By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Poetry is often full of examples of specific literary devices and techniques. Some of these, such as simile and metaphor, are well-known, and it’s important to be familiar with the terminology used to describe poetic imagery. We’ll come to that in time. But we’re […]
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10 of the Best Australian Poems Everyone Should Read
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Australia may be a ‘young’ country in terms of its expansion and written culture, although of course, its Aboriginal culture is among the oldest and most august in the whole world. And choosing ten of the best Australian poems, written by some of the […]
The Symbolism of ‘The Road Not Taken’
‘The Road Not Taken’ is one of Robert Frost’s most famous poems. Frost (1874-1963) was an American poet whose work was at odds with many of his modernist contemporaries, such as William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, and T. S. Eliot. He disliked free verse – memorably characterising it as ‘playing […]
10 of the Best Examples of Haiku Poems Everyone Should Read
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) A haiku is the most famous of all Japanese verse forms. In English versions, a haiku tends to consist of three unrhymed lines of (respectively) five, seven, and five syllables, adding up to a total of just seventeen syllables. However, you’ll notice that many […]
A Summary and Analysis of Countee Cullen’s ‘Yet Do I Marvel’
‘Yet Do I Marvel’ is a poem by Countee Cullen (1903-46), an important poet in the literary and artistic movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. In the poem, Cullen considers the mysterious ways of God, which include God’s desire to create a Black poet whom he has instilled with the […]