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Neoclassical Poets
September 20, 2026
English poets from 1660 to 1798 are generally known as neo-classical poets. They are called so because they had a great respect for classical writers and imitated much from them. Order, correctness and established rules...
Restoration Drama and Prose
September 20, 2026
The Restoration of King Charles II to the English throne in 1660 brought a new change in English literature. Previously closed theatres were opened again. New groups of writers began to write plays. During the...
Age of John Milton
September 20, 2026
Undoubtedly Milton is regarded as one of the greatest poets in English literature. He is second only to Shakespeare. He was born in London in 1608, and educated at Christ’s College, Cambridge. As a youth,...
Elizabethan Prose
September 20, 2026
Many writers of the Elizabethan age translated various books into English. Sir Thomas North translated Plutarch’ Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. He was one of the best translators with a good command of...
Elizabethan Drama
September 19, 2026
Drama was the chief literary glory of the Elizabethan age. In the beginning, these dramas were not so well- written, though the comedies were better than the tragedies. Ralph Roister Doister is taken as the...
Elizabethan Poetry
September 19, 2026
Elizabethan age was a great age of English literature. During this time the writing of poetry was the part of education among the educated people. That is why many books of poetry by different writers...
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...
