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Death, be not proud Poem Summary- by John Donne

Work introduction: John Donne's distinguished sonnet "Death, be not proud" was first published in 1633. This poem directly addresses...

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Amoretti- Poem Summary by Edmund Spenser

Work Introduction: Amoretti – meaning ‘Little love poems’ published in 1595 consists of romantic sonnets written by Edmund Spencer in...

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Dream Children- Essay summary- Charles Lamb

Work Introduction: Charles Lamb's "Dream Children" is a captivating essay that delves into the author's nostalgic reflections on his...

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A Dialogue between the Soul and the Body- Poem Summary- Andrew Marvell

Work introduction: "The Dialogue between the Soul and the Body" by Andrew Marvell is a poem about the raging argument between the soul...

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A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning- Poem Summary- John Donne

Work introduction: John Donne's 'A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning' is a profound metaphysical poem that explores the nature of love and...

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of Love, Marriage, and Single Life- Essay- Francis Bacon

Work introduction: These essays were taken from the book "The Essays of Francis Bacon". There are many notable topics with nuances. He...

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The Chimney Sweeper Poem Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience Summary- William Blake

POEM INTRODUCTION: The poem, "The chimney sweeper" was published in two parts, songs of innocence and songs of experience in the year...

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Saki - Brief Biography

Hector Hugh Munro, who has a pen name Saki, was born in Akyab on December 18, 1870 (British Burma). His father Charles Augustus Munro was...

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Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art- Poem- John Keats

WORK INTRODUCTION: The sonnet, “Bright Star” which was written in 1818 by John Keats while he was in his death bed, addressing his...

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The Daemon Lover- A Medieval British Ballad

Once upon a time, there lived a very beautiful wife of a ship’s carpenter and she had a son with him. She was too gorgeous and fair yet...

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Sonnet 27- William Shakespeare- Summary

Poem: Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed, The dear repose for limbs with travel tired; But then begins a journey in my head To work my...

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Sonnet 129- William Shakespeare- Summary

POEM: Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action; and till action, lust Is perjured, murd'rous, bloody, full of blame,...

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Sonnet 65- William Shakespeare- Summary

POEM: Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea But sad mortality o’er-sways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold...

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Sonnet 2- William Shakespeare- Summary

POEM: When forty winters shall besiege thy brow, And dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field, Thy youth’s proud livery, so gazed on now,...

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Sonnet 130- William Shakespeare- Summary

Sonnet: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are...

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Every Man in his Humours- Ben Jonson- Act V

Act IV Summary Act V Kitley, his wife, Cob, his wife, Old Knowell and Cash go to Justice Clement’s home. Clement is enquiring about the...

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Every Man in his Humour- Ben Jonson- Act IV

Act III Summary Act IV In Kitely’s house Downright scolds Dame Kitely for letting Wellbred and his indiscipline companions inside the...

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Every Man in His Humour- Ben Jenson- Act III

Act II Summary ACT III: In a street, Mathew and Bobadil finally meet Wellbred. They inform how they were in search of him and Bobadil...

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Every Man in his Humours- Ben Johnson Act II

Act I Summary Act II Kitely in his mansion asks his assistant Thomas Cash to complete a transaction. Kitley expresses to Downright, how...

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Every Man in his Humours- Ben Jonson- Act I

Characters List ACT I: The play begins in Knowell’s home. Old Knowell calls upon his son Edward Knowell through his servant Brainworm....

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Every Man in his Humour- Ben Jonson- Characters list

WORK INTRODUCTION: The popular play Every Man in his Humour was written by Ben Jonson, the contemporary of William Shakespeare. The play...

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A Song of Opposites- John Keats- Poem Summary

POEM INTRODUCTION: “Fragment: Welcome Joy, and Welcome Sorrow,” sometimes titled “A Song of Opposites,” was written sometime in 1818 by...

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Waiting for Godot- Samuel Beckett- Play Summary(2)

Previous Page Pozzo now starts speaking to Lucky. In a sense he is not speaking rather ordering Lucky to do a lot of things like, asking...

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Waiting for Godot- Samuel Beckett- Play Summary (1)

Work Introduction and Characters List SUMMARY: It’s an evening in a country road with a tree – The Play begins. Estragon who is also...

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Waiting for Godot- Samuel Beckett- Work Introduction, Characters list

WORK INTRODUCTION: Forty two year old Samuel Beckett wrote the play that transformed the shape of twentieth-century drama. Waiting for...

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To Imagination- Emily Bronte- Poem Summary

POEM INTRODUCTION: “To Imagination” written by Emily Jane Bronte was published in 1846. She always calls her imagination ‘My Darling...

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The world is too much with us- William Wordsworth- Poem Summary

POEM INTRODUCTION: The world is too much with us is a sonnet (Italian Sonnets style) written by William Wordsworth in order to criticize...

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My Heart Leaps Up- William Wordsworth- Poem Summary

POEM INTRODUCTION: Wordsworth’s poetry is known for its simplicity. He wrote the poem “My Heart Leaps Up” which is also known as “The...

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The Lamb- William Blake- Poem Summary

Poem Introduction: The poem The Lamb is one of the poems by William Blake which was published in 1789 in his collection Songs of...

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The Tyger- William Blake- Poem Summary

POEM INTRODUCTION: The poem 'The Tyger' was written in the collection Songs of Experience published in the year 1794. William Blake goes...

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A Dialogue of Self and Soul- W. B. Yeats- Poem Summary

POEM INTRODUCTION: The Poem, A Dialogue of Self and Soul was written in the year 1933 by William Butler Yeats, this was published in his...

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The Woman- R.S.Thomas- Poem Summary

POEM INTRODUCTION: The poem ‘The Woman’ was published with one of R. S. Thomas' collections of poetry. The poem given below is from the...

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When all the Others were away at Mass- Seamus Heaney

POEM INTRODUCTION: The poem When all the Others were away at Mass by Seamus Heaney is considered to be the most loved poem in Ireland...

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Romeo and Juliet- Act V

Act IV Act V DENOUEMENT: In Mantua, Romeo thinks over and over on his dream sequence in which Juliet finds him dead in a tomb and when...

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Romeo and Juliet- Act IV

Act III Act IV FALLING ACTION: In Friar Lawrence cell, Paris informs Friar Lawrence about his marriage on Thursday with Juliet. Friar...

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Romeo and Juliet- Act III

Act II Act III CLIMAX: Benvolio with other men and Mercutio with his Page enters. Benvolio asks Mercutio to postpone the work they are...

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Romeo and Juliet- Act II

Act I Act II Prologue: The chorus appears on stage and gives the audience the mood set for the next acts. They say, the love with...

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Romeo and Juliet- Act I

Characters List and Setting Act I Prologue: The Chorus Appear on stage: Two households of a long-standing enmity in the beautiful city of...

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Romeo and Juliet- William Shakespeare- Characters List and setting

CHARACTERS LIST: · ROMEO · MONTAGUE, Romeo’s father · LADY MONTAGUE, Romeo’s mother · BENVOLIO, their kinsman · ABRAM, a Montague...

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The Tempest- William Shakespeare- Characters and Settings

CHARACTERS: ALONSO- The king of Naples with two children. SEBESTIAN- The brother of Alonzo, who conspires against the king with Antonio....

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The Tempest- Act I

Characters and Settings ACT I: Alonzo, Ferdinand, Antonio, Sebastian, Gonzalo and others are in a ship in the middle of the sea caught in...

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The Tempest- Act II

Act I ACT II In another part of the island, Alonso, Gonzalo, Antonio, Sebastian, Adrian and Francisco along with others discuss on the...

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The Tempest- Act III

Act II ACT III Ferdinand collects logs. While collecting he thinks of Miranda and her beauty. Miranda arrives and prays him not to work....

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The Tempest- Act IV

Act III ACT IV Prospero in front of his cell gives the hand of Miranda to Ferdinand saying that she is his forever from now. He also asks...

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The Tempest- Act V

Act IV ACT V: Prospero and Ariel witness the scene where the crew is in desperate guilt. On seeing it Prospero wishes to forgive them and...

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The Tempest- Play within a Play

PLAY WITHIN A PALY: · In Act 1, scene 1, Ariel separates the crew into groups to fall on the island with his magic as per the instruction...

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