The Listeners By Walter de La Mare ‘Is there anybody there?’ said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door; And his horse in the silence champed the grasses Of the forest’s ferny floor: And a bird flew up out of…
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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? By William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all…
Reluctance
Reluctance By Robert Frost Out through the fields and the woods And over the walls I have wended; I have climbed the hills of view And looked at the world, and descended; I have come by the highway home, And…
Homonyms
Definition of Homonyms A homonym means a word having the same sounds but different meanings. The word ‘homonym’ is of Grecian origin, made of two words, “homos” which means the same, and “onoma” which means the name. It is also…
Symphony in Yellow
Symphony in Yellow By Oscar Wilde An omnibus across the bridge Crawls like a yellow butterfly And, here and there, a passer-by Shows like a little restless midge. Big barges full of yellow hay Are moored against the shadowy wharf,…
Justice
Justice By Rita Joe Justice Seems to have many faces, It does not want to play if my skin is not the right hue, or correct the wrong we long for, Action hanging off-balance Justice is like an open field…
Drought
Drought By Denys Lefebvre The time has been dry, and no rain, The whole earth has care, want and pain. The air is hot and cruel dictator Where should I go and seek peaceful shelter? The fertile seed-beds of Shrawan…
Polemic
Definition of Polemic Polemic is a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something, it also means war. Etymologically, the word polemic can be traced back to its Grecian origin from the word polemos that means war. Later, it…
Love After Love
Love After Love By Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You…
Everyone Sang
Everyone Sang By Siegfried Sassoon Everyone suddenly burst out singing; And I was filled with such delight As prisoned birds must find in freedom, Winging wildly across the white Orchards and dark-green fields; on – on – and out of…
Wuthering Heights
Introduction of Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights was written by Emily Bronte, a great name among the Bronte sisters. This story is known as the masterpiece of English Literature and was published in 1847 under her pen name “Ellis Bell.” However,…
Love without Love
Love without Love By Luis Lloréns Torres I love you, because in my thousand and one nights of dreams, I never once dreamed of you. I looked down paths that traveled from afar, but it was never you I expected.…
Last of His Tribe
Last of His Tribe By Oodgeroo Noonuccal Change is the law. The new must oust the old. I look at you and am back in the long ago, Old pinaroo lonely and lost here Last of your clan. Left only…
Musee des Beaux Arts
Musee des Beaux Arts By W. H. Auden About suffering they were never wrong, The old Masters: how well they understood Its human position: how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking…
Love Like Salt
Love Like Salt by Lisel Mueller 1996 It lies in our hands in crystals too intricate to decipher It goes into the skillet without being given a second thought It spills on the floor so fine we step all over…
England, My England
England, My England By William Ernest Henley WHAT have I done for you, England, my England? What is there I would not do, England, my own? With your glorious eyes austere, As the Lord were walking near, Whispering terrible things…
The Canterbury Tales
Introduction to The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales is known as the foundational English literary book of tales written in verse style by Geoffrey Chaucer. The author is famous as one of the pioneers of English poetry. The book was…
Moby-Dick
Introduction to Moby-Dick Moby-Dick or The Whale is a popular novel by the American novelist, Herman Melville. It was published in 1851 and gained popularity among children and adults alike. It also appeared in London in the United Kingdom at…
Crime and Punishment
Introduction to Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment was written by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is the tour de force that presents the post-reform Russia through the character of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov. The novel first started appearing in series in The…
The Giver
Introduction to The Giver The Giver is a dystopian story by Lois Lowry, an American writer. It first appeared in the United States in 1993 and became an instant hit on account of the unusual story it presents. The story…