Poetry
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Irish elements in Yeats’ poetry
Although Yeats used Irish mythology in his early poems, yet he is not simply intent to retell the Irish legends.…
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Yeats’ Style
W. B. Yeats is one of the greatest poets of the English language. He had in common two main methods…
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Keats’ Sensuousness
Keats is a mystic of the senses and not of thoughts as he sought to apprehend the ultimate truth of…
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Keats’ “Ode on Indolence” – A Weaker Ode
“Ode on Indolence” is the weakest of all his poems because it lacks negative capability. There is no logical sequence…
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Robert Frost: Poetic Qualities
With the publication of “A Boy’s Will” (1913) and “North to Boston” (1914) Frost became the first American poet to…
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Symbolism in Yeats’ Poetry
Yeats’ poetry is replete with symbols. He has been called “the chief representative” of the Symbolist Movement in English literature.…
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Salient features of Keats’ poetry
Romanticism primarily was a revolt against the artificial, pseudo-classical poetry in 18th Century. Wordsworth was the founder of this movement.…
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Chaucer’s Realism in “The Canterbury Tales”
Literature is the mirror of its age. Supreme literary artist is one who becomes a mouthpiece and provides a real…
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Chaucer’s “The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales”: Art of Characterization
On the aisle of English poetry, Chaucer flourishes the fantastic colours of his words and paints different characters of his…
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Chaucer: Ecclesiastical Character in “The Prologue”
Chaucer has given a very true and realistic picture of the ecclesiastical characters of his age. He satirizes the corrupt…
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