are those who are spiritually dead. When it is observed and analysed, it is found that dead are materialists. Materialism does not accept the independent existence of the soul. So, a materialist must believe that … Read more
Introduction: “The Waste Land” is the most important and the greatest achievement of T. S. Eliot. It symbolises the modern civilization which is compared to a waste land. It was written in 1921 and published in 1922. At the time of its composition, Eliot was a philosopher poet through and through. He was also a … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: The poem “Come into the Garden Maud” is a love poem in a series of lyrics entitled “Maud; a Monodrama.” It is the twenty second poem in it. The poem is dramatic and psychological in nature. It is a personal poem for the heroine of the poem Maud represents all the … Read more
A Wonderful Lover of Nature: G. M. Hopkins like the great romantic poets of the early nineteenth century is a wonderful lover of Nature. His poem “A Vision of the Mermaids” reminds us of the sensuous love of Keats’ poetry where the latter has given sensuous pictures of Nature. In this poem there are the … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: The sonnet entitled “Thou Art Indeed Just Lord” was written on March 17, 1889. During that time, the poet was suffering from a sense of utter despair because he remained unsuccessful in the sphere of composing good and impressive poem. He was unable to write an immortal piece of poem which … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: The poem “Pied Beauty” is a “Curtal” Sonnet with ten and one half lines. It is a devotional poem in the form of lyric. It is a poem of praise to God for the variousness of His creation. In it, the poet pays homage to God for having created dappled things. … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: The poem entitled “Channel Firing” is an eerie poem. It is related to the atrocities of war. It was published shortly before the beginning of World War I. This poem is a dialogue among the dead who wake up to hear the sound of roaring of gunnery practice in English Channel. … Read more