Poets are a hypersensitive bunch.
Tag: Literary analysis
How to sock it to your oppressors: tips from two 20th century black poets
For many people, colonialism is hard to talk about.
How to write an awesome analysis on sound in poetry: your guide to alliteration, assonance, consonance
Of all the areas in literary analysis, writing about sound is probably one of the most challenging.
What The Merchant of Venice tells us about racism and prejudice
This is a particularly uncomfortable time to be re-reading The Merchant of Venice.
Why are books so dangerous? Reading ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘Brave New World’
Dystopian fiction is a popular genre in most high school English curricula, and for good reason.
American Dream, we have a problem. These 2 novels tell us why.
The American Dream is a popular concept in American literature, and perhaps an even more popular study topic for high school English students.
Most people can’t tell these 4 literary devices apart: your guide to paradox, oxymoron, antithesis & contrast
Following my post on comparative devices (simile, metaphor, analogy and conceit), some readers have asked me to write a post on contrasting devices.
Why is Hamlet such a fascinating character?
In my post on Macbeth, I propose that one of the reasons for our long-standing fascination with Macbeth the character is his outsized boldness.
Looking at war poetry through the eyes of Wilfred Owen & Carol Ann Duffy
Across the ages, war has always been a popular theme in poetry.
First person vs third person: when to use which?
A question I often get about writing is whether it is ever ‘okay to write in first person’.
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