About the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge was the leader of the British Romantic movement. He was born on October 21, 1772, in Devonshire, England. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd. He wrote… Read More »‘Kubla Khan’ by Samuel T. Coleridge Summary
Late, late yestreen I saw the new Moon,With the old Moon in her arms;And I fear, I fear, my Master dear!We shall have a deadly storm.(Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence)IWell! If the Bard was weather-wise, who made The grand old… Read More »Dejection : An Ode by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure-dome decree:Where Alph, the sacred river, ranThrough caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.So twice five miles of fertile groundWith walls and towers were girdled round;And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,Where… Read More »Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The child is father of the man;And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. (Wordsworth, “My Heart Leaps Up”) There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common… Read More »Ode: Intimations of Immortality by William Wordsworth
Five years have past; five summers, with the lengthOf five long winters! and again I hearThese waters, rolling from their mountain-springsWith a soft inland murmur.—Once againDo I behold these steep and lofty cliffs,That on a wild secluded scene impressThoughts of… Read More »Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth
Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled,Scots, wham Bruce has aften led;Welcome to your gory bed, Or to victory! Now’s the day, and now’s the hour;See the front o’ battle lour;See approach proud Edward’s power— Chains and slavery! Wha will be a traitor… Read More »Scots Wha Hae by Robert Burns
Piping down the valleys wild Piping songs of pleasant glee On a cloud I saw a child. And he laughing said to me. Pipe a song about a Lamb; So I piped with merry chear, Piper pipe that song again— So I piped, he wept to… Read More »Introduction to ‘The Songs of Innocence’ by William Blake
About the poet- Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the… Read More »Summary of O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
About the poet- The poet of this poem is Sherman Alexie. He is a Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker. His writings draw out his experiences as an Indigenous American. His best-known book is The Lone Ranger and… Read More »Summary of Crow Testament by Sherman Alexie
Alexander Pope’s mock-epic poem “The Rape of the Lock” was published in 1712 with only two Cantos. Pope extended the poem multiple times and published it with five Cantos (the version we read today) in 1717. This poem is regarded… Read More »The Rape of the Lock plot summary
