The Lake Isle of Innisfree
A lyrical vision of retreat, where remembered waters guide the heart toward quiet and self-sufficiency.
The Darkling Thrush
A wintry century’s despair meets a thrush’s song of inexplicable hope.
Channel Firing
War’s rehearsal rattles the dead as Hardy exposes modern militarism’s empty thunder.
Goblin Market
Rossetti’s narrative poem of temptation and sisterly sacrifice, where desire, commerce, and redemption collide in richly musical Victorian verse.
Dover Beach
Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach” contrasts beauty and despair, exploring lost faith and the enduring need for love in a changing world.
Remember
A tender sonnet that weighs remembrance against the kindness of letting go.
Ulysses
An aging hero refuses stillness, urging his crew toward one last voyage of meaning.
Annabel Lee
A lyrical elegy of love and loss in a kingdom by the sea.
My Last Duchess
A Duke’s refined monologue reveals jealousy, control, and a chilling confession.
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Dickinson personifies Death as a courteous suitor on a quiet carriage ride toward eternity.
Hope is the Thing with Feathers
A resilient bird in the soul sings on through every storm — Dickinson’s defining metaphor of hope.
Sonnets from the Portuguese (43)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet 43 explores the depth and endurance of love that transcends both time and death.