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The Bijak [Account] was the first of Kabir’s works to attract the attention of Western scholars. The members of the Kabirpanth compiled this topic after the death of Kabir, and considered it the most important and most representative of his doctrine. The Granth [Book], compiled at the beginning of the 17th century, became the sacred…

The development of the emotions and relationship of Elizabeth Browning changes dramatically through sonnets 1-21, as Elizabeth’s comes to a realisation of the love she encounters. In the first sonnet Elizabeth is not aware that she has fallen in love until the end of the poem. She contemplates on her feelings towards her life, as…

The Poem “Felix Randal” is a sonnet with an Italian or Petrarchan rhyme scheme (abba, abba, ccd, ccd); although not published until 1918, it was written in 1880. The title character is known from extrinsic evidence to have been a thirty-one-year-old blacksmith named Felix Spencer, who died of pulmonary tuberculosis; Father Gerard Manley Hopkins, while…

The poem Daddy” by Sylvia Plath is one of her most controversial works due to the message it conveys. The persona in the poem speaks of a person whom they call “daddy” and presents extreme hatred towards them. In contrast, Theodore Roethke’s poem “My Papa’s Waltz” also features a persona who is angry with the…

Linton Kwesi Johnson’s dub-style of poetry does not cause one to immediately categorize it as children’s literature. While Johnson’s poems tend to deal with more mature subjects, they do have a kind of linguistic appeal for children. Johnson’s use of rhyme and accent are visible through examination of the poem “If I Woz a Tap-Natch…

This poem expresses the feelings of the “winning” countries before, during and after the Second World War and the anticipation which the end of the war built. Born in 1935, in the town of Malden, in Victoria; Gallagher went through the 2nd World War as a child, and as a exult, experienced many adversities that…

Imagine the following: a bride dressed in white on her wedding day, savage menchasing after women, the lingering subject of love, or a peaceful, uncorruptedtown. What do these topics have in common? Through the use of these topics, JohnKeats portrays the theme of eternal innocence and the sufficiency of beautythroughout his poem, “Ode on a…

William Wordsworth is considered by many to be one of the most efficient. and studied poets of English Literature. With his many endowments. and assistance by his sister. Dorothy Wordsworth. he had produced many narratives and vocals during his period. Wordsworth has been compared to the finest writer in English Literature. William Shakespeare. Wordsworth’s endowment…

That is in Marriage, Man and Wife and Skunk Hour Robert Lowell has always been perceived as one of the most respected poets of his generation. He has become a literary artist who was able to make his own name timeless by creating timeless pieces of literature that captures both the bright and the dim…

Anne Sexton. A contemporary American poet, Anne Sexton, holds an indispensable position among renowned poets. She used her personal despondency to inspire her poetic works and was best recognized for the inexorably autobiographical traits of her poetry. She suffered from severe mental ailments throughout her life, with an obsession with suicide, and received therapeutic treatment…