Category: Poetry Analysis

It has been over 400 years since Shakespeare’s sonnets were first published. While classic lines like Sonnet 18’s ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ still resonate today, some of the sonnets can feel difficult to read to the modern reader due to the outdated language. Just look at the first four lines of… Continue reading Shakespeare’s sonnets re-imagined

An analysis of Keats’ ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn In 1819, as part of a series of Odes, John Keats wrote the poem ‘Ode to a Grecian Urn’. It has sparked debate ever since about the true meaning and intentions of the poem, particular the line where the Urn appears to speak to the narrator,… Continue reading What Keats can tell us about playing the lottery, social media, and more…