He Never Expected Much Poem by Thomas Hardy Summary, Notes and Line by Line Explanation in English for Students

Introductionย  In his straightforward poem โ€œHe Never Expected Much,โ€ Hardy addresses the ups and downs of life as well as its unavoidable conclusion. He explores the unfairness, sadness, and fleeting moments of enjoyment that characterize life. The speaker in Hardyโ€™s opening lines remembers when he was younger and realized that life wouldnโ€™t always be ideal, โ€ฆ Read more

On Anotherโ€™s Sorrow Poem by William Blake Summary, Notes and Line by Line Explanation in English for Students

Introductionย  On Anotherโ€™s Sorrow is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. The poem appears in Blakeโ€™s famous work Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Published in 1789, this poem appears as the last song in the Songs of Innocence section. This is the only poem in the volume written in Blakeโ€™s own โ€ฆ Read more

Friends and Flatterers Poem by William Shakespeare Summary, Notes and Line by Line Explanation in English for Students

Introductionย  Friends and Flatterers is a poem written by one of the most noted poets and playwrights in the history of English literature, William Shakespeare. The time when this work was released is not available or well-documented. The poem serves as a guide to us to distinguish between a real friend and a fake one โ€ฆ Read more

Our Revels Now Are Ended Poem by William Shakespeare Summary, Notes and Line by Line Expalnatio in English for Students

Introductionย  Our revels now are ended is the name given to the dialogue in William Shakespeareโ€™s play The Tempest. These lines are spoken by the character Prospero in Act 4, Scene 1. Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan and a powerful magician speaks these words as he reflects on the ephemeral and illusory nature of โ€ฆ Read more

Funeral Bluesย Poem by W.H. Auden Summary, Notes and Line by Line Explanation in English for Students

Introduction The poem is a melancholy, melancholy elegy that does a fantastic job of capturing the emotions connected to grief. The poemโ€™s lasting popularity may be explained by its heartbreaking declarations and deft twists, which lend it a genuine poignancy. It demonstrates Audenโ€™s poetic empathy for human feelings. The world changes for someone who has โ€ฆ Read more

The Spirit Is Too Blunt an Instrument Poem by Anne Stevenson Summary, Notes and Line by Line Explanation in English for Students

Introductionย  Anne Stevensonโ€™s โ€œThe Spirit is too Blunt an Instrumentโ€ explores the difficult process of conceiving a new life and how the spirit is unable to accomplish it. The speaker highlights throughout the poem how extraordinarily complex a human kid is and how flawlessly the process must proceed for every tendon and sinew to do โ€ฆ Read more

Rain Poem by Edward Thomasย Summary, Notes and Line by Line Explanation in English for Students

ย Introduction The speaker of the poem opens by describing how a steady stream of raindrops beat down on the roof of his โ€œbleak hut.โ€ His health is not very good. The speaker is by himself in a trench somewhere in the First World War battlefields. He muses over death in general and his mortality in โ€ฆ Read more

The Man with Night Sweats Poem by Thom Gunn Summary, Notes and Line by Line Explanation in English for Students

Introduction Thom Gunnโ€™s poetry โ€œThe Man with Night Sweatsโ€ eloquently captures the sense of loss and vulnerability. After waking from a warm dream, the speaker discovers that he is cold and perspiring. This startling contrast creates the ideal environment for contemplating the body, its resiliency, and the sadness of its unavoidable aging. About the Poetย  โ€ฆ Read more

Night Sweatย Poem by Robert Lowell Summary, Notes and Line by Line Explanation in English for Students

Introduction Robert Lowellโ€™s poem โ€œNight Sweatโ€ is an exquisite piece of poetry. The speakerโ€™s cause for having night sweats is unclear. โ€œMy stalled equipmentโ€ is a metaphor that indicates the speaker is experiencing writerโ€™s block. His past bias and declining abilities are preventing him from penning that โ€œone writing.โ€ Nonetheless, the poet claims that his โ€ฆ Read more

Under a Certain Little Star Poem by Wislawa Szymborska Summary, Notes and Line by Line Explanation in English for Students

Introductionย  Under a Certain Little Star, also known by its other name Under One Small Star is a poem written by the Polish writer and poet Wislawa Szymborska. The poem first appeared in The Virginia Quarterly Review, a National Journal for Literature and Discussion. Translated by Joanna Trzeciak in English, the poem appeared in the โ€ฆ Read more