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 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,” 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…
Ode to the West Wind About the Poem Ode to the West Wind is an ode written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1819 near Florence, Italy. It was published in 1820 in London by Charles and James Ollier as part Read more…
