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The poem is written by Matthew Arnold, a Victorian-era poet and critic. The poem is based in ferry port of Dover, Kent. The poem highlights Arnold's conviction of people's losing faith in his era as Victorian-era was an age of realism, confusion and there was stress on morality. The poem starts with a lovely description of the natural surrounding and then Arnold comes upon the issue of losing of faith and he tells his beloved to hold on to him in this world which he describes as consist of no good things. Stanza 1 It's evening time and the narrator sits by the sea, describes the sea as calm. Then he says that the tides are in their full limit and the moon is situated above the straits. The light first shines on the French coast and the light shuts off, then it sparkles the cliffs, lies on the English side, which spreads in vast area and tranquility prevails here too. He sends for his beloved to come to the window and tells her that he finds the breeze blowing in the nigh

The poem "To Marguerite"  is written by Matthew Arnold, a Victorian poet and critic. The poem highlights the Age in which witness the spread of science and in which the existence of God is under scrutiny and we finds here in the poem , the poet’s disbelief in God. The idea of isolation of people from each other is presented in the form of islands representing human beings. We can infer the poet’s sadness over the too much individualism of people, they want to unite with each other but couldn’t do it due to the modern God who share no sympathy with human beings and shows no mercy on them. Stanza 1 In the first line, the poet compares human beings as a cluster of isolated islands which are separated by straits and among them lies invisible boundaries and uncontrolled waves. Millions of human beings live alone due to lack of understanding and their contention to only oneself. The people (islands) feel the potential to connect with each other but are aware of the long di

The poem "Shakespeare" is written by Matthew Arnold, a Victorian-era poet and respected critic. We can say that it is written as a tribute to The Bard (Shakespeare) who is undoubtedly the most acclaimed English literary figure who has ever lived. Stanza 1 The poet hails Shakespeare and agrees with other people that he holds immunity to be free from other's questioning or criticism. He and other people ask about extraordinary works which haven't lost its relevance and applicability and we just wonder how can a person knows about mankind this much. He's dead for centuries and "art still" in our mind but remains silent and we wonder about his vast knowledge which unravels more when we dive into depths of his works. Arnold compares him to "the loftiest hill" to which the stars offer its allegiance. Stanza 2 The poet continues his superior description of him. He says that he walks firmly with "steadfast footsteps" in the sea without

The poem "My Last Duchess", a type of Dramatic Monologue is written by Robert Browning, a Victorian poet. It is written in Rhymed couplets of iambic pentameter. The poem presents the same the influence of Patriarchal society in which men dominates women and decide their life and wishes. Browning also wrote another male dominated poem " Porphyria's Lover ". The narrator, Duke of Ferrara invite or we prefer, order an associate of his guest to watch his collection of exquisite paintings, particularly a portrait of his ex-wife. Describe the reason behind the expression on her face and come to her wife's characteristics and goodness, then he tells the associate the one feature of her which he hates and silently murders her. The associate who listens to his story and actually accompanies his master to arrange a marriage between his daughter and the Duke. The narrator i.e. The Duke walks with an unknown person of his guests and shows him his collection of beautif

The poem "Porphyria's Lover" penned by Robert Browning. It is a type of Dramatic Monologue , a form in which an individual, not the poet, narrates the poem. The poem exhibit abnormal psychology and eccentricity of a person who without any hesitation murders her lover, just to relieve her from "the conflict", upholding his action with justification. The poem has some similarity with Browning's other poem " My Last Duchess " in which the Duke similarly have her murdered for a petty reason. The narrator describes the rainy late evening and the strong and gloomy wind begins to blow. It breaks the top-most portion of Elms tree and it seems that it has grudge against it. The lake has also bear its brunt of it. These may be signs of bad omen. The narrator listens to all above phenomenon with his "heart fit to break". It seems that he is a little discontented and wait for someone i.e. his beloved, Porphyria. She enters and shut the door because

As a civilized and intelligent animal, human beings have a tendency to explore and learn things. Mostly we learn through two methods, by imitating and talking to people and reading books. Value of books are known to all and that's why books are known as a best companion to us. Life in 21st century has also become fast and we are now used to fast food, short movies. Even news are also  being limited to few lines.Books can't be untouched by the trends of our era and summaries are created to cater to impatient readers but it has some serious problems with this short version. Here are some reasons that tells that books should be read in spite of their short versions. The novel broadens our insight and builds our thinking capacity, aware us to the outer cold world and the reality. We face many issues which we haven't faced in our entire life and how to deal with these things. The summarized form doesn't cater to our need to increase our imaginative and creative powers.

The poem "The Lotos Eater" is penned by Alfred Tennyson, a Victorian-era poet. It is based on the journey of Roman Mythological hero Ulysses and his crew mariners. His other poem "Ulysses" also draws his long journey after the war of Troy. The poem was inspired by his visit to a mountainous region in Spain along with his close friend Arthur Hallam. Stanza 1 Ulysses along with his Mariners are on his legendary voyage. He points towards the land and exhibits some more courage till they reach the land, the rising wave would help them to reach the shore. In the afternoon they reach the island. The land has an unusual environment, dullness and weakness are fused in the air. One feels tired when breathing the air and subject to the dreamy state. The full moon stands above the valley. The narrow stream falling from the cliff appears like a smoke coming downward slowly. Stanza 2 There are many streams flowing in the land that's why the poet calls it "A land

The poem Ulysses is written by Alfred Tennyson, the leading literary figure of Victorian poetry. It is written in blank verse and based on the adventures of Roman mythological hero Ulysses and narrated by Ulysses himself who wants to continuously travel and discover new worlds. The poem is a dramatic monologue. The poem begins with Ulysses finding it odd to meet his wife Penelope because she would have grown old and may not identify him after such long time. He also thinks that he is no profit to his native people and termed them 'a savage race' because he doesn't share the resemblance with them as they lead a boring life and unfruitful life in which they just eat, sleep and hoard things, even they don't recognize their king. Ulysses doesn't have any intention to live like them, he wants to travel to various places, explore new wonders and committed to live his life to the fullest. In his journeys, he has experienced both cheerful moments and harsh adversities

The poem is written by Alfred Tennyson, a major Victorian poet.  It derives the inspiration from the Arthurian legends of Elaine of Astolat. The poem is divided into four parts. Part I introduces us to the physical setting of the region of Shalott and nearby places. Part II describes the mysterious character of the lady of Shalott and the curse upon her. Part III deals with the description of the hero, Sir Lancelot. Part IV tells the unfortunate fate of the lady after running away from the tower. Part I Stanza 1 On the side of the river lie the fields of Barley and Rye which covers the land and spread in a large area such that it "meet the sky" and there is a road which goes through fields to the castle of Camelot which constitutes of many towers. People walking through the road gaze the lilies grown around the island of Shalott. Stanza 2 The breeze blows through the trees of willows and aspens and shakes them, it blows so fast that it strikes the waves of the river w

The poem is written by Alfred Tennyson, a Victorian poet. It is written in Blank verse. The poem presents the agony of Tennyson caused by the death of his loved ones in previous years. He reminisces those happy days and the memories and impression of the familiar ones strike his heart and bring tears from his eyes. Stanza 1 The poet doesn't know why the tears begin to flow from his eyes without any recent bad happening or maybe he is aware of the cause but tries to repress the mental pain. The tears might flow due to some deep sadness arise in his heart and makes an outlet in form of tears. The season of Autumn goes on and the poet gazes on the fields and contemplates the good old days which are gone. Stanza 2 As the poet thinks deep about past days, he says that when the first rays of sun fall upon the ships, it seems that his friends who are long gone returns from the underworld ( the world of the dead) i.e. the memories of them enliven them in poet's mind. But as the

The poem is written by Alfred Tennyson, a Victorian poet. It was written as an elegy in the memory of his close friend, Arthur Hallam. The pain he was going through reflects in this poem. Stanza 1 The beginning lines of the poem describe the grief and depressed state of the poet. He says that just like the sea finds its outlet by striking its waves on the gray stone on the shore, he wish he could express his repressed thoughts and sadness that is burning inside his heart. Stanza 2 In this stanza, Tennyson gives examples of fisherman's  children and young sailors. The fisherman's boy who along with his sister can play and shout freely and involve in frolic activities. He considers a young sailor lucky as he can sing a song in his boat without any stress and repression. Stanza 3 Tennyson notices that the huge ships return to the harbour. He feels that something is missing from his life, a friendly physical touch of a hand and a familiar voice of a loved one who has left

This poem is penned by William Wordsworth. The poem is inspired from his sister Dorothy’s journal, describing the walk of Wordsworth and her around Glencoyne Bay, Ullswater in the Lake District. Lake District is a mountainous region in North West England. It is famous for its lakes, forests and mountains (or fells) and its associations with the early 19th century writings of Wordsworth and other Lake poets. In this poem, the poet describes how he walked lonely without any purpose to places like a cloud which fly high over valleys and hills. While his wandering, he noticed a bed of golden daffodils beside the lake. The daffodils were dancing with the breeze just as the fluttering of wings of a bird. They were moving as the continuously twinkling of stars in the Milky Way. They are endless in numbers and spread to the edge of the bay. He reckoned the numbers of daffodils in tens of thousands. The daffodils move their heads in their energetic dance. The waves along with the daffodils