Riders to the Sea by J.M. Synge Riders to the Sea is a fantastic dramatic piece of literature. It just has one act. J. M. Synge penned this tragic play. It’s about what goes wrong for a fishing family who lives in a cottage near the sea. Riders to the Sea starts with a typical […]
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The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson INTRODUCTION On August 31, 1837, at Harvard College near Cambridge, Massachusetts, “The American Scholar” was first delivered as a speech by Ralph Waldo Emerson at the annual meeting of the Literary Society, Phi Beta Kappa. The speech begins with a greeting to the President of the Society and
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The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes INTRODUCTION Langston Hughes wrote “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” when he was 17 years old in 1920. It is often thought to be his first “mature” poem. He wrote this poem on the train journey to see his father. When he crossed over the Mississippi River, he
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare The plot of the play Romeo and Juliet has been told in a serious and neat way, which makes it very suspenseful. Two rival families in Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets, are at the centre of the story. The play starts with a fight between people from these
In Memoriam A.H.H. (Canto XXI) By Alfred Tennyson The Canto XXI is one of Alfred Tennyson’s 133 cantos from In Memoriam. The poem is a testament to Tennyson’s valued relationship with Arthur Henry Hallam, who died when he was just 22 years old and whose death severely impacted Tennyson, causing him to write this epic
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Elegy III: Change by John Donne “Elegy III: Change” by John Donne is an excellent example of a formal and sustained mourning in verse. It appears that he composed elegies under a variety of life circumstances. The poet’s sardonic defence of women’s transitory love was frivolous at best. When it comes to love, he compares
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Search for a Stranger by Gordon S Livingston The author’s search for his own mother is the theme of this story. He considers his mother to be a stranger because he was adopted and didn’t discover his true identity until he was 38 years old. In his quest, he meets a lot of strangers, but
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A Living God by Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo) A Living God story illustrates a crucial event in the life of Goryo Hamaguchi (1820-1885), the current Yamasa Corporation’s owner, who stood firm on numerous important political and regulatory footings in Japan. In 1854, Hamaguchi rescued many lives in Hirogawa, Wakayama, when a massive tidal wave
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THE EDUCATION OF NATURE (THREE YEARS SHE GREW) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH WILLIAM WORDSWORH’s Lucy Poems are a collection of five poems composed in Germany between 1798 and 1801. Long has been discussed whether Lucy was a real woman or a fragment of the poet’s imagination. Wordsworth never revealed her true identify or upbringing. ‘Education of
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Remembering “Remember by Christina Rossetti” Christina Rossetti is one of the most well-known female Victorian poets. She was born on December 5th, 1830, in London. She came from a long line of artists and authors. Gabriel Rossetti, her father, was a poet, scholar, and an Italian nobleman. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, her brother, was also a
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