NON AFRICA POETRY. SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER DAY, BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough… Read More »NON AFRICA POETRY. SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER DAY
” Birches ” is a poem by American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963). It was collected in Frost’s third collection of poetry Mountain Interval that was published in 1916. Consisting of… Read More »NON AFRICA POETRY: BIRCHES, CONTENT ANALYSIS AND POETIC DEVICES
Style and Structure Goldsmith’s style is wry, witty, and simple but graceful. From beginning to end, the play is both entertaining and easy to understand, presenting few words and idioms… Read More »THE STYLE AND DRAMATIC TECHNIQUE OF THE PLAY (SHE STOOP’S TO CONQUER BY OLIVER GOLDSMITHS)
Themes Class Bias Until Kate teaches him a lesson, Marlow responds to women solely on the basis of their status in society. He looks down on women of the lower… Read More »SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER: THE THEMES OF THE PLAY
Setting Most of the action takes place in the Hardcastle mansion in the English countryside, about sixty miles from London. The mansion is an old but comfortable dwelling that resembles… Read More »SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PLAY
Act 5 Plot Summary Sir Charles Marlow after arrival, shares a hearty laugh with Hastings over Marlow’s confusion. Marlow, besides apologising, declares his reluctance in forming any connection with Kate… Read More »SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER STUDIES AND ANALYSIS OF ACT FIVE
Act 3 Plot Summary Both Mr. Hardcastle and Kate seem confused with their experiences with Marlow. Mr. Hardcastle proclaims him to be an impudent fellow, while Kate voices her utter… Read More »SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER STUDIES AND ANALYSIS OF ACT THREE AND FOUR
The play opens in its primary setting, a chamber in the “old- fashioned” country house of Mr. Hardcastle . Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle enter in the midst of a pleasant… Read More »She Stoops to Conquer Summary and Analysis of Scene One
One of the eighteenth- century’s most enduring comedies, She Stoops to Conquer takes a comedic, often farcical, look at the behavior and marital expectations of the upper classes in England… Read More »SHE STOOD TO CONQUER
Allegory Definition: An allegory is a symbolism device where the meaning of a greater, often abstract, concept is conveyed with the aid of a more corporeal object or idea being… Read More »REVISION: LITERARY DEVICES
THEMES / THEME ANALYSIS The following are themes of Native Son. RACISM Native Son is an indictment of racism. Racism affects Bigger’s life at home, at the Daltons, and in… Read More »The themes and characterization of the novel
Chicago. Illinoi is largest city and the industrial center of the Midwest. Richard Wright’s family was one of thousands of southern black families that migrated to Chicago between 1916 and… Read More »THE SETTING OF NATIVE SON BY RICHARD WRIGHT
The novel Native Son begins in the Thomas apartment in 1930s Chicago, where Bigger, his sister Vera, his mother (Ma), and brother Buddy all live, in one room, together. Ma… Read More »The plot of Native Son by Richard Wright
‘The School Boy’ is a Romantic poem. It helps to foreground the focus of attention of the poet. The poem is the lamentation of a young boy who is not… Read More »THE SCHOOL BOY: WILLIAM BLAKE
’The proud king’ is a poem about the evil inherent in arrogance and pride, which is a thematic preoccupation that is present in many culture around the world. ‘The proud… Read More »THE PROUD KING BY WILLIAM MORRIS
A clear understanding of the poem requires that reference be made to Pandora’s box of gifts. Closly related to the Pandora’s box myth and also aiding the understanding of The… Read More »THE PULLEY: BY GEORGE HERBERT
This poem is said to have been written in 1889. The poet, Tennyson, wrote it after a serious illness at sea. No wonder the poem treats death as a main… Read More »CROSSING THE BAR BY ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
The poem talks about the experience of the poet on how to cope with modern trends. He found himself struggling for survival between the old and the new order .He… Read More »THE AVIL AND THE HAMMER. KOFI AWONOOR
The poet examines the transitional stages in man’s life. He tries to point out what man feels or knows at the time of his growth till he gets old. Also… Read More »THE PANIC OF GROWING OLDER BY LENRIE PETER
The poem has its background in the ten year civil war that ravaged the country of Sierra – Leone during which a lot of lives and properties were lost and… Read More »THE DINNING TABLE BY GBANABAM HALLOWELL