“Hope” is the Thing with Feathers
A compact hymn to resilience—analysis of Dickinson’s avian conceit, hymn meter, and ethical restraint.
After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes
A clinical, lyrical x-ray of the mind after shock—analysis of Dickinson’s metaphors of ceremony, mineralization, and time.
Ulalume
Poe’s most hypnotic elegy: a night-walk with Psyche where memory conceals and reveals the grave it seeks.
The Bells
A sound-symphony of life turning to alarm and elegy—an analysis of Poe’s metrics, refrain, and the psychology of noise.
The Haunted Palace
A poetic allegory of lost reason — analysis of imagery, rhythm, and Poe’s architecture of the mind.
A Dream within a Dream
Poe’s existential reflection on reality and illusion — an analysis of time, loss, and the limits of perception.
Kubla Khan
A visionary fragment of pleasure‑domes and prophecy — analysis of imagery, sound, and the myth of poetic creation.
Sonnet 116
Shakespeare’s timeless definition of love that 'alters not' — with analysis of form, argument, and philosophical depth.
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Analysis of Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade, revealing its rhythm, heroism, and the tragic courage behind the Crimean War charge.
The Tyger
William Blake’s 'The Tyger' examines the mystery of creation and the paradox of innocence and experience through its fiery imagery and rhythmic power.
Howl
Enter Allen Ginsberg’s Howl — a visionary outcry of madness, passion, and rebellion that redefined American poetry and free expression.
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
An analysis of Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, exploring modern alienation, indecision, and the fragmented voice of the modern man.