"When I Am Dead My Dearest" by Christina Rossetti Christina Rossetti (1830-94) was a prominent female poet of the Victorian period. Her poem "Song," which begins with the line "When…
Critical Analysis of My Last Duchess by Robert Browning "My Last Duchess" is one of Robert Browning's most famous and widely studied poems. Written in 1842, it is a dramatic…
Tennyson as a Victorian Poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson as a Victorian poet was the representative poet of his age and was the most widely read of all the English poets.…
The Silken Tent by Robert Frost The Silken Tent by Robert Frost is a single stanza sonnet comprising of 14 lines. Due to this fact, some critics and scholars divide…
Song: Go and catch a falling star By John Donne Go and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root,Tell me where all past years are, Or who…
Stanza-wise explanation of Keats’ La Belle Dame Sans Merci "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" is a poem by Keats. It's a ballad that tells the story of a knight who…
ROMANTIC POETS Romantic period is the most fruitful period in the history of English literature. This period of romantic poets starts in 1798, with the publication of the lyrical Ballads.…
Victorian Poetry in English Literature: Characteristics & Themes Victorian poetry in English literature represents a significant period in English literary history, spanning the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to…
ON HIS BLINDNESS "On His Blindness" is Milton's Sonnet 19. It is also known as “When I Consider How My Light Is Spent” CENTRAL IDEA Practically half of Milton's life,…
JOHN MILTON John Milton was born in Bread Street cheap-side. His father was a Scrivener, and composer of music. He educated at St. Pauls School and Christs College and graduated…
PURITAN POETS The seventeenth century was dominated by puritanism and puritan poets, so in literature it is usually called the Puritan Age. The term 'Puritan", if used in its broadest…