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"Home Thoughts, from Abroad" is a poem by Robert Browning. It was written in 1845 while Browning was on a visit to northern Italy, and was first published in his Dramatic Romances and Lyrics. [1] It is considered an exemplary work of Romantic literature for its evocation of a sense of longing and sentimental references to natural beauty.
The Land (poem) Last Post (poem) The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun; Leisure (poem) The Lie (poem) Limbo (Coleridge poem) Lines (poem) Lines on an Autumnal Evening; Lines Written at Shurton Bars; Little Gidding (poem) Little Red Cap (poem) Locksley Hall; Love Among the Ruins (poem) Lullay, mine liking
The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry by Cleanth Brooks and Paul Rand. Harcourt, Brace 1975 ISBN 9780156957052 "Review of Poems, in Two Volumes by Francis Jeffrey, in Edinburgh Review, pp. 214–231, vol. XI, October 1807 – January 1808; Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 in audio on Poetry Foundation
Another important aspect of the 1980s and 1990s was the birth of key seminal poet-led organisations such as Torriano [35] and Blue Nose Poets/writers inc. [36] which, together, played a major role in establishing and disseminating the norms and etiquettes of grass-roots poetry workshops and readings one finds throughout the UK poetry scene today.
Satirical print from 1830 depicting a goose lamenting the loss of the Commons to Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet, a Duke and King William IV. "The Goose and the Common", also referred to as "Stealing the Common from the Goose", is a poem written by an unknown author that makes a social commentary on the social injustice caused by the privatization of common land during the ...
British poetry is the field of British literature encompassing poetry from anywhere in the British world (whether of the British Isles, the British Empire, or the United Kingdom). Types of poetry which might be considered British poetry include: English poetry; Irish poetry from Northern Ireland; Scottish poetry (see Scottish literature) Welsh ...
The poem was first published in The Times on July 17, 1897. [1] The poem went against the celebratory mood of the time, providing instead a reminder of the transient nature of British Imperial power. [2] The poem expresses pride in the British Empire, but also an underlying sadness that the Empire must eventually go the way of all previous empires.
Clough wrote the short poem "Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth", a rousing call invoking military metaphors to keep up the good fight; which fight is unspecified, but it was written in the wake of the defeat of Chartism in 1848. Other short poems include "Through a Glass Darkly", an exploration of Christian faith and doubt, and "The Latest ...