Tithonus by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Stanza 1 The woods decay, the woods decay and fall,The vapours weep their burthen to the ground,Man comes and tills the field and lies beneath,And after many a summer dies the swan.Me only cruel immortalityConsumes:…
Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Stanza 1 It little profits that an idle king,By this still hearth, among these barren crags,Match’d with an aged wife, I mete and doleUnequal laws unto a savage race,That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and…
Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes
Stanza 1 I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed.Inaction, no falsifying dreamBetween my hooked head and hooked feet:Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat. Stanza 2 The convenience of the…
The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin
Stanza 1 That Whitsun, I was late getting away:Not till aboutOne-twenty on the sunlit SaturdayDid my three-quarters-empty train pull out,All windows down, all cushions hot, all senseOf being in a hurry gone. We ranBehind the…
Toads by Philip Larkin
Toads by Philip Larkin (1922-1985) from the Less Deceived Full text Stanza 1 Why should I let the toad workSquat on my life?Can’t I use my wit as a pitchforkAnd drive the brute off? Stanza…
Coming by Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin was born in 1922 and grew up in Coventry, England. He earned his BA from St John’s College, Oxford, and finished with First Class Honours in English. In 1955 he became Librarian of…
IELTS Cambridge Book 9 Listening Test 2 Answers
This recording is played directly from section 1 so you consider yourself that you start the test from the beginning, the computer generated voice to wait for the time limit is not here, however this…
IELTS Cambridge Book 9 Listening Test 1 Answers
This recording is played directly from section 1 so you consider yourself that you start the test from the beginning, the computer generated voice to wait for the time limit is not here, however this…
The Summary of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane austen that explores themes of love, marriage, class, morality and personal growth in early 19th century England. The story centers on Elizabeth Bennet, an intelligent…
The Battle of the Books by Jonathan Swift
An Introduction The Genesis of “The Battle of the Books” The Battle of the Books is a satirical work which Swift wrote with a definite purpose. His purpose was to lend support to his patron,…
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
INTRODUCTION MAIN TITLE SUB-TITLE HIS MISTAKES CHARACTERS “She Stoops to Conquer” features a colorful cast of characters, each contributing to the play’s humor, wit, and social commentary.Kate Hardcastle: The intelligent and spirited daughter of Mr.…
UOK MA English Semester I: Paper 102 Chaucer to Milton (Solutions)
M. A. (Sem. I) Examination, December, 2024ENGLISH LITERATURE PAPER – II MAEN-CC-102 SECTION -A MARKS ARE 2*10=20 FOR EACH QUESTION 1. What is the prize for winning the story telling contest in ‘The Prologue to…
Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Usually the period after the Middle Age, or so called Dark Age, is known as Renaissance (rebirth); the period is regarded as transitional period; that is to say, a new worldview predominated in England. Reformation,…
The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Important Characters to Read, in the Canterbury Tales are – The Knight, The squire, The prioress, The monk, The Friar, The franklin, The Wife of Bath, The Parson, The Reeve, The summoner, The pardoner, Chaucer…
Amoretti Sonnet 75: One Day I Wrote Her Name
by – Edmund Spenser Lines 1-4 One day I wrote her name upon the strand,But came the waves and washed it away:Again I write it with a second hand,But came the tide, and made my…
MA first Sem All Texts (University Of Kota)
In this post, I shared you the direct link to download the poems and essays are prescribed in the given syllabus of masters in English Literature in University of Kota. It is harder to find…
Important Definitions for MA English First Semester (University of Kota)
Here I am going to tell you all the definitions prescribed in the syllabus, we have 5 units and also we have some definitions to remember. For instance , for the first unit, Noun phrase,…
Color OLO : A detailed Study
In April 2025 A team of scientists at University of California announced they had done something remarkable. They had created a color no one had ever seen before. It was a color entirely outside the…
Dream-Children A Reverie By Charles Lamb
CHILDREN love to listen to stories about their elders, when they were children; to stretchtheir imagination to the conception of a traditionary great-uncle or grandame, whom theynever saw. It was in this spirit that my…
Imperfect Sympathies by Charles Lamb
“I am of a constitution so general, that it consorts and sympathiseth with all things; I have no antipathy, or rather idiosyncrasy, in anything. Those national repugnances do not touch me, nor do I behold…