Meaning of “Been There, Done That” The phrase “been there, done that” means the person has got the experience already of the things under discussion. In other words, it shows boredom of discussing the things already discussed and done. Origin…
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Paulo Coelho
Early Life Paulo Coelho was born on the 25th of August in 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a bright child of Pedro Paulo Queima Coelho de Souza, an engineer, while his mother, Lygia Coelho de Souza, was…
Boogie Woogie
Meanings of “Boogie Woogie” The phrase “boogie woogie” refers to a music style that belongs to Blues. It is also linked to Jazz. Its reformist styles such as stride and ragtime are often combined with piano playing. Origin of “Boogie…
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer by John Keats Much have I travell’d in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft…
When I Was One-and-Twenty
When I Was One-and-Twenty by A. E. Houseman When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, “Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.” But…
Bottom Drawer
Meanings of “Bottom Drawer” The phrase “bottom drawer” means a place for storing clothes and other items. It is often referred to as the lowest drawer in the chest where the women store their items for marriage ceremonies. Origin of…
Joseph Conrad
Early Life Joseph Conrad was born on the 3rd of December in 1857 in Berdychiv, Ukraine. He was the only child of Apollo Korzeniowski, a translator and political activist, while his mother, Ewa Bobrowska. Due to his father’s political activism, the…
Buffalo Bill’s
Buffalo Bill’s by E.E Cummings Buffalo Bill ’s defunct who used to ride a watersmooth-silver stallion and break onetwothreefourfive pigeons just like that Jesus he was a handsome man and what i want to know is how do you like…
Hamatreya
Hamatreya by Ralph Waldo Emerson Bulkeley, Hunt, Willard, Hosmer, Meriam, Flint, Possessed the land which rendered to their toil Hay, corn, roots, hemp, flax, apples, wool, and wood. Each of these landlords walked amidst his farm, Saying, ‘Tis mine, my…
The Haunted Palace
The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe In the greenest of our valleys By good angels tenanted, Once a fair and stately palace— Radiant palace—reared its head. In the monarch Thought’s dominion, It stood there! Never seraph spread a pinion…
Mary Shelley
Early Life Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley famously known as Mary Shelley was born on the 30th of August in 1797, in Somers Town, London. She was the daughter of William Godwin, a great English philosopher, and novelist, while her mother, Mary…
Tony Morrison
Early Life Toni Morrison was born on 18th of February, in 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. She was the second among the four children. Their parents were George Wofford, a welder, and her mother, Ramah, who was a homemaker. Her parents…
Sympathy
Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar I know what the caged bird feels, alas! When the sun is bright on the upland slopes; When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass, And the river flows like a stream of glass;…
Bone Dry
Meanings of “Bone Dry” The phrase “bone dry” means a thing that has completely dried up like a bone that has no water or any liquid in it. This term is also used for dehydrated, a person with severe malnutrition…
Bog Standard
Meanings of “Bog Standard” The phrase ‘bog standard’ means fundamental, basic, unrefined, or even ordinary thing that has not changed over the years. Origin of “Bog Standard” The phrase “bog standard” might have appeared in print for the first time…
Examples of Historical Allusion
The Historical Allusion is a reference to some historical events of the period. It makes the reader dive into the ocean of history and finds some pearls of culture, persons, places, and events and grasps their importance in the text.…
To a Skylark
To a Skylark by Percy Bysshe Shelley Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou…
There’s a Certain Slant of Light
There’s a Certain Slant of Light by Emily Dickinson There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes – Heavenly Hurt, it gives us – We can find no scar, But internal…
Frost at Midnight
Frost at Midnight by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind. The owlet’s cry Came loud—and hark, again! loud as before. The inmates of my cottage, all at rest, Have left me to that…
The Mother
The Mother by Gwendolyn Brooks Abortions will not let you forget. You remember the children you got that you did not get, The damp small pulps with a little or with no hair, The singers and workers that never handled…