An early English sonnet, analysed by Dr Oliver Tearle Sir Thomas Wyatt’s ‘Whoso List to Hunt’ is one of the earliest sonnets in all of English literature. What follows is the poem, followed by a brief introduction to, and analysis of, the poem’s language and imagery – as well as […]
Some quick facts about celebrated poet Rupert Brooke and his short but interesting life 2015 marks the centenary of Rupert Brooke’s death, so we thought we’d offer some interesting facts about the life of one of Britain’s most popular war poets. 1. Rupert Brooke once went skinny-dipping with Virginia Woolf. […]
Fun facts about the life of William Faulkner, author of The Sound and the Fury 1. William Faulkner was born Falkner; according to one story, the ‘u’ was the result of a typesetting error Faulkner didn’t bother to correct. Curiously, Falkner’s great-grandfather had been Colonel Faulkner but had removed the ‘u’ […]