I Heard a Fly Buzz — When I Died
Dickinson’s stark vision of death and consciousness — a study in silence, interruption, and the limits of vision.
I Dwell in Possibility
Dickinson’s ars poetica: poetry as a house of infinite rooms, open to visitors and crowned by the gambrels of the sky.
The Bells
A sound-symphony of life turning to alarm and elegy—an analysis of Poe’s metrics, refrain, and the psychology of noise.
Ulalume
Poe’s most hypnotic elegy: a night-walk with Psyche where memory conceals and reveals the grave it seeks.
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.
“Hope” is the Thing with Feathers
A compact hymn to resilience—analysis of Dickinson’s avian conceit, hymn meter, and ethical restraint.
A Dream within a Dream
Poe’s existential reflection on reality and illusion — an analysis of time, loss, and the limits of perception.
The Haunted Palace
A poetic allegory of lost reason — analysis of imagery, rhythm, and Poe’s architecture of the mind.
Sonnet 116
Shakespeare’s timeless definition of love that 'alters not' — with analysis of form, argument, and philosophical depth.
Kubla Khan
A visionary fragment of pleasure‑domes and prophecy — analysis of imagery, sound, and the myth of poetic creation.
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.