One Flesh (1966) by Elizabeth Jennings : A critical analysis
In the poem “One Flesh” Jennings explores the withering nature of relationship between an ageing couple. It includes in her poetic Anthology ‘The Mind Has Mountains’. Jennings prospects the nature of marriage relationship in old age and we come to know towards the end of the poem that she is talking about the personal relationship of her parents. The title…
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Nobel Prize acceptance speech by Albert Camus: A Summary
Albert Camus’ speech at the Nobel Banquet at the city hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1957. At the outset of the speech he expresses his immense gratitude towards the academy as they generously honoured him. Obviously, this reward of excellence overcomes all his personal merits and achievements that he gained so far. He says: “Every man, and for stronger r…
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The last call by Andrew Motion: An analysis
The Last Call Death called me, I did not hear. He spoke again: Come near. I went to look for pity. Poor death, I thought, he loves me. I guessed right, he does. And now I love him too, just because. “All human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey:” - Mac F…
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The movement poetry: an overview
The British poetry of the 1950s were marked by the rejection of poetic insight of the previous decade. The process perhaps began with the sarcastic conservatism of Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis and John Wain who were together at Oxford. The immense popularity of Dylan Thomas provoked the anger and envy of many of his contemporaries. As a reaction to his ‘ex…
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British Poetry from Modern to Postmodern: An Introduction
Modernism marks with its insistent interruption with the immediate past, the nineteenth century Victorian temperament. The elements of impersonality and objectivity seem to be crucial to modernist poets. As the slogan of Ezra Pound suggests ' make it new' was the ultimate aim of modernism. It is considered as an epistemological dominant ; For modern…
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