Dover Beach by Mathew Arnold About the Poem “Dover Beach” is a lyric poem written by English poet Matthew Arnold. It was initially published in 1867 in the anthology New Poems, but surviving notes indicate that it was written as early as 1849. The most likely year is 1851. This Read more…
Second Coming by W. B. Yeats About the poem. The poem The Second Coming by W.B.Yeats is regarded as one of his greatest masterpieces. It was written by the poet just a month before A Prayer For My Daughter in 1919. The poet was motivated to write it by the Read more…
Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is a poem composed by John Keats, an English Romantic poet, and first published anonymously in Annals of the Fine Arts in May 1819. “Ode on Indolence,” “Ode on Melancholy,” “Ode to a Nightingale,” and “Ode to Read more…
Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats Summary The poem was composed in May 1819 at Wentworth, Hamstead, where there was a garden frequented by a nightingale. In the first stanza, the poet aspires to get intoxicated so that he might forget his life and the trials and despair of Read more…
Summary of To Autumn In the opening stanza , Keats’s speaker is talking about Autumn and how it has a close relationship with the sun, which makes fruits ripen and flowers bloom. In the second stanza, the speaker presents Autumn as a female goddess, frequently observed seated on the granary Read more…
My Last Duchess by Browning Introduction “My Last Duchess,” which was first published in the collection Dramatic Lyrics in 1842, is an excellent example of Browning’s use of dramatic monologue. Browning’s psychological portrayal of a great Renaissance aristocrat is given to the reader as if he or she were “eavesdropping” Read more…
The Last Ride Together “The Last Ride Together” is a one-of-a-kind poem by English poet Robert Browning that was first published in his 1855 collection “Men and Women,” his first significant work after his marriage to Elizabeth Barrett. It was made up of fifty-one poems, each written by a different Read more…
On The Move by Thom Gunn This poem titled On The Move, from Gunn’s second collection, is his most well-known work, and one of the most famous of all post-war poetry. The aimless yet frightening movement of a motorcycle gang becomes a metaphor for modern man’s sense of alienation and Read more…
A Prayer for my Daughter Introduction “A Prayer for my Daughter” is a 1919 poem by William Butler Yeats that was included in Yeats’ collection Michael Robartes and the Dancer in 1921. It is addressed to Anne, his daughter with Georgie Hyde Lees, whom Yeats married following the rejection of Read more…
Upon the Westminster Bridge Background William Wordsworth was enchanted by the early morning view of London from a coach as it crossed the Westminster Bridge on its way to Dover on 31st July 1802. He immediately penned a poem expressing his personal sentiments, perceptions, and interests. Upon the Westminster Bridge Read more…
