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William Nicholson (1782–1849) was a Scottish poet, born in the village of Borgue in Kirkcudbrightshire.He was also known variously as "The Bard of Galloway", the itinerant singer and "pedlar-poet", or "Wandering Wull".
Poetry analysis is the process of investigating the form of a poem, content, structural semiotics, and history in an informed way, with the aim of heightening one's own and others' understanding and appreciation of the work. [1] The words poem and poetry derive from the Greek poiēma (to make) and poieo (to create).
John Davidson (11 April 1857 – 23 March 1909) was a Scottish poet, playwright and novelist, best known for his ballads. [1] [2] [3] He also did translations from French.In 1909, financial difficulties, as well as physical and mental health problems, led to his suicide.
She continued to write poetry, but after the war became better known as a children's writer. Her work was included in New Poems 1965, edited by Clifford Dyment. [9] A collection of Stanley-Wrench's papers, including manuscripts and correspondence, is held by the Lockwood Library of the University at Buffalo. [10]
The Hunting of the Snark, subtitled An Agony, in Eight fits, is a poem by the English writer Lewis Carroll.It is typically categorised as a nonsense poem.Written between 1874 and 1876, it borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his children's novel Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
Donald E. Thackrey referred to "There's a certain Slant of light" as one of Dickinson's best lyric poems for its force of emotion but resistance to definitive statements on meaning. [14] He likened it to Keats's "Ode to Melancholy," claiming that although it is less specific, it transmits the experience of the emotion just as effectively. [14]
Even though the poem is a mere nineteen lines there are many differing interpretations, not least because the poem contains several obscure words and some ambiguous grammar. [13] One interpreter considers that the word Eadwacer in the poem is not a proper noun, but a simple common noun which means "property watcher". [ 14 ]
The poem is a narrative made up of four six-line stanzas, known as sestets. Poe uses the term shadow in the middle of each stanza. The meaning of the word, however, changes with each use. First, it is a literal shadow, where the sun is blocked out. In the second, it implies gloom or despair. The third denotes a ghost.