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Text In Modern English All Kings, and all their favourites, All glory of honours, beauties, wits, The sun itself, which makes times, as they pass, Is elder by a year now than it was When thou and I first one…

The Anniversary — John Donne [1572-1631] Text In Modern English  All Kings, and all their favourites,          All glory of honours, beauties, wits,     The sun itself, which makes times, as they pass,     Is elder…

Question — Essay-type Attempt a critical appreciation of Donne’s  “The Anniversary”. In the field of love poetry, the contribution of the metaphysicals is considerable. When Donne appeared on the stage, Spenser and his followers were following the petrarchan tradition of…

The Retreat — Henry Vaughan  Happy those early days! when I Shined in my angel infancy. Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought; When yet…

Question — Essay-type  Discuss ‘Twelfth Night’ as a Shakespearean comedy. ‘Twelfth Night’ is considered to be a romantic comedy. The atmosphere of ‘Twelfth Night’ is romantic. We feel as if we were transported to a world of make-believe and were…

Question — Essay-type  How does Vaughan build up a contrast between childhood and adulthood in “The Retreat”? The central theme of Vaughan’s poem “The Retreat” is the glorification of childhood, based on the Platonic doctrine of the immortality of the…