Goblin market by Christina Rossetti summary
Goblin market is a long narrative poem written by Christina Rossetti, the popular among the pre-Raphaelites. She establishes an ambiance of fantasy and supernaturalism. Its like a fairy tale still opened for serious critical interpretations. Lizzie and Laura were sisters and they go to fetch water from a nearby stream every evening. They often l…
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Porphyria's Lover by Robert Browning summary
The rain set early in to-night, The sullen wind was soon awake, It tore the elm-tops down for spite, And did its worst to vex the lake: I listened with heart fit to break. When glided in Porphyria; straight She shut the cold out and the storm, And kneeled and made the cheerless grate Blaze up, and all the cottage warm; …
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Features of Victorian Poetry
On Wordsworth’s death in 1850 Alfred Tennyson was made Poet Laureate. As a representative of the Victorian age (1850-1901) he well exhibited his poetic sensibility in general and Victorian temper in particular. The poetry of this age was in a way a succession of the romantic poetry with certain extension. The prominent figures of Victorian poetry were …
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History Lesson By Jeanette Armstrong
Out of the belly of Christopher’s ship a mob bursts Running in all direction Pulling furs off animals Shooting buffalo Shooting each other left and right Father mean well waves his makeshift wand forgives saucer-eyed Indians Red coated knights gallop across the prairie to get their men and to build a new world Pioneers and traders brin…
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