Articles related to "Edmund Spenser"

Unlike the Shakespearean speaker who is obsessed with his own talent and writing ability, the Spenserian speaker is obsessed with his sorrow over the loss of a beloved.

Short biography of the life and works of English poet Edmund Spenser, leading poet during the Elizabethan Era, and famous for "The Faerie Queene."

Canada's outstanding poet, David Solway, offers a lush scene of communicating plant and animal residents of a garden in spring in his poem simply titled, "The Garden."

Edmund Spenser's sonnets offer a variant of the English sonnet, differing in rime scheme, but similarly featuring three quatrains and a couplet.

Is Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 a moving and radical attempt to write a realistic love poem, or an attack on his work of his poetic contemporaries?

The ideal image of a lawn draws to mind sweeping areas of rich green grass covering rolling hillsides, but yards without grass can also be lovely and graceful.

"On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me..." Millennia of tradition and symbolism lie behind the gift of two Turtle Doves.

Like many nursery rhymes Ring around the Rosy has sinister undertones. Learn more about some of the suggested interpretations for the poem.

In Sonnet 38, the speaker makes a distinction between his talent and his "Muse."

A quintessentially modernist poem, "The Waste Land" is noted for its length, frequent use of allusion, foreign language phrases, and fragmented style.

England is a tiny nation on the island of Great Britain. Yet in spite of its small size and population, it came to rule the world's oceans for nearly two hundred years.

Here are some great meditations for your sign. From the blogs' "Zen Quote of the Day" series.

English victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 was the summit of what is often termed Elizabeth's Golden Age, but behind the glory lay many cunning deceptions.