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 Invictus: Full Poem Explanation, Summary, Theme, Poetic Devices and Related Questions:- Out of the night that covers me Black as the pit from pole to pole. I thanks whatever god may be, For my unconquerable soul In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance  My head is bloody but unbowed Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the horror of the shade And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find, me unafraid It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll I am the master of my fate I am the captain of my soul. - William Ernst Henley Overview and Background: Invictus poem was one of the works that William Henley did when he was in the hospital; the poem was composed during his isolation due to early and life-threatening battles with tuberculosis. Henley publishes many poems in different collections, including "In Hospital," written between 1878 and 1875, and "A book of v...

The Pulley by George Herbert. Know the line by line Explanation , Theme And Summary of the Poem.  The Pulley:- When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by; Let us (said he) pour on him all we can, Let the worlds riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span. So strength first made a way, Then beauties flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure, When almost all was out, God made a stay, Perceiving that alone of all his treasure; Rest in the bottom lay. For if I should (said he); Bestow this Jewell also on my creature, He should adore my gifts instead of me; And rest in Nature, net the God of Nature, So both should losers be, Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restlessness; Let him be rich and weary; that at least, If goodness leads him not, vet weariness; May tossed him to my breast. - G. Herbert Theme and Summary: As George Herbert was a priest in England, he wrote many religious poems with metaphysical concepts. The reflection of devo...

Little Things: Poem Little Drop of water Little grains of sand Makes the mighty ocean And the pleasant land So the little moments, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of eternity. Thus our little errors, Lead the soul away From the path of virtue Far in sin to stray. Little Deeds of Kindness Little words of love, Help to make earth happy, Like the heaven above.   - J.A.F. Carney Explanation: Theme and Overview: The poem "Little Things" written by "Julia A.F. Carney" is a simple poem written in four stanzas. Although the poem seems to be simple, the message it conveys in quite big. In the poem, the poetess asserts the values and importance of all those things which are small for us, and we generally don't give much importance to them. Poetess also wants to say those small things are much more important than many big things and without giving much importance to them we just wait for something big. And these small things also affect our lives to a lar...

Know the Summary, Theme, Analysis, Literary devices and related Questions and Answers of the poem:   The Laburnum Top:- Analysis The poem The   Laburnum Top is a free verse poem written in 15 lines. In the first stanza of the poem, the poet used literary devices like alliteration ( September sunlight ) , consonance ( consonant 'S' is prominent in the second line )  and assonance ( vowel 'I' is prominent in the first line ) . In the second stanza of the poem, the poet used literary devices simile ( sleek as a lizard ) , metaphor ( as a machine ) , alliteration ( the thickness and tree trembles ) . Now coming to the ending of the poem, the poet used poetic devices like the metaphor ( It is the engine of her family ) . And throughout the poem, the poet also used onomatopoeia many times in the poem like chirrup, chittering, trillings, whistle-chirrup whisperings . Summary In the poem, The poet portrays his experience of what he witnesses about the Laburnum tree . T...

Line By Line Explanation of Poem "Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe: Overview And Theme: The Poem "Alone" was written by  Edgar Allan Poe  and was published in the year 1875. The Poem consists of 22 lines written in couplets. The Poem is written in a dark and solemn tone and comprises strong  sentiments , solitude, and loneliness that most young and teens feel when their loved ones leave them. The Poem silently gives us a message about how to live alone. The Poem is also about the lonely poet whose perception of the world is much different from others. Explanation: From Childhood's hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen!   The poem starts with the lines in which the poet says that- From the age of their childhood, he feels different from others. He saw differently from others. His perception was different in context from all the things that an average person sees. The poet wants to convince that he used to found an abnormality in all those things that are ...

 Servants They come of Peasant stock Truant from an insufficient plot Lights are shut off after dinner But the city blur enters Picks modulations on the skin The dark around them. Is brown links body to body Or is dispelled And the hard fingers Glow as the smoke is inhaled And the lighted end of tobacco Becomes an orange spot Other hands are wide Or shut, it does not matters One way or other They sit without thoughts Mouth slightly open, recovering From the day, and the eyes Globe into the dim Bur are not informed because Never have travelled beyond this silence They sit like animals. I mean no offence. I have seen Animals resting in their stall The oil flame reflected in their eyes Large beads that though protruding Actually rest Behind the regular grind Of the jaws. - Gieve Patel Explanation The poem depicts the picture of servants who were farmers someday. Nevertheless, now they are discarded from their plot, and they are now helpless. And now the peasants are leaving their plot...

We are Seven Analysis: Summary The poem  "We Are Seven"  by William Wordsworth is a conversational poem between the speaker and a little child. The poem portrays the theme of life and death to the innocence of the child who is unaware of the death of their siblings and still thought that they are seven. The poet is astonished after seeing the innocence of the child. The poet also wants to illustrate here that the passage of time brings complexity to us. At young ages, we all used to be innocent and unaware of the overloads of life problems. In the poem, the minor child is oblivious to the fact that their siblings are dead. She still sings and talks to them for the reason as if they all are still alive. Whenever does the speaker ask the child- How many they all are? She replies with great innocence that "We Are Seven!". When the speaker asks where they all live? She answers that- Two of them are in a town named  Conway , and two of them at sea, next two lie beneath t...

Father To Son I do not understand this child Though we have lived together now In the same house for years, I know Nothing of him, so try to build  Up a relationship from how He was when small. Yet have I killed The seed I spent or sown it where The land is his and none of mine? We speak like strangers, there's no sign  Of understanding in the air. This child is built to my design  Yet what he loves I cannot share. Silence surrounds us. I would have Him prodigal, returning to His father's house, the home he knew, Rather than see him make and move His world. I would forgive him too, Shaping from sorrow a new love. Father and son, we both must live On the same globe and the same land He speaks: I cannot understand Myself, why anger grows from grief. We each put out an empty hand, Longing for something to forgive. Summary: The poem ' Father To Son ' describes the relationship of a father with his son, which appears not so good in the poem. In the poem, the poet is disappoi...

Answers I KEEP MY ANSWERS SMALL AND KEEP THEM NEAR BIG QUESTIONS BRUISED MY MIND BUT STILL, I LET SMALL ANSWERS BE A BULWARK TO MY FEAR THE HUGE ATTRACTION- "I KEEP FROM THE LIGHT" SMALL THINGS I HANDLED AND CARESSED AND LOVED,  I LET, THE STARS ASSUME THE WHOLE OF THE NIGHT BUT THE BIG ANSWERS CLAMOURED TO BE MOVED INTO MY LIFE. THEIR GREAT AUDACITY SHOUTED TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND BELIEVED EVEN WHEN ALL SMALL ANSWERS BUILD UP TO PROTECTION OF MY SPIRIT I SHALL HEAR BIG ANSWERS STRIVING FOR THEIR OVERTHROW AND ALL GREAT CONCLUSIONS COMING NEAR - Elizabeth Jennings Summary: The Poem "Answers" describes how the poet slot the big questions and answers of life in their mind. In the poem, the poet says that she always stays good with short answers and always keeps them near. While the Big answers always hurt her, as they require more attention and thinking, they become harder to ignore and forget. Poet also says that to dodge the contest of big questions (like pain, hard...

Nature : William Wordsworth was born on 7 th   April 1770 in England. Wordsworth made his appearance in the field of writing in the year 1787 by publishing a sonnet in " The European Magazine ". William Wordsworth is considered as early Romantic poets. In his school days, he got the chance to saw and feel the nature and its harmony very closely, which also reflects in his poems. William Wordsworth was very fascinated towards natural objects like flowers, bridges, lakes, sunshine etc.. But on the other hand, he never liked the crowd and noise. In these poems like; " The London " and " The world is too much with us " he complains that man is destroying nature and wasting the sources of earth.  Composition of Poems: William Wordsworth was highly influenced by the French Revolution . Wordsworth lost his idealistic view after seeing the rebellions, the bloodshed and all the death that People committed during the French Revolution. The types of the compositio...

I've a Pain in my Head I've a Pain In My Head' Said The Suffering Beckford; To Her Doctor So Dread. 'oh! What Shall I Take For't?' Said This Doctor So Dread Whose Name It Was Newnham. 'for This Pain In Your Head Ah! What Can You Do Ma'am?' Said Miss Beckford, 'suppose If You Think There's No Risk, I Take A Good Dose Of Calomel Brisk.'-- 'What A Praise Worthy Notion.' Replied Mr. Newnham. 'you Shall Have Such A Potion And So Will I Too Ma'am.' - Jane Austen Summary : The Poem "I've a Pain in My Head" written by Jane Austen is a short-story narrative type Poem written in 4 stanzas. In the poem, the action or interaction between a Doctor and a Patient is shown. Here in the poem, the patient is explaining their headache to the Doctor. The poem is written with a simple rhyme scheme and shuffled dialogues between the Doctor and Patient, which indicates their communication. To the ending of the poem, the Doct...