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However, the two poems differ in their tone and attitude, one being cheerful and confident, the other is gloomy and despondent and at the end the reader realises that the points of the two poets are very different.In ‘The Sun Rising’, Donne teasingly criticises the rising sun for disturbing him and his lover lying in […]

Love has been used as a central theme for many great works of art. From poems, to stories and even the plays of Shakespeare Love has been depicted in many ways and in many styles and moods. Love is usually seen as a brilliant thing but different poets and artists see it in different ways. […]

Women have been historically considered inferior to men. Even religion subordinates them: in the Bible, Eve was created from Adam’s rib. Women have been frequently considered the “weaker sex” and even less intelligent than men. Power in society is mainly exercised by men. Politically speaking, most presidents and prime ministers have been male. Even at […]

Regarding the topic of love, two stories – Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” and Chopin’s “Story of an Hour” – differ in the outcome with death: one character is the killer while the other is the victim. Miss Emily Grierson’s desperate pursuit of love in “A Rose for Emily” contrasts with the independent aspirations of […]

Many people have different views on love. Many of these views throughout the ages are explored through poetry as love has much contemporary relevance in today’s society as it ever did before. Two love poems I read which inspired me were Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnet 116’ and Carol-Anne Duffy’s ‘Valentine’. Shakespeare’s poem is a traditional sonnet written […]

The city of Thebes, torn by war, is the setting of Sophocles’ play Antigone. The absence of a true leader for many years has led to a dispute between Antigone’s two brothers over who should rule Thebes. Both Polyneices and Eteocles were brothers, but Polyneices was exiled before returning to the city with an invading […]

Both of these poems deal with the subject of love, but their views are almost opposing. Burns whose poem was first published in 1794 writes about an idealised love, while Rossetti who wrote her poem on 18 November 1859, writes with a cynical view of romance. Burns was a famous poet in his day, he […]

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic American novel The Scarlet Letter is replete with complex and profound subjects and themes; the symbolism and metaphor represented by the characters and their actions continuously function as mediums for Hawthorne to relate them to the reader. However, the most influential and consistently present subject is that of hatred and love. Hawthorne […]

In this piece, I will discuss how love can be a painful encounter for certain individuals, using “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” and “Bredon Hill” as examples. These two poems illustrate distinct aspects of love: one explores the physical repercussions of love, while the other showcases the emotional aftermath of love. I will begin by […]

A brilliant example of a light-hearted love poem is the Post 20th Century poem ‘I wanna be yours’, by John Cooper Clarke. We can tell straight away that it is light-hearted because of the way the title is written. This poem has no punctuation. This speeds up the poem and goes straight to the point […]

My poor husband has passed from me. I am in great sadness and in a state of terrible worry and mourning. We had been married for less than 3 years and it has come to an abrupt end. It should not have been like this but life had rapidly ground him away after debt, worry, […]

Although ‘The Three Sisters’ by Jane Austen and ‘Teresa’s Wedding’ by William Trevor were written in different time periods, they both delve into comparable themes and situations. Despite being composed in the early 19th century and mid-20th century respectively, these narratives revolve around the common topic of marriage. Both ‘The Three Sisters’ and ‘Teresa’s Wedding’ […]

In Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night (or What You Will); many different types of love are present and experienced by the characters. These range from true love, to friendship to unrequited love, which is unreturned. Such as the love triangle between the Duke Orsino, Viola/Cesario and Olivia. These three are the main characters; they form the […]

Alfred Noyes was born in 1880. The Welsh coast and mountains where he grew up were an early inspiration for his work. Noyes started writing poetry in the early 1900’s, his most popular yet is “The Highwayman”, a touching story of love, tragedy and jealousy in which two lovers are parted by death. It is […]

Love comes in many different forms. When the word love is mentioned, people think of different things. They might think of love as what they have for their partner or their favourite cuddly toy. Both Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote poems about 4 different attitudes towards love. Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote the poems […]

The poem is written as eulogy to the poet’s wife, and the somber tone is instantly evident. However, the title suggests the unearthing of a mislaid youth. The speaker of the poem speaks of sorting through old belongings, and he seems to take sentiment from things that at the time were just part of every […]

The title “Togetherness? ” suggests that the stories in this section are about characters that seem really close but really there are not as close as they first seem. Particularly good examples of this are, “The Unexpected” by Kate Chopin and “News of the Engagement” by Arnold Bennett. At the beginning of “The Unexpected”, Dorothea […]

Despite sharing the goal of seducing an unresponsive love interest, To His Coy Mistress and The Flea employ distinct approaches to accomplish their objectives. The focus of the speaker in To His Coy Mistress is mainly on time, along with the physical appearance of his mistress. On the other hand, the speaker in The Flea […]

The relationship between Gabriel and Bathsheba first starts in very different circumstances to later in the novel. At the beginning he is very much on an equal social status as her, but is not as wise with the ways of the world yet, nor has he had any hardship particularly. Their relationship is innocent and […]

Love is a beautiful element that holds immense significance in someone’s life, inspiring countless artists who have dedicated their creative expressions to praising it. In order to explore the significance of love and its importance in the human mind, I will analyze three poems: “A Red, Red Rose,” “Love Is Not All: It Is Not […]

Visiting hour by Norman MacCaig is a poem in which MacCaig uses a variety of techniques to convey his emotions. In his word choice it helps us relate to his sadness in this event.MacCaig starts the poem by setting the scene he is in a hospital visiting a friend. In the first stanza MacCaig is […]

Before starting the draw any personal conclusion of the poem, I had to research the poet himself. John Clare was a poet, born and raised in the age of Romanticism. His life was turbulent and full of hardship, a tale of woe and depression. He was a “peasants poet” and had various bouts of insanity, […]