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Summary of Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is written by Thomas Gray. Summary The poem begins by describing the approach of the evening with its darkness and its silence, which is unbroken except for some such sounds, like those of the droning of the beetle, the tinkling of sheep’s bells and the hooting of the owl. This…
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Summary and Analysis of D. H. Lawrence’s Last Lesson of the Afternoon
Last Lesson of the Afternoon is a poem written by D. H. Lawrence. In the poem, Lawrence expresses his personal viewpoint on modern school education through the attitude of the teacher and the indifferent and inattentive behaviour of students. Neither the teacher nor the students are clear about the goal of this system of education.…
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Summary of Percy Shelley’s Hymn to Intellectual Beauty
Hymn to Intellectual Beauty is a poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Summary Shelley speaks of the fleeting nature of an unseen Power that pervades this universe. The mysterious influence of this invisible power lies hidden from us, and it manifests itself in various objects of nature with suddenness and uncertainty like the summer wind…
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Summary of John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi is generally considered to be John Webster’s masterpiece. The story is based on actual events that took place in Italy in the early sixteenth century. The Duchess, a woman of true blue blood and a widow to boot, falls in love with a man far below her station. This is resented…