Introduction of the Poem: The sonnet “Mowing” first appeared in Robert Frost’s collection of poems called “A Boy’s Will.” It is a subtle poem in which the poet describes one of the basic and most important activities in the field of agriculture, i.e., moving with the help of a scythe. The poet asks what the … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: The poem “Home Burial” was first published in Robert Frost’s collection of poems, North of Boston, in 1923. The poem is a great drama in which we find the characters in supreme crisis. The over – wrought mother of the poem is superbly drawn. The burden of grief over the death … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: This small forty – three line poem was first published in 1936 in the Yale Review. The same year it was collected in A Further Range. This poem is a criticism of modern civilization, chiefly its departmentalization and standardization. Through the workings of an ant the poet looks at the unconcern … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: “Poetry of Departures” is one of Larkin’s most memorable poems. It recommends the virtues of caution in a voice which is robustly comic and confident. This poem contrasts a wild, romantic impulse with a conservative, cautious one. The poet imaginatively identifies himself with another figure who has ‘chucked up everything / … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: “Dockery and Son” is a monologue in the course of which Larkin recalls some of his past experiences. The occasion of Larkin’s recollection of his past experiences was his visit to Oxford to attend the funeral of Agnes Cuming who had been his predecessor at the library in Hull University. This … Read more
Introduction: Humanism means interest in man as an ordinary man. Man should be made the subject of a piece of art. He should be accepted and loved as a whole human being with all his weaknesses, instincts and impulses as well as his virtues and high qualities. It is a system of thought in which … Read more
A Poet of Departure and Father of Metaphysical Poetry: John Donne is a poet of departure from the tradition of Elizabethan era. He began to write about 1592. By the time Elizabethan enthusiasm was nearly exhausted. The age of Donne comprises the last decade of the 16th century and early decades of the 17th. Donne’s … Read more
Donne’s Religious Poetry: John Donne is one of the greatest of English religious poets. No doubt Donne’s religious poetry belongs to the later part of his career, to the period after his ordination, and the gloom, despair and frustration which resulted from the death of his wife, poverty, and ill health. The earliest of his … Read more
Introduction: Donne’s love poems were published in Songs and Sonnets after his death in 1663. The volume contains fifty – five poems in all. His whole reputation as a love poet depends on these poems. His remarkable poems include: The Sunne Rising, A Valediction Forbidding Mourning, The Canonization, The Extasie, The Blossome, The Flea, The … Read more
Introduction: Mr. Lynd possesses his own style that comprises of all the case range and liveliness of conversation. He possesses the confidential manner of the personal essayist. His style is simple and less elaborate and hence, devoid of the mannerisms of R. L. Stevenson. His style possesses no superfluity of any kind. He has rightly … Read more