Keats’ view of poetry from line 9-14 in “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” : It’s in an early sonnet, “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” (1816) that Keats displays the attitudes of a true scientist. With a superbly sustained…
Elements of Sensuousness in Ode to a Nightingale : John Keats(31 October 1795-23 February 1821) was an English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy…
John Keats (1795-1821) composed this poem one morning in early May 1819, when he was still mourning the death of his brother Tom. The world of nature features prominently in Romantic verse, because the poets believed in its healing, restorative…
Conditions of Society in The Chimney Sweeper : Whatever the Aesthetes say in favour of the autonomy of art, by flaunting the slogan ‘Art for Art’s Sake’, no amount of abstraction can sever art and literature from their roots in…
Significance of the Title of the Poem “London” by Samuel Johnson in Detail : London is a poem by Samuel Johnson, produced shortly after he moved to London. Written in 1738, it was his first major published work. The poem…
The Yellow Wallpaper is written as a series of diary entries from the perspective of a woman who is suffering from post-partum depression. The narrator begins by describing the large, ornate home that she and her husband, John, have rented…
Narrative Style in Frankenstein : Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is written by deploying the flashback technique which has been compared by critics to a Chinese box-a structure of stories within stories. The major framework is provided by the first narrator-Robert Walton…
Main Theme and Plot in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein : Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein has three separate plot lines that circulate through the novel. The first is the Robert Walton plot line that introduces and closes the novel. Walton exhibits all of…
Characteristics of Victor Frankenstein in Detail : The creator of the monster, Victor spends most of the novel trying to defeat the monster. Victor is the oldest son of Alphonse and Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein. Victor by birth is a Genevese,…
Frankenstein as a Gothic Novel in Detail : Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by Mary Shelley. Shelley wrote the novel when she was 18 years old. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor…
