Nissim Ezekiel's "Enterprise" Analysis  "Enterprise" is a beautiful symbolic poem dealing with the theme of the rise and fall, the wishes and aspirations of India. It shows the various stages of Indian culture and civilization which got several jolts and jerks in the path of development. It …

Shakespearean Sonnet 29 Sonnet 29 Summary # First quatrain When I am disgraced by fortune and men's eyes, between all alone my outcast state, and trouble, with my bootless cries, heaven that remains deaf to them and look down upon myself and curse my fate. # Second quatrain I (then) wish to be like one, r…

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day Meaning If it should be fair or exact to compare you (Shakespeare's friend, Fair Youth) to a Summer's day (the most charming and beautiful season in England). The poet's intention is to assert superiority  of his friend&…

We are approaching the centennial of the publication of T.S. Eliot’s opus The Waste Land .   Written in the wake of World War I, Eliot captured the spiritual malaise, the economic upheaval, and the unprecedented destruction that pervaded postwar Europe and beyond.   Nineteen twenty-two was the year that changed litera…