Postmodern & Other Poetry
Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout by Gary Snyder | Summary and Analysis
October 28, 2026
Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout by Gary Snyder is a quiet meditative type of poem in which the persona meditates upon a landscape that he describes. The poem begins like a descriptive poem, but is...
First Song by Galway Kinnell | Summary and Analysis
October 28, 2026
First Song is a typical Kinnell poem in which he tells the story (one incident) of a small boy who finds solace in the music of the frogs croaking in the evening at the city’s...
Farewell by Federico Garcia Lorca | Summary and Analysis
October 28, 2026
The poem Farewell presents the condition of the poet who is approaching death or who must be an old person. Farewell is an expression which we use when we leave someone or when we are...
The day came slow-till Five o’clock by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
This poem is one of the beautiful and startling descriptions of a sunrise. The beauty, brilliance and freshness of the sunrise is described in terms of the sparkle and glitter of the rubies, topazes and...
Bring me the sunset in a cup by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
Bring me the sunset in a cup is one of the finest poems on Nature by Emily Dickinson. It is one of the typical poems of Dickinson displaying her approach to nature and its rich,...
I like a look of Agony by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
This small poem tells us about the agonized looks of a sufferer and finally about the agony of death. The look of agony is real because it cannot be imitated. On the contrary, men may...
To fight aloud, is very brave by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
Emily Dickinson describes the predicament of man in terms of the fight. The images in the poem are from war. Emily Dickinson’s tragic sense is vividly reflected in the poem. The poet celebrates the heroism...
There’s a certain Slant of light by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
The poem describes the slant rays of light in a winter afternoon. Winter symbolizes death and ‘afternoon’ further stands for death. So, the situation presented in the poem is that of a speaker contemplating the...
Safe in their Alabaster Chambers by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
This poem is about the dead buried in the grave. The dead are described as the meek members of the resurrection” sleeping safe in their graves, which are described as ‘alabaster chambers’. They remain there...
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain by Emily Dickinson | Summary and Analysis
October 27, 2026
This is one of the greatest poems of Emily imaginary. The theme of the poem is not the funeral, real or imaginary, but an aberration of the mind, the gradual break-up of rational powers and...
