Pope’s art of versification Ans. Alexander Pope’s art of versification, Pope’s chosen measure was the heroic couplet. The heroic couplet consists of two iambic pentameters; i.e., two lines of five iambic feet. It is called ‘heroic’ because it was the typical measure used in

Poetic contributions of John Donne Ans. Poetic contributions of John Donne,  John Donne’s (1572 1631) standing as one the greatest poets in the English language is now thoroughly established, and critics such as T. S. Eliot, F. R. Levi, and William Empson have found

Do not go gentle into that Good Night Do not go gentle into that Good Night is a personal poem by Dylan Thomas, a great poet of the 20th century. Nurtured by Joyce, The Bible, and Freud, Dylan Thomas derived his original strength from

She Walks in Beauty ANS. She Walks In Beauty, Lord Byron is one of the foremost Romantic poets. He was born in 1788; about 18 years younger than Wordsworth, and a close contemporary of Shelley and Keats. Although Byron upheld the same romantic ideals

Critical appreciation of Kubla khan Ans. Critical appreciation of Kubla khan, Kubla khan is supposed to be the recreation of a dream that Coleridge saw when he had fallen asleep. The poem is often described as the most perfect of all records of dream

Break Break Break Ans. Break Break Break Lord Tennyson is perhaps the greatest and most representative poet of the Victorian age. His long life spans the best half-century of the Victorian era. He had already started writing poetry when Keats and Shelley were in

Futility Futility Wilfred Owen is a famous war poet of the present century. ‘Futility’ is one of his most popular poems. ‘Futility’ is a remarkable rendering of the grim realities of war. The pity of war is the subject matter of many of Owen’s