Previously, I wrote a post on how to analyse any unseen poem, which a lot of you found useful. One of you asked if I could also write a guide on how to compare poems, so that’s what this post is for.
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Previously, I wrote a post on how to analyse any unseen poem, which a lot of you found useful. One of you asked if I could also write a guide on how to compare poems, so that’s what this post is for.
Read More »One of my favourite words in English is ‘misnomer’, which means an inaccurate name for something.
Read More »One of the most interesting things about literature is what I like to call the ‘certainty of ambiguity’.
Read More »A friend of mine once said, “what good are emotions if all they do is make you weak?”
Read More »(This post contains two detailed videos on the topic.)
Read More »(This post contains two detailed videos on the topic.)
Read More »If literature is the peanut butter of culture, then art is the grape jelly that goes with it.
Poems aren’t easy to read, but if there’s any poetic form that grants both pleasure and closure, it’s probably the sonnet.
Two of the most commonly mixed-up words in the study of English Literature are ‘form’ and ‘structure’.
If paradox is perplexing and conceit is confusing, then allusion is probably one of the most annoying literary devices out there.