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The British Landscape Conserved by its Poets

By: Duncan McGibbon

Britain's landscape poets have done more to preserve its countryside than any environmental or ecological conservancy has. more...

The Profane Wit of John Wilmot Earl of Rochester

By: Angela Zito

Rochester's "Allusion to Horace" and "Imperfect Enjoyment" exemplify the harsh, honest language and explicitly sexual imagery that have earned him both notoriety and fame more...

Laurence Binyon, Poet of the Great War

By: Duncan McGibbon

Laurence Binyon was a figure of the literary establishment . He wrote the Ode to Remembrance with no experience of warfare and no idea of how great the toll was to be. more...

W.B Yeats' Poem "The Folly of Being Comforted"

By: Lucille Lever

In W.B. Yeats' poem "The Folly of Being Comforted," a passionate lover's heart engages in a dialog with an "ever kind" friend - the lover's own intellect. more...

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester Biography

By: Angela Zito

Though notorious for his debauched behavior and lascivious language, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester was nevertheless one of Restoration London's most celebrated poets. more...

William Blake's 'The Garden of Love'

By: Joshua Feldman

This poem uses the deterioration of an Edenic garden to represent the corrupting effect of organised religion upon our internal state of being. more...

The White Man's Burden by Rudyard Kipling

By: Bailey Shoemaker Richards

The White Man's Burden is a layered poem in many ways; it represents numerous elements of late Victorian sensation and hints at the future of the empire. more...

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