In the poem “Wyat Resteth Here”, the poet Surrey has given expression to his feelings of loss at the death of such a great personality “Thomas Wyatt”. He feels surprised as to how a fellow (Wyatt) as quick as mercury could rest and be peaceful. Also, He was a fellow who had got innumerable gifts …
Wyatt Resteth Here – Critical Analysis and Summary Read More »
Thomas Wyatt’s reputation as a poet is now firmly established, and his lighter lyrics show up as a bright patch in any collection of sixteenth-century verse. Wyatt wrote no memorable sonnets, but he blazed the track. His intimations of Patriarch brought bold and new images into English. At the end of his short life, Wyatt …
Thomas Wyatt, born at Ellington Castle in 1503, was the son of a Kentish squire and was educated at Cambridge. He came to the court of Henry VIII in 1520 and received his first employment in a government office in 1524. He married a young peer’s daughter, who was the mother of his two children. And …
In this article, we are going to answer a major question that in The Rape of the Lock, Pope has presented an imaginative critique of the fashionable world of his time. What moral tension lies under the glittering surface of society? Mirror of Society The Rape of the Lock is basically a mirror to the …
Moral Tension and Society – The Rape of The Lock Read More »
Mock-epic is a long narrative poem, which satisfies all the tests of epic poetry. It is a literary work in which the epic or heroic tradition is ridiculed or mocked, like the cutting off a lock of a women’s hair, which is the story that is related to Pope in the Rape of the lock. …
In this article, we are going to discuss in detail that if the addition of supernatural machinery has enhanced the poetic value of The Rape of The Lock. “The Rape of the Lock” basically consisted of two cantos, which described the main incident of the game of cards and the cutting of the lock and …
Poetic Value in The Rape of The Lock by SuperNatural Machinery Read More »
In these notes, we are going to cover the question: Is Pope’s treatment fair or unfair to women? The poem “The Rape and the Lock” is delicate, playful for and humorous. Basically, it is a witty satire on the upper-class society of England of the eighteenth century. In fact, Pope has satirized feminine frivolity. It …
Pope’s Treatment to Women in The Rape of the Lock Read More »
In this article, we will cover the questions about Chaucer’s artistic method in The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales. We will also discuss the statement “Chaucer found his English a dialect and left it a langue.” Also, we will answer the question by illustrating that what are the salient features of Chaucer’s style. Introduction The …
Chaucer’s Artistic Method in The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales Read More »
This article will answer the questions about “Justification of the comment: “Here is God’s Plenty”. We will also discuss Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales as a portrait gallery. There is a statement that “Chaucer conceived and exhibited the ‘Human Comedy’”. This topic will also cover the explanation of this statement. Introduction The remark, “Here …
God’s Plenty in Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales Read More »
Introduction The most vivid and famous portrait in the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, is perhaps, the Wife of Bath. She is one character in whom, the realistic and the individualistic elements of portraiture outweigh the typical. The character jumps out at us from the pages of The Prologue, as one critic very cogently puts …
