She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith – Summary

via She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith - Summary This comedy set laughing all the way

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith – Summary

She stoops to conquer  Act 1 Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle who live in an old house that looks like an inn awaits the arrival of Marlow, son of Mr. Hardcastle’s old friend who is also going to be a husband to their daughter Kate. In the story, Kate is depicted to be so close to …

African Thunder Storm by David Rubadiri – Analysis

In other not to lose sight of meaning, we will interpret this poem in two phases: the way it appears and what it might mean. Why so? In as much as the poem seems to be about African weather, there are insinuations of colonial invasion as well as other political undertones. Hence, for gross intelligibility, …

The School Boy – Introduction, Poem, Analysis

THE SCHOOL BOY by William Blake INTRODUCTION All the stars in the sky shines, but, some shine lesser than others. Everyone is intelligent, but not at the same level. The implication is that nobody is a dullard. It seems that those who are called dullards are those who were not allowed to explore education in …

The Panic of Growing Older – Theme, Structure, Diction, Tone/mood

THEME Older age: Older age is the central idea portrayed in the poem as the reader is made to understand how difficult things can become at old age if things are not set straight at the early stage of life. Youth: Stanza two of the poem started the description of human development starting from the …

Panic of Growing Older by Peter Lenrie: Analysis

The Panic of Growing Older by Peter Lenrie   Introduction The poem is like a moving van that plies the life span of humans from the days 0f the youth to the time when age comes knocking. It educates the reader on what happens at every stage of human life. From the exuberant youthful expectations …

SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY: themes, structure, diction, mood/tone and poetic devices

SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY THEMES Admiration and love: the whole poem is about admiration and affection for the poetic persona’s object of admiration. This admiration is illustrated by the poetic persona by juxtaposing summer’s day limitations to the efficiencies of his object of admiration. Nature’s cruelty: This is another idea that …

Shall I compare too to a summmer’s day by William Shakespeare

SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Introduction The poem is a sonnet that proclaims the beauty of a person by comparing the person to a summer’s day and then describing how the person is better than the summer day. The metaphoric analogy gave life and style to the poem, making …

Biography of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (/ˈʃeɪkspɪər/ SHAYK-speer; 26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately …

The anvil and the hammer – structure, mood/tone, diction

Love for African culture "Sew the old days for us, our fathers" depicts that the new African man still yearning for the aura of the original Africa custom and traditions. Thus, he pleads to the custodians of this disappearing African culture to teach them the old ways so that they, the new Africans who were …