English Poet Research Articles

The Portrayal of Spring in English and Arabic Poetry: A Comparative Stylistic Study of Selected Poems

This comparative study highlights many romantic affinities in some poems by modern and classic English and Arabic poets. These romantic poets represent spring similarly as a source of pleasure, peace, and comfort. They see spring as their place of sharing compassion, love, and happiness. The study is mainly based on the Parallelism theory of the American School of Comparative Literature which focuses on the parallel themes, linguistic devices, and images of different authors whose social, historical, traditional, and linguistic aspects are different (Bressler, 2011, p. 42). It also adopts the New Criticism’s methodology of analyzing poetic metaphors, symbols, structures, and similes. Their romantic compositions connect spring spiritually, aesthetically, and invisibly with these poets’ souls. They glorify and adopt spring and its influence on them as a symbol of pleasure and comfort.

Abraham Cowley (1618–1667): A Seventeenth-Century English Poet Recovered ed. by Michael Edson and Cedric D. Reverand II (review)

Abraham Cowley (1618–1667): A Seventeenth-Century English Poet Recovered ed. by Michael Edson and Cedric D. Reverand II (review)

For a High, Short Lydgate Chronology

ABSTRACT In memory of D. A. Pearsall (1931–2021) The late-sixteenth- and early-seventeenth-century tradition of English antiquarianism is enlisted to license a proposed elevation of the birthdate of the poet John Lydgate by a generation, to ca. 1390, with a consequent abbreviation of his lifespan to the sixty-some years that the poet mentions. The proposal intends to mitigate problems of Lydgate’s early years, especially a long quiet at the start of the literary career of this most facile of English poets, by their elimination.

Benedict Wallet Vilakazi and the Hound of Heaven

ABSTRACT: Through archival research, this short article provides for the first time a published transcription of the Zulu poet Benedict Wallet Vilakazi’s translations of two poems by Francis Thompson (1859–1907), the English poet and Catholic mystic: “The Hound of Heaven” and “To W. M.” In doing so, not only does it add 196 lines of poetry to the corpus of Zulu literature from an important period in its literary history, but also provides further examples of Vilakazi’s own conception of, and contributions to, the development of Zulu poetry through translation, especially within the context of literary debates in the 1930s.

The Subaltern in “La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad”

The poem "La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad" is a 1819 ballad by second generation English Romantic poet, John Keats. The title was derived from the title of 15th-century poem by Alain Chartier called La Belle Deme sans mercy. considered as one of the classics ,the poem beclouds the thin line between reality and imagination. The poem is denied as autobiographical by many critics and writers but the impact of his life incidents is undeniable. The poem Fennyencompasses around the themes like passion, obsession, and enchantment. There is Femme fetal iconography present in the poem. There is a great impact of Brawne and the success and criticism of his rival Lord Byron on the poetry and life of Keats.

‘No more myself but a colander’: Dimensions of death and vitality in Alice Oswald’s Falling Awake

Winner of multiple prestigious awards, contemporary English poet Alice Oswald is considered one of the leading voices in modern poetry. In her seventh poetry collection, Falling Awake, Oswald has crafted a poetic image of death that diverges from the traditional conceptions of death as morbid and a source of anxiety. This article examines Oswald’s depiction of death in Falling Awake within the framework of German-American philosophy academic Peter Koestenbaum’s theory of the two dimensions of death. In her exploration of the physical and metaphysical dimensions of death, the ‘death of another’ and the ‘death of myself’, Oswald actively investigates their roles as agents of erosion and their relationship with life and vitality. This essay analyses a selection of poems from Falling Awake in accordance with Koestenbaum’s dimensions of death, arguing that in her illustration of death, Oswald conceptualises it as a reminder to sustain life and vitality, and as a process in the cycle of life that fosters the disintegration and diversification of the individual, thereby enabling the emergence of new life forms and the enhancement of the vitality of the macrocosm.

«Love for our kind, too»: la militancia queer de Sylvia Townsend Warner desde la retaguardia durante la Guerra Civil española durante los años treinta

The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 brought about a change of literary paradigm among the Leftist intelligentsia of the country. The experimentation encouraged by Modernism is thus gradually replaced with an increasingly ideological form of writing whose epic zeal and celebration of the virility of soldiers equally nurtured the works of those British poets who became involved by the Spanish antifascist cause. There exists nonetheless another kind of literature of the war in Spain written from the rearguard which examines the reality of the conflict from an intersectional angle. Such is the case of the political poetics of Sylvia Townsend Warner. Through a gender perspective, the contextualised study of the evolution of her poetics during the thirties can allow a revision of the dominant version of the Spanish Civil War imposed by the predominantly male cultural politics of the time.

The Poetic Theory of Al-Waleed Al-Bohtory and William Wordsworth: A Comparative Study

This study delivers a comparative theoretical study between the Arabic Abbasid classic poet A-Waleed Al-Bohtory and the English poet William Wordsworth. This study relies on analytical and descriptive methods that focus on analyzing the theoretical concepts and studying them based on these two poets’ literary legacy. The significance of this study is to provide a comparative investigation between these Western and Eastern poets to find some mutual similarities and theoretical background of both, to help the researchers of the discipline in the future. Al-Bohtory and Wordsworth present imaginative, descriptive, analytical, rustic and simple poetic stanzas to simulate and enjoy their surrounding objects, for instance Nature. They depict nature as a place of tranquility, peace, and happiness at the end. They portray similar imaginative and descriptive images of Spring, pools, birds, animals, and forests. These two poets were influenced by other contemporary poets at their time as Coleridge and Abu-Tammam. These contemporary poets for Wordsworth and Al-Bohtory are like their poetic spark and inspiration.

Contribution of Indian English Poets towards Indian Freedom Movement

The idea of independence has always captivated the minds of the poets. Poets all around the world have always supported the cause of freedom of different countries. They have even served in wars for the same purpose. English Romantic poets were inspired by the French Revolution. There were war poets who served in the world wars and filled the hearts of people with patriotism. Some fought for the liberation of Greece and Spain. India had also been colonized by the Britishers for over a century. Freedom for India was brought about by the supreme sacrifice of many brave souls. The contribution of poets was no less as they ignited the souls of the people through their fierce words. Many poets have dedicated poems to their mother land which in turn reminded people of their glorious past. Prominent pre-independence poet Henry Derozio pines for the country to return to its pristine glory. Poets like Toru Dutt have written on Indian themes. Sarojini Naidu, through her poems, has shown her hatred for all forms of tyranny and shows the wish of rejuvenation of her motherland. This paper is a humble attempt to show the contribution of different Indian English poets towards the Indian freedom struggle.

DEFINING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BYRONIC HERO IN THE CONTEXT OF ROMANTICISM

The paper seeks to account for the characteristics of the Byronic hero in the theoretical context of romanticism. Lord Byron was an English poet of the Romantic school. With his contemporaries like Coleridge, Wordsworth, Southey, Shelley and many others, they have addressed the major problems of their epoch through their heroes. But, Lord Byron has refused to provide his heroes with classical romantic visions and concepts. He needed to work on heroes which should qualitatively be different from the traditional romantic ones. Another objective of the study is to provide some significant definitions of the Byronic hero, his major characteristics, his spirits and flaws. As a result, the study found that Lord Byron has created a new type of romantic hero which later would be called the ‘Byronic hero’. It also revealed how far the Byronic hero was ready to risk his life, his estate, his pedigree to rescue others with the major concern to provide them with freedom and justice. Key words : : Byronic hero, characteristics, definitions, Literature, romanticism

A Study of Writing of China in W. H. Auden’s Journey to a War

China is one of the countries that paid a precious price during World War II. In this unprecedented human catastrophe, as an important force in the world’s anti-fascist alliance and the main battlefield of the East, China, together with other countries committed to gaining the national and international independence and made significant national sacrifices and historical contributions to eventually win the Warof Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. In that critical era, British poet W. H. Auden went to China in 1938 with his close friend and companion, British writer Christopher Isherwood to witness the reality and became the first pack to make it known to the world. As a war correspondent, he recorded the Chinese battlefield under World War II from a perspective that transcended any particular national, racial, gender, class, and touching writing style, leaving behind many precious first-hand materials, which are extremely valuable in history and literary ethics and inspiring for future generations.

Images of the Moon and the Sun in the Poetry of F.H. Thompson

Introduction. The article considers the analysis of metaphorical models describing the Moon and the Sun, two key mythologems in the works of F.H. Thompson, a religious English poet of XIX-XX centuries. The research relevance is connected with the growing interest in the representation of the individual author's worldview in a poetic text and with the fact that the work of F.H. Thompson in Russian philology remains poorly studied.Methodology and sources. The research is based on the conceptual metaphor theory byLakoff and Johnson. The empirical basis of the study was the poems by F.H. Thompson “A Corymbus for Autumn”, “Orient Ode”, “Ode to the Setting Sun”, “The Mistress of Vision”, “An Anthem of Earth”, “Sister Songs”, “From the Night of Forebeing”, “The Hound of Heaven”, “The Song of Hours”, “The Sere of the Leaf”, “The Dead Astronomer”, “Ad Amicam”, “Ad Castitatem”, “Love Declared”, “Of Nature: Laud and Plaint”, “Nocturn”, “Assumpta Maria”, “To a Poet Breaking Silence”, “Arab Love-Song”, “Victorian Ode”.Results and discussion. The analysis revealed that in F.H. Thompson's poetry the images of the Moon and the Sun are contrasted as “passive – active”, “weak – strong”, “chastity – passion”, “cold – heat”, “water – fire”, to a lesser extent “death – life”, “female – male” and “pagan – Christian”. The Sun is a source of life, beauty and poetic inspiration, and, in addition, the movement of the Sun across the sky during the day helps people to understand the story of Christ’s death and resurrection and its sense. The Moon, despite its coldness and passivity, also plays a necessary role in the universe (for example, controlling natural cycles and acting as an intermediary between the Sun and mankind).Conclusion. The images of the Moon and the Sun fit seamlessly into the general system of images of Thompson's poetry, in which the author seeks to create an image of a spiritualized Universe filled with the presence of God. The Sun is the central image of Thompson's poetry, an active character, often likened to Christ; the Moon is more passive and more strongly associated with paganism and death (which, however, does not make its image negative).

Dark Humor in the Poetry of Sherman Alexie and Ahmed Matar: A Comparative Study

Dark humor is a form of comedy that explores taboo topics such as death, disease, and tragedy. While it is often controversial and can be offensive to some, it is also a means of coping with difficult or uncomfortable topics and offering a fresh perspective on societal norms. Just as stated by Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature, dark humor or black humor is a kind of humor that is marked by the use of morbid, ironic, or grotesquely comic episodes that ridicule human folly. However, this paper examines the concept of dark humor by tackling some of the significant poems of the English poet “Sherman Alexie” and the Iraqi poet “Ahmed Matar.” Those two poets discuss subjects and problems of real-life experiences. The purpose of this research is to shed light on Native Americans' daily lives on reservations and demonstrate their pain as well as the poet’s personal experience there, which is discussed by Sherman Alexie in his poems, “Futures”, “Traveling”, “Translated from the American”, “Giving Blood”, “War all the time”, “Reservation cap driver”, “The mice war”. While the Iraqi poet tended to criticize Arab rules, the lack of freedom they force, their use of torture, the government, and their persuasion of authority at all costs. Here are some of his notable poems that this research are going to explain and make critique in details. “They put a watchdog on my mouth", "وَضَعوا فوقَ فمي كلبَ حِراسه", “My awful silence”, "صمتي الرهيب", “The lost Caravan”, "قافلة تائهة". Ultimately, this paper aims to offer a fair viewpoint on the usage of dark humor and to stimulate additional investigation into its psychological and social significance. It can be hypothesized that Dark humor has been used heavenly by Ahmed Matar and Sherman Alexie in their poetry, and the researcher is going to show the importance of using humor is to attack the capitalist system, as in Sherman Alexie country, and the ruthless hegemonic government as in Ahmed Matar' country. It is used to show vulgarity of governments and to amuse the audience to certain extent.

“Who’s Sidney Hunt? … He Was a Homosexual”

Abstract Sidney James Hunt, born in 1896, was a queer British poet, painter, and draftsman whose brief career was active and eclectic. Building on recent work, this article seeks to examine not only the scope of Hunt’s idiosyncratic experimentation with word and image, culminating in his editorship of Ray—the only English equivalent of such influential European publications as Der Sturm, De Stijl, and Mécano—but also the striking and suggestive originality of Hunt’s specifically queer literary and artistic production. His subjects include blushes of boys night bathing, sunbathing, and posing with pansies, as well as naked male figures (often of mythological origin). He was one of the few modernist artists to use abstraction to express the essentials of male beauty and, under a pseudonym, created several erotic photomontages. His work as a pioneer of the avant-garde in Britain and as a queer British artist deserves considerable reassessment.

Romantic Lyrics of Dr. Jodha Chandra Sanasam

Dr. Jodha Chandra Sanasam (1944-2021) was an eminent Professor and surgeon of the Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS: 1972), Imphal. He was very popular in Manipuri literature both Poetry and Novel. He got the Sahitya Akademi Award, New Delhi in 2012. Some Manipuri scholars remarked him as ‘the second literary incarnation of the first Manipuri poet and novelist, Dr. Kamal (1900-1934).’ ​First of all, I compared with the literary art of Dr. Jodha Chandra Sanasam and Dr. Kamal. Then I critically analysis on his lyrical verse, Ngaseedi Ashengba Haydoklage (Today, I shall tell the truth: 2009) with reference to Dr. Kamal’s novel, MADHABI (1931) and anthology of verses, LEIPARENG (Garland: 1931), English romantic poet, Thomas Moore (1779-1851)’s poem, ‘ The Light of the Other Days’ , Sanskrit epic poet, Kalidasa's MEGHADOOT and Manipuri romantic poet, Khumanthem Ibohal (1924-1988)’s NUNGSI KEINA KADA (To the beloved KEINA: Ballad: 1964), etc. At last, I concluded to give his literary beauties and art forms of Dr. Jodha Chandra Sanasam with some suitable quotations from his above-mentioned book.

Postmemory Twice: Poetic and Narrative Transformation in George Szirtes’s Biographies of His Mother

The Hungarian-born English contemporary poet George Szirtes has written several times about two traumas of his family history: the Holocaust, which both his parents survived, while several of their relatives perished, and the Revolution of 1956, which forced them into exile. My paper focuses on two major narratives about Szirtes’s mother: a cycle of poems “Metro” (1988) and a biography in prose The Photographer at Sixteen (2019). Exploring the differences in perspective and form as well as the similarities in themes and structure, I seek the answer to the questions how one’s own memories are intertwined with the past of the communities where one belongs; how these controversial sets of memories might lead to internal conflicts; and how the memory of one’s predecessors are being transformed by the process of the speaker’s own transformation in the time span of three decades. Investigating these aspects, I argue that Marianne Hirsch’s concept of postmemory not only proves to be instrumental in understanding several books by Szirtes better but also that Szirtes goes one step further than Hirsch by revealing how individual memory not only is embedded into and influenced by communal memory, but also is constructed in the form of family memories passed on from one generation to the next.

‘And You Shall Know That I am the Lord’: The Wanderer and the Book of Ezekiel

AbstractThe ruined-city motif in the Old English poem The Wanderer (lines 73–87) has long been read as a reflex of traditional Germanic diction, and as a symbol of material transience. In line with more recent biblical readings of the poem, this paper identifies a number of analogues and possible sources for both the excidio urbis image and other images of transience, in the biblical Book of Ezekiel. Among these correspondences between The Wanderer and the prophetic biblical narrative are references to scavenging animals, traditionally read as Germanic ‘beasts of battle’ when encountered in the Old English elegies. Reading this passage alongside Gregory the Great’s Homilies on Ezekiel further illuminates how the poem’s structure and changing use of tense corresponds with contemporary thought on the revelatory processes of prophecy. It is here proposed that the Old English poet has chosen to use images and devices which resonate with both biblical and traditional vernacular poetic diction.

Dating “Sweet Desire”

Abstract C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien are two key figures in the Modern Alliterative Revival, and each sought to revive Old English poetics with close to absolute metrical fidelity. While scholarship on Tolkien’s alliterative verse has seen an uptick in recent years, though, Lewis remains the odd poet out. Nominally, this article attempts to assign a composition date for Lewis’s poem “Sweet Desire.” My dating to early 1930 associates this text with Lewis’s famous conversion to theism. More broadly, this article tracks one revivalist’s painstaking adaptation of the alliterative meter into Modern English, outlining the technical challenges faced by Lewis and which other contemporary revivalists must overcome as well.

The Aesthetic-Poetic Translation Analysis on Toety Heraty’s Poetry Entitled ‘The Moon is High’

As several studies emerge analysing some literary work translation, there is lack of study focusing on such translation with certain point of view. This study then exists with the aim to qualitatively analyse Toety Heraty’s poetry entitled ‘The Moon is High’ translated by Carole Satyamurti, a British poet, with the aesthetic-poetic view. As the findings, it is concluded that, even though the translator employs some literal translations, but more often she implements aesthetic-poetic translation method to replicate the poetry along with retaining the poetic nuance from the word choices. However, it will be a challenge for whoever translating literary work with aesthetic-poetic translation method, since the transfer of the message will not only demand the lexical equivalence, but also the similar ‘beauty’ of the work.

Дипломатическая карьера английского поэта Мэттью Прайора

Introduction. There are only a few special works about the English poet Matthew Prior as a diplomat in historical literature, and his diplomatic service did not receive an assessment in Russian historiography. Methods and materials. During the study of the poet’s diplomacy practice, the author used systematic and anthropological methods, content analysis of his correspondence, biographies, and research works. Analysis. Prior was one of the few Englishmen of his time who was able to combine a political and poetic career. He met the main criteria for climbing the career ladder in the era of “courts and alliances” because he had professional abilities, excellent knowledge of languages, art knowledge, wit, and the ability to compose well. As a diplomat, Prior successfully proved himself during two European wars: the Augsburg League war and the War of the Spanish Succession. As a secret agent, embassy secretary, and ambassador, he was prominent in all negotiations with France. Results. The most important achievement of his diplomacy was the conclusion of the Peace of Utrecht between Britain and France. Prior’s diplomatic activities harmoniously combined with his erudition in the field of artistic culture and poetry. Diplomacy defined his most successful and mature works, and poetry perfected his art of diplomacy.