Kedar N. Sharma
Kedar N. Sharma is an experienced literary expert and analyst with a postgraduate degree in English Literature. With many years of experience, he specializes in poetry and literary analysis. His strong knowledge of literary terms and critical theory adds depth and value to his contributions to PoemSense.
Middle English Period
September 19, 2026
The Middle English was spoken in England from about 100 A.D. to about 1500 A.D. It was much easier than the old English. Poetry The greatest poet of this period was Geoffrey Chaucer, often called...
Old English | Anglo Saxon Period
September 19, 2026
The Old English Language also known as Anglo Saxon was the earliest form of English. It was spoken from about 600 A.D. to 1100 A.D. Special studies is needed to read Old English since is...
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray | Summary and Analysis
September 5, 2026
Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is composed in quatrains, where the first line rhymes with the third, and the second with the fourth. Elegiac poetry is mostly written in abab form. The last...
The Grandmother by Ray Young Bear | Summary and Analysis
August 30, 2026
In the poem The Grandmother, the American-Indian poet, Ray Young Bear, draws a picture of his grandmother, all-loving, all-inspiring. His grandmother would wear a purple scarf round her head for warmth and she would go...
Ray Young Bear | Biography
August 30, 2026
Ray Young Bear (born in 1950) is an American and Indian poet and novelist. He was born and raised on the Tama Indian Reservation in Iowa, in the Mesquaki tribe, where his grandmother instructed him...
Lyrical Ballads | Definition
August 23, 2026
A long step forward in the history of romanticism was taken with the publication of the Lyrical Ballads in 1798 jointly by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It was not a conscious movement at...
Pastoral Elegy | Definition
August 23, 2026
An elegy is a poem on the death of someone. And pastoral suggest that the elegy is related to ‘shepherd’, and rustic life. Pastoral elegies are poems in which the poet speaks in the guise...
Elegy | Definition
August 22, 2026
An elegy is an expression of grief. It is a song of mourning. It was originally the form of poetry on the subject of sadness, especially ‘complaints about love’. But now the word normally refers...
Ballad | Definition
August 22, 2026
The ballad is probably the simplest form of narrative poem which tells a story in simple and colloquial language. The principal function of a narrative poem is to narrate what has actually happened, that is...
Satire in Lysistrata by Aristophanes
July 26, 2026
Aristophanes takes up the issue of war in the cities of ancient Greece and satirizes war for the loss of life and property it has caused. Through a conflict between the sexes, he exposes the...
