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Thyrsis, a well-known pastoral elegy, was composed by Arnold on the death of his scholar-friend Arthur Hugh Clough, his classmate and childhood friend. In this poem Arnold wonders at night alone over the familiar Oxford countryside. He has no hope for the future as he contemplates for the loss of... Sign in to see full entry.
Unable to fathom The delights of kissing I, like one deluded, Thinking it to be the ultimately real Decided to break off From my house of woe And search for It in the wilderness Standing at the door, embracing, Bidding farewell to my darling Suddenly, I was seized With a sense of foolishness And... Sign in to see full entry.
In The Excursion Wordsworth expounds a personal philosophy of which he is clearly aware in advance, whereas in his best poetry, which belongs to his earlier years, he deals with immediate experience that is still evolving. The philosophy of The Excursion is a reassertion of traditional values... Sign in to see full entry.
I have heard, heard from quarters deep Love is the glue that holds, binds, unites the universe Why is it then that nectarine waters in me not seep? Is it because I do not love myself? This verse, This question I surmise is in season In spite of all my bawdy internal treason I do realize I have not... Sign in to see full entry.
Conidered as one of the greatest dramatic masterpieces in the literary world, the Russian playwright Anton Chekov’s last play The Cherry Orchard opened at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. T he play serves as a fluid and complex symbol that has... Sign in to see full entry.
Those people that kill the Self, upon giving up their mortal bodies go to the worlds of devils enveloped in blinding darkness, says verse 3 of the Isa Upanishad. Who are the killers of the Self? This question is answered by the founder of the international society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON),... Sign in to see full entry.
Born about half a century BC, the Roman poet Horace is one of the distinguished exponents of the classical school of criticism. Interestingly, the son of a slave, Horace was also a soldier who served under the leadership of General Brutus, after Julius Caesar's assassination. He believed that great... Sign in to see full entry.
Alongside a grove of Norfolk Island pine Grows a solitary rosebush steady and fine Delicate liana creeper clings with an unrelated Oak trunk, as if friends or lovers long-lost, reunited! Vast Himalayan mountain range overcast, lies waste The endless bounds of the Great Saharan chaste Hiding in its... Sign in to see full entry.
( Was it a realistic depiction of Galileo the man? I have my doubts so far as his hedonistic tendencies go ). For clarity's sake please read the earlier post in continuation. Bertolt Brecht's play Life of Galileo opens on the study of Galileo, a teacher of Mathematics at Padua, (one of the prominent... Sign in to see full entry.