Recent articles on a variety of poetry subjects:
- Philip Larkin’s ‘Here’
- The speaker of Philip Larkin's "Here" is hardly present; however, the speaker's mood and character might be discerned by merely observing his choices for description.
- ‘Success is counted sweetest’
- Emily Dickinson looks at life from a unique perspective, making bizarre claims that often turn out to be accurate and show valuable insight into reality.
- Shakespeare Sonnet 28
- The speaker is suffering writer's block and complains that both day and night seem to be conspiring to keep him from fulfilling his beloved writing duties.
- Eliot’s Rhapsody on a Windy Night
- The wildly famous show tune "Memory" by Andrew Lloyd Webber was inspired by T. S. Eliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" and "Preludes.” This article analyzes the former.
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