There’s a Certain Slant of Light
Emily Dickinson's poem There's a Certain Slant of Light explores human suffering, mortality, and the relationship between external nature and internal emotion. In this poem, Dickinson uses the imagery...
Pied Beauty
As with several poems by Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, Pied Beauty is a kind of song of praise to God. It takes a beautifully detailed look at the world in all its variety and sees the glory o...
The Windhover
The Windhover is a profound sonnet celebrating the beauty of a falcon in flight, drawing parallels between the bird's majesty and Christ's sacrifice and spiritual resilience. It is a sonnet written in...
The Drunken Boat
Arthur Rimbaud's poem The Drunken Boat (Le Bateau Ivre) is a vivid and imaginative exploration of freedom, isolation, and the boundaries of human experience. The 16-year-old Rimbaud wrote this poem to...
The Sleeper in the Valley
The Sleeper in the Valley (Le Dormeur du Val) is a poem known for its powerful imagery and subtle anti-war message, written by French poet Arthur Rimbaud when he was only 16 years old. This work is on...
The Scholar-Gypsy
Matthew Arnold was a writer of many activities, but it is chiefly as a poet and a critic that he now holds his place in English literature. The Scholar-Gypsy is a lyrical poem by Arnold, published in ...
Exotic Perfume
Charles Baudelaire's Exotic Perfume (Parfum Exotique) is a sensual and evocative poem that explores themes of desire, indulgence, and the allure of the exotic. Published in his ground-breaking collect...