ENGLISH LITERATURE GALLERY

"Shall I Compare thee to a Summer's Day"                           by William Shakespeare About The Author:- William Shakespeare is one of the greatest poets (and playwrights) of English Literature. Although, the world knows little of the personal life of this great man. Stevens has justly observed on this point :- "All that is known with any degree of certainty concerning Shakespeare is that he was born at Stratford upon Avon- married and bad children there- went to London,where he commenced actor, and wrote poems and plays- returned to Stratford,made his will, died and was buried." William Shakespeare, the third child of John and Mary Shakespeare, was born on 23rd April,1564 in the little village of Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire.His study was hampered because of the pecuniary difficulties of his family. He was sent to Stratford Grammar School but soon he joined his father's business in order to help th...

Analysis of Hughes's "Crow's Fall":                                                                           Crow's Fall When Crow was white he decided the sun was too white. He decided it glared much too whitely. He decided to attack it and defeat it. He got his strength up flush and in full glitter. He clawed and fluffed his rage up. He aimed his beak direct at the sun's centre. He laughed himself to the centre of himself And attacked. At his battle cry trees grew suddenly old, Shadows flattened. But the sun brightened— It brightened, and Crow returned charred black. He opened his mouth but what came out was charred black. "Up there," he managed, "Where white is black and black is white, I won.".                ...