Introduction Robert Lowell’s poem “Night Sweat” is an exquisite piece of poetry. The speaker’s cause for having night sweats is unclear. “My stalled equipment” is a metaphor that indicates the speaker is experiencing writer’s block. His past bias and declining abilities are preventing him from penning that “one writing.” Nonetheless, the poet claims that his … Read more
Introduction To a Poor Woman is a poem written by the American modernist poet William Carlos Williams. This poem appears in his poetry collection The Collected Poems, Vol. 1: 1909-1939 which was published in 1951. In this short and simple poem, the poet has captured a singular image of a woman eating a plum. This … Read more
Introduction To a Stranger is a poem written by the American poet, Walt Whitman. The poem first appeared in Whitman’s celebrated anthology Leaves of Grass, published in 1860. This poem is included in Book V of the anthology, which is also labelled as the Calamus, a section containing forty-five poems. In the poem, the speaker … Read more
Introduction One’s Self I Sing is a poem by the American poet Walt Whitman. The poem was released in the fifth edition of Whitman’s masterpiece Leaves of Grass, published in 1871. The poem was initially an “inscription” in the work’s 1867 edition, from where it was revised. All the poems in this anthology, including this … Read more
Introduction: The poem “I understand the large hearts of heroes” was written by Whitman. It appeared in the great “American epic,” “Song of Myself,” Section thirty-three. This poem was published in Leaves of Grass in 1855 which is one of the most important works in American literature. The work “Song of Myself” was divided into … Read more
Introduction: The poem “A child said, What is the grass?” was written by Walt Whitman. The poem appears in the sixth section of his“Song of Myself”. Earlier this work was not separated into sections. “Songs of Myself” was included in his collection of poetry “Leaves of Grass”. In 1855 this poetry collection was published with … Read more
Introduction: The poem “In the Depths of Solitude” was written by American hip hop sensation Tupac Shakur The poem was published posthumously in 1999 in his collection, The Rose That Grew from Concrete. Shakur wrote most of the poems between 1989 and 1991. About the Poet: Tupac Amaru Shakur known by his stage names 2Pac … Read more
Introduction: The poem “Root Cellar” was written by Theodore Roethke. The poem was first written in 1943. The poem was first published as “Florist’s Root Cellar” in November 1943 of Poetry magazine. Later, in 1948, it was included in Roethke’s second collection of poetry, The Lost Son and Other Poems. The poem describes the life … Read more
Introduction: The poem “Night Journey” was written by Theodore Roethko. The poem was published in his poetry collection Open House, in 1941. It was the first collection of his poems. The poem describes a passenger experience of travelling on a train at night. It is a beautiful love that shows the poet’s love towards the … Read more
Introduction: The poem “I am Vertical” was written by Sylvia Plath. The poem was first published in her poetry collection named “Crossing the Water” in 1971. This collection was published posthumously by her husband Ted Hughes. Through this poem , Plath compares herself with natural objects. Most of the her poem had indicated her suicidal … Read more
