Explication

Baudelaire’s Correspondences – a Brief Explication

In Charles Baudelaire's 'Correspondences', with direct reference in the title to the Swedenborgian concept, he reveals the connection between Nature…

2 weeks ago

Poetry Analysis: Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Lotos-Eaters”

Tennyson's "The Lotos-Eaters" was published in 1832. The inspiration for the poem was Tennyson's visit to Spain (1829) along with…

1 month ago

An Explication of E.E. Cummings’ “Buffalo Bill’s”

E.E. Cummings' "Buffalo Bill's" is an excellent example of the renowned writer's penchant for avant-garde formatting and syntactical experimentation. If…

1 month ago

“Neutral Tones” Explication

We stood by a pond that winter day, And the sun was white, as though chidden of God, And a…

4 months ago

Maxine Kumin’s “Woodchucks”

"Woodchucks," by Maxine Kumin, is an exploration of the dehumanization of a man when he can begin to justify mass…

6 months ago

Ezra Pound vs. T.S. Eliot

"Where is the life we have lost in living? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? Where is…

2 years ago

Eavan Boland’s Feminist View of a Degas Painting

In "Degas's Laundresses," Eavan Boland brings to life in words an oil painting by artist Edgar Degas. Although in the…

2 years ago

An Explication of Claude McKay’s Poem Harlem Shadows

Claude McKay's poem "Harlem Shadows" comes from one of his volumes of poetry also entitled "Harlem Shadows" (published in 1922),…

3 years ago

Poetry Analysis: Robert Frost’s “Out,Out”

The poem "Out, Out-" by Robert Frost was first published in 1916 in The Mountain Interval . The poem is…

3 years ago

A Close Reading of John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 10

John Donne is well known for his use of religious topics in his poems, coupled with seemingly unthinkable metaphors and…

4 years ago

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