Impact of Science on Victorian Poetry Introduction During the Victorian era (1837-1901), rapid scientific advancements brought significant changes to how people viewed the world. Discoveries in biology, geology, and astronomy challenged long-standing religious beliefs...
Romantic Poetry Romantic poetry isn’t just a writing style; it’s a heartfelt rebellion that broke away from the strict logic of the Enlightenment, embracing feelings, imagination, and nature. W. J. Long defines Romanticism in...
Christabel Christabel is a Gothic narrative poem about a maiden, Christabel, who encounters a mysterious stranger in the woods and is drawn into a supernatural mystery. Introduction Christabel is an incomplete narrative poem by...
The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (aka General Prologue) Introduction The General Prologue serves as an introduction to the overarching frame story. One spring day, the narrator of The Canterbury Tales rents a room...
The Knight’s Tale Chaucers’s The Knight’s Tale is a story about two brave knights, Palamon and Arcite, competing for love, honour, and fate. Key Facts Title: The Knight’s Tale Authorship: written by Chaucer; first...
Wife of Bath’s Tale Themes 1. Consent, Authority and Gender Dynamics Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Tale looks into different themes, especially the theme of consent. The story talks about power dynamics, gender roles,...
Sonnet 116 Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments; love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is...
Shakespeare’s Sonnets William Shakespeare (1564–1616) penned a collection of 154 sonnets, which are regarded as a significant accomplishment in English poetry. The primary source for Shakespeare’s sonnets is a quarto (a book made by...
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