english syllabus
Leningrad Cemetery, Winter of 1941 by Sharon Olds
That winter, the dead could not be buried.The ground was frozen, the gravediggers weak from hunger,The coffin wood was used for fuel. So they were covered with somethingAnd taken on a child’s sled to ...
The Shadow in the Rose Garden by D. H. Lawrence
The story “The Shadow in the Rose Garden” throws light on the emotional tension of a woman. She loves one man but marries another one out of necessity. In the end, both the husband and the...
The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant
The story “The Necklace” deals with the irresistible temptation to outshine and drastic limitations. Matilda is the central character of the story. She herself suggests that there is a ver...
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (Analysis)
The story “The Tell-Tale Heart” deals with the abnormal psyche of the narrator who hates an old man for his pale bluish vulture eye. He is very repulsive to the spectacle of the old man’s vulture eye ...
Araby by James Joyce (Critical Analysis)
The story “Araby” deals with the emotional problems of a young bashful boy. It gives an insight into human beings. It also represents a tussle between the world of dreams and the world of reality. The...
The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (Brief)
The story “The Happy Prince” is a fairy tale that combines two worlds: the world of the Happy Prince above and the real world below. The story is also a contrast between the temporary happ...
Metro: Paris by Ezra Pound (Analysis)
The inhuman, unhygienic, and mechanical life of modern civilization is the theme of the poem. People become lifeless, thoughtless, and directionless in big cities. A glance at the faces of the people ...
Fog by Carl Sandburg (An Understanding)
Carl Sandburg has described the appearance and disappearance of fog with poetic beauty. In its appearance and disappearance, the law of Nature change and newness has been described. Every object, livi...
Politics by W. B. Yeats
The poem “Politics” by W.B. Yeats is about the supremacy of love over political intrigues. It is an expression of Yeat’s rejection of the world of political activities in the presenc...