Introduction to The Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest is a play. It was previously titled A Trivial Comedy for Serious People written by the popular British playwright and author, Oscar Wilde. It was first staged in…
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A Doll’s House
Introduction to A Doll’s House A Doll’s House was first titled ‘Et dukkehjem’ and written in Danish by Henrik Ibsen. This masterpiece is a three-act play. It was first staged in Copenhagen in Denmark on 21 December 1879 in the…
Everything Has Changed (Except Graves)
Everything Has Changed (Except Graves) By Mzi Mahola I stood at the ruins of my former school where I was patiently moulded; wild plants own every space now; my soul was paralyzed. What happened to the roofs the doors and…
Poverty
Poverty by Jane Taylor I saw an old cottage of clay, And only of mud was the floor; It was all falling into decay, And the snow drifted in at the door. Yet there a poor family dwelt, In a…
Man and Woman
Man and Woman by Victor Marie Hugo Man is the highest of creatures. The woman is the most sublime of ideals. God made for man a throne for the woman an altar. The throne exalts, the altar sanctifies. Man is…
I’M NOBODY! WHO ARE YOU?
I’M NOBODY! WHO ARE YOU? By Emily Dickinson I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you—Nobody—Too? Then there’s a pair of us! Don’t tell! they’d advertise—you know! How dreary—to be—Somebody! How public—like a Frog— To tell one’s name—the livelong June— To…
For My Daughter
For My Daughter By Weldon Kees Looking into my daughter’s eyes I read Beneath the innocence of morning flesh Concealed, hintings of death she does not heed. Coldest of winds have blown this hair, and mesh Of seaweed snarled these…
The Fish
The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop I caught a tremendous fish and held him beside the boat half out of water, with my hook fast in a corner of his mouth. He didn’t fight. He hadn’t fought at all. He hung…
Remember
Remember by Joy Harjo Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star’s stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the strongest point of time. Remember sundown…
In and Out of Time
In and Out of Time By Maya Angelou The sun has come. The mist has gone. We see in the distance… our long way home. I was always yours to have. You were always mine. We have loved each other…
After Death
After Death by Christina Rossetti The curtains were half drawn, the floor was swept And strewn with rushes, rosemary and may Lay thick upon the bed on which I lay, Where through the lattice ivy-shadows crept. He leaned above me,…
A Time to Believe
A Time to Believe by B. J Morbitzer To believe is to know that everyday is a new beginning. Is to trust that miracles happen, and dreams really do come true. To believe is to see angels dancing among the…
A Time to Talk
A Time to Talk by Robert Frost When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don’t stand still and look around On all the hills I haven’t hoed, And shout…
After the Lunch
After the Lunch by Wendy Cope On Waterloo Bridge, where we said our goodbyes, the weather conditions bring tears to my eyes. I wipe them away with a black woolly glove And try not to notice I’ve fallen in love.…
Pygmalion
Introduction to Pygmalion The play, Pygmalion, was first premiered in 1913 in England. It was written by George Bernard Shaw, a masterpiece based on the Grecian myth of the same name, derived from the myth popular during the Victorian period.…
Catch-22
Introduction to Catch-22 Catch-22 is known as the leading anti-war fiction by Joseph Heller. It became popular, despite taking more than 8 years in writing. Joseph started this novel in 1953 and published it in 1961, setting the stage for…
Candide
Introduction to Candide Candide was written by the leading French enlightenment figure, Voltaire. It was published in French by its title Candide, ou l’Optimisme in 1759. Later, the novella was translated into English under the same title and was published…
Death of a Salesman
Introduction to Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman a play having “two acts and a requiem” is the masterpiece of Arthur Miller written in 1948 and produced in 1949. The popularity and success of the play demonstrate the…
Richard Cory
Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, And…
The Handmaid’s Tale
Introduction to The Handmaid’s Tale The Handmaid’s Tale is written by the Canadian Nobel laureate, Margaret Atwood. It was published in 1985. This dystopian novel sets a new trend in postmodern, futuristic fiction by presenting a totalitarian regime of Gilead…