Roma Shrestha
Roma specialized in analyzing literature from several movements, including Renaissance, Romanticism, New Historicism, Modernism, Postmodernism and Post Colonialism. She has always enjoyed reading and analyzing literature.
The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson | Summary and Analysis
October 7, 2026
The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson was first published in 1851. This very short poem is regarded as the perfect illustration of the combination of sound and meaning. Written in triplets, in just six lines,...
Lady Clare by Alfred Lord Tennyson | Summary and Analysis
October 7, 2026
In spring lilies grow, and there are clouds in the sky. At that time Lord Ronald brought a lily-white doe to give it to his cousin, Lady Clare. They had promised to marry each other...
Victorian Consciousness in The Lotos Eaterss by Alfred Lord Tennyson
October 6, 2026
The Lotos-Eaters, which describes a scene from the Odyssey (c. 800 b.c.e.) in which Odysseus and his men, after a terrible storm, arrive on the shores of the land of the lotos-eaters, is a poem...
The Lotos Eaters by Alfred Lord Tennyson | Summary
October 6, 2026
Ulysses asked his crew (while returning home from the Trojan War) to be courageous because the land was now in sight. He told his men that the next rising wave would carry them to the...
The Lotos Eaters by Alfred Lord Tennyson | Critical Analysis
October 6, 2026
The Lotus Eaters is a striking poem which begins with a heroic line: “courage! He said and pointed towards the land”. The poem is looking at the human condition and its interest centers in the...
Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich | Summary and Analysis
October 3, 2026
Diving into the Wreck by the American poet Adrienne Rich was first published in her collection Diving into the Wreck in 1973. This poem is one of the significant work of Rich that stand tall...
Chaucer to Pre-Romantic Poetry
Before the Birth of One of Her Children by Anne Bradstreet | Summary and Analysis
September 29, 2026
In Before the Birth of One of Her Children, a pregnant wife is the speaker and her husband is the addressee. During the time in which this poem was written, the complication of pregnancy had...
Chaucer to Pre-Romantic Poetry
To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet | Summary and Analysis
September 29, 2026
To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet is a personal poem written in the name of the poetess’s husband. It is also a typical puritan poem. The poem offers modern readers insights into...
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Alden Nowlan | Summary and Analysis
September 26, 2026
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is a short ironic modern poem by Alden Nowlan. This poem is simply an experience of the feelings a poet had while writing it. The feelings that the...
Alden Nowlan | Biography
September 26, 2026
Alden Nowlan was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1933. He served as news editor of The Observer and The Telegraph Journal. Since 1968 he has been writer-in residence at the University of New...
