A dramatic monologue is a lyrical or narrative poem in w single character speaks throughout the composition. The speaker comments upon a dramatic moment in his life, and during his relation of it, he reveals his own characteristics and those of the other persons involved. During his relation the reader also learns much of the … Read more
Church Going is a satire on Christianity the way Larkin describes his visit to a church is all mockery. In this poem, he shows his sceptical attitude to Christianity then his attitude of scepticism becomes emphatic when he says that, at the end of every visit to a church, he has felt much at a … Read more
Exploring a Static Situation: Waiting for Godot does not tell a story. It explores a static situation. Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful. On a country road, by a tree two old tramps, Vladimir and Estragon are waiting. That is opening situation at the beginning of Act 1. At the end of Act … Read more
The Chief Traits of French Drama: Absurd drama is the drama which treats human life and human situation as absurd, unfit or foolish. The absurd dramatist takes things rationally and not romantically. It is a drama without traditional plot, story, or division into acts and scenes. It has fewest possible characters. In this type of … Read more
Waiting for Godot, Having Religious Element: Waiting for Godot, an absurd drama as it is, has an unmistakably religious element. When Beckett was once asked to comment on the play Waiting for Godot, he quoted from St. Augustine: “Do not despair: one of the thieves was saved. Do not presume: one of the thieves was … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: This fine lyric Musee Des Beaux Arts (The Museum of Fine Arts) was composed by Auden during his stay in Brussels in 1938. It was written during winter and was published in 1939. He visited the museum of fine arts, Brussels and was very much attracted by the paintings of Brueghel, … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: The poem ‘Sailing to Byzantium’ was published in ‘The Tower’ in 1928. This poem belongs to the third period of his poetic life when he was concerned to explore and express the intricacies of a private mythology. In the poem he has used his philosophical symbolism that has made the poem … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: This poem ‘Among School Children’ is the result of W. B. Yeats’ experience as an Irish Senator visiting St. Otteran’s School, a Church school in 1926, where teachers were nuns. The poem was written after his visit to the school. The poem moves from a direct consideration of the children he … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: The poem ‘No Second Troy’ is one of the famous lyrics of W. B. Yeats. It is supposed to have been written between 1906 and 1907. But it was published in his poetic volume ‘The Green Hemlet and Other Poems’, in 1910. It is one of the many poems that Yeats … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ was written in 1890 and first published in The National Observer’. Innisfree is an island in Lough Gill, Country Sligo, where W. B. Yeats dreamed of living simple and peaceful life in the lap of Nature. When he was in his teens, he had enjoyed natural … Read more