Poetic Devices
The English language contains dozens of poetic devices. Any expression that impacts how a poem or other written work looks or sounds is a poetic device. It is a unique literary tool that shapes words,...
Stanza Forms
Like any art form, poetry combines creativity and technique to produce realised concepts within a particular medium. One technique used to achieve a poet's ideas is the use of stanzas. Stanzas are bot...
Poetry: Subjective and Objective
Poetry can be broadly categorised into two types: subjective and objective. They are two distinct approaches to poetic expression that differ in their focus, perspective, and emotional engagement.Su...
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is the British writer Thomas Gray's most famous poem, first published in 1751. It mourns the lives of the obscure and forgotten populace of a rural village, whose...
Not My Best Side
Not My Best Side by U A Fanthorpe is a poem that humorously reinterprets the classical legend of Saint George and the Dragon by giving a voice to each of the three main characters depicted in Paolo Uc...
Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Macavity: The Mystery Cat is a poem by T S Eliot that is part of his collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, a collection of feline-centered poems published in 1939. These poems later became t...
The Circus Animals’ Desertion
The Circus Animal's Desertion is a poem by William Butler Yeats, published in 1939 as part of his final poetry collection, The Winding Stair and Other Poems. It is often seen as Yeats's reflection on ...