Want to read a beautiful poem? Yes, let’s. The Voice by Thomas Hardy WOMAN much missed, how you call to me, call to me, Saying that now you are not as you were When you had changed from the one who was all to me, But as at first, when our day was fair. Can it… Continue reading Line by Line Analyis of The Voice – by Thomas Hardy
Poem without explanation. (No explanation needed, I think.)
Another extraordinary poem by John Keats that reminds us of the best things of autumn. Or fall, if you prefer your fall in American English. This poem has lots of hard words in it and some grammar difficulties, so you can learn a heap of English from this. Underneath I’ll try to explain everything line… Continue reading Poetry Line-to-Line Reading: To Autumn by John Keats
By Jacqueline Schaalje The following scenario will probably happen to you or someone near you very soon: the End of the Summer holidays is upon us. We’ll need to go back to school. No, not me. I’ll only go back to teaching at a college in October. What happens if we don’t go to school?… Continue reading Back to School Poems: We Real Cool and The Hand
By Jacqueline Schaalje Did you know that one of the most revered* poets in the English language died when he was only 25? And this was way before the time when famous singers and rockers became immortal (= live forever) when they died of drug overdoses. *See Word to the Wise The poet I’m talking… Continue reading Line-by-Line Discussion of John Keats’ Ode on a Grecian Urn
Weathers By Thomas Hardy This is the weather the cuckoo likes, And so do I; When showers betumble the chestnut spikes, And nestlings fly; And the little brown nightingale bills his best, And they sit outside at ‘The Traveller’s Rest,’ And maids come forth sprig-muslin drest, And citizens dream of the south and west, And… Continue reading Poetry Time – Easy Line-by-Line Explanation of Thomas Hardy’s Weathers
Robert Frost’s poetry is ideal for learners of English because of the easy vocabulary. Yet despite that his poems are deeper than meets the eye. Just the other day I came across a simple, but intriguing introduction to this American poet’s work. Here is the link. And here is a link to the poet reading… Continue reading The Poetry of Robert Frost – The Road Not Taken
