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On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet by Samuel Johnson — Research Starter
"On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet" is an elegiac poem by Samuel Johnson that reflects on the life and death of Dr. Robert Levet, a lay physician who selflessly cared for the poor in London. Written in…
On Shakespeare by John Milton — Research Starter
"On Shakespeare" by John Milton is a sixteen-line epitaph that honors the legacy of the renowned playwright William Shakespeare. Written in iambic pentameter and structured in heroic couplets, this…
On Prayer by Czesław Miłosz — Research Starter
"On Prayer" by Czesław Miłosz is a short, twelve-line poem that explores the complexities of prayer in the context of contemporary skepticism and belief. Through a first-person perspective, Miłosz…
On Poetry: A Rhapsody by Jonathan Swift — Research Starter
"On Poetry: A Rhapsody" by Jonathan Swift is a satirical poem composed of 494 lines written in iambic tetrameter couplets. The work critiques the relationship between poetic vocation and the desire…
On My First Son by Ben Jonson — Research Starter
"On My First Son" is a poignant elegy by Ben Jonson, written around 1603, that reflects the deep sorrow and complexity of a father's grief for his deceased son. The poem is structured as a twelve-line…
On Mr. Milton's "Paradise Lost" by Andrew Marvell — Research Starter
"On Mr. Milton's 'Paradise Lost'" by Andrew Marvell is a reflective poem that evaluates John Milton's epic work, "Paradise Lost," published in 1667. Marvell opens with a contrast between the seemingly…
On Looking into Sylvia Plath's Copy of Goethe's Faust by Diane Ackerman — Research Starter
"On Looking into Sylvia Plath's Copy of Goethe's Faust" is a poem by Diane Ackerman that reflects on the life and work of the American poet Sylvia Plath, who tragically took her own life in 1963. The…
On Inhabiting an Orange by Josephine Miles — Research Starter
"On Inhabiting an Orange" is a poem by Josephine Miles that explores the tension between human aspirations and the realities of existence. Through the use of geometrical imagery, the poem presents an…
On His Mistress by John Donne — Research Starter
"On His Mistress" by John Donne is an elegiac poem composed of fifty-six lines structured in twenty-eight rhyming couplets. Written in the first person, the poem captures the complex emotions of a man…
On First Looking into Chapman's Homer by John Keats — Research Starter
"On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" is a sonnet by John Keats that captures the exhilaration of discovering a translation of Homer's epic poetry by George Chapman. The poem serves as an…