Education in England

The Romantic movement provided readers with works consisting of passionate emotion, an appreciation for the natural world, and individualism. Elements of Romanticism have been recognized in works from a multitude of different cultures. Significantly, William Wordsworth is widely known as one of the great English Romantic poets. In addition, Walt Whitman, an American poet, has also been acknowledged for the Romantic elements in his works. Although both poets are from two different cultures, their…

Introduction - Duffy and Browning both traverse the concept of personal power and power distribution in the poems “War Photographer” and “My Last Duchess”. Duffy, through the use of imagery, metaphors and personification aims to portray the power the photographer has, however it is not enough to impact readers in his home country. Browning aims to criticize the patriarchal society, power control between the sexes and the attitude of the upperclassmen during the Victorian times, through the…

In “Pied Beauty” by Gerald Manley Hopkins and “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” by William Wordsworth, both poets express their feelings upon the beauty of nature but on different ways. Hopkins fascinates for the variety of nature that God has created for the reason that it makes the nature to be unique in their own way. On the other hand, Wordsworth wonders at the silence and tranquility in nature that breaks through the morning in London. In title of the poem, “Pied Beauty,” we can make an…

In Anita Desai’s cultural and influencing novel, Fasting, Feasting, the author employs literary devices such as figurative language, reluctant speech, and third person point of view in order to characterize Arun’s distasteful experience at the beach. Demonstrating the use of descriptive words in the passage, Desai illustrates Arun’s annoyance with nature while going to the beach. While making his way through the woods, Arun depicts the cicadas’ “shrill” and the birds’ “shrieks” as an unpleasant…

Abstract: Jayanta Mahapatra’s imagery and symbolism heightened the significance of the meaning of his poems. The ancient symbol of fertility stands as one of the most favourite metaphors for Mahapatra. The metaphor of ‘rain’ can be considered as the mirror of the poet’s psychological condition. His use of the metaphor of ‘rain’ finds fine expression in his numerous poems. Rain is an all diffusive metaphor in Mahapatra’s poetry. Rain not only binds man with the universe as a suggestive symbol…

William Wordsworth combines nature and human interaction to paint a vivid picture through the speaker in the poem “I wandered lonely as a cloud”. The speaker is lonely and is wandering in a world that is bare and high over the hills and valleys. He all over a sudden comes across golden daffodils that blow his mind away through what he describes as the best that he has ever seen in his life. The daffodils are life like and the dance moves and cohesion with different parts of Mother Nature only…

War broke out in 1642. The civil war that took place in 1642 and was a turning point in British history; it was an outbreak of war between two huge powers which was the Parliament and the Monarch. The civil war that occurred from 1642 to 1649 in England was unique in that it pitted a monarch and his representative assembly against one another for the first time ever. Even more groundbreaking, the English Civil War culminated in the first ever trial and execution of a sitting monarch. It was…

INTRODUCTION Pre-Independence Indian English Poetry: Origins, and Predominant Themes and Styles The emergence of Indian writing in English has a long history which dates back to the colonial times when English used to be the language of British rulers and a few aristocratic Indians who were deeply enthralled by this language of their subjugators. Makarand Paranjape in Indian Poetry in English mentions the two preconditions that were to be met before Indians could write poetry in En¬glish:…

Monarchists in the seventeenth century that started after the execution of King Charles I. Soon thereafter, Cromwell took the lead on the side of the Parliament, and help secure victory. He assumed the title “Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland” and became the new monarch of England. Oliver Cromwell ruled from then until his death in 1658 of natural causes, which was celebrated with a Grand funeral. However, after after his death and his son’s quick abdication, Charles’s son, Charles…

Glossary This glossary contains many terms that made part of the Viking culture. They refer to words taken from their mythology, administration in England, their naval technology, their literature, and culture. A Asgard: From the Norse Mythology. It designates the home of the Æsir tribe of gods. Æsir: From the Norse Mythology. It is the name of a number of deities venerated by pre-Christian Norse tribes and other Germanic tribes. Alfheim: From the Norse Mythology, it means “land of the fairies”…