The Lady of Shalott
The complete 1842 text of The Lady of Shalott with a detailed analysis of its themes, symbolism, and legacy.
There Will Come Soft Rains
Nature’s calm outlasts human conflict in Teasdale’s quietly devastating WWI-era lyric.
The Kiss
Fulfillment turns ambivalent in Teasdale’s eight-line lyric of longing and disillusion.
I Am Not Yours
Teasdale’s classic love lyric balancing the hunger to yield with the need to remain oneself.
The Look
A two-quatrain gem in which the memory of a look proves stronger than any kiss.
The White Man’s Burden
An imperial‑era exhortation whose persuasive craft and racial assumptions make it a central text for contextual study.
If—
Discover Kipling’s timeless code of endurance and self-mastery in “If—,” a father’s lesson in courage and restraint.
To an Athlete Dying Young
A meditation on youth, fame, and mortality, where early death preserves glory from decay.
Loveliest of Trees
A gentle meditation on the fleeting beauty of life and the resolve to see the cherry bloom before time runs out.
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.