Ted Hughes's genius, as a poet of varied subject matters, is indisputably acknowledged. But what is particularly remarkable and popular is his authorship of animal poems. The first collection of…
Introduction:
Ode on Intimations of Immortality is one of the greatest poems of William Wordsworth. It is claimed as “Wordsworth’s single but supreme triumph in the highest kind of lyrical architecture”. In…
1. Who is the author of The Thought-Fox?
A. W. B. Yeats
B. Ted Hughes
C. T. S. Eliot
D. Robert Frost
Answer: B. Ted Hughes
2. The Thought-Fox was first published in which collection?
A. Lupercal
B.…
The Sick Rose
By William Blake
O Rose thou art sick.
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night
In the howling storm:
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life…
William Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads isn't just an essay; it’s basically the manifesto that changed English poetry forever. At the time, poetry had become stiff and artificial, trapped by…
Syllogism is a process in logic, a sort of deductive reasoning. It is a form of logic to deduce a conclusion from two given or assumed propositions. The propositions state…
Philip Sidney opens his sonnet, "Loving in Truth", by explaining his motivation for composing the sonnet sequence. He believes that if his beloved were to read the sonnets, she would…
The rose in William Blake’s The Sick Rose is not just a flower but a conventional symbol of beauty, innocence, purity, and love. For centuries, poets have compared the delicate…
Irony implies the contrast between what is apparent and what is actual. This is a literary device that reveals the grim reality underlying a romantic or attractive façade of a…