Category: Literature & Poetry
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“The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by W. B. Yeats Reminds Us of the Real Needs of the Human Heart
One of W. B. Yeats’ most well-known poems, “The Lake Isle of Innisfree,” is an important reminder of the deep needs of the human heart for solace, silence, peace, and natural beauty. The poem articulates Yeats’ experience of a real place he remembered from childhood, in contrast to his bustling life in the city at…
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‘I carry your heart’ by e.e. cummings: One of the Most Beautiful and Intimate Love Poems Ever Written
Perhaps e. e. cummings’ most famous poem, somewhat due to its featuring in the film (name) where I was first entranced by it, ‘i carry your heart’ is one of the beautiful and intimate expressions of love. Here is a fragment of it: i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am…
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Dostoevsky: The Great 19th Century Russian Author
I am not a scholar of Dostoevsky, the great 19th Century Russian author. All I can say is that when I had finished reading about the tragic character, Marie, in his great novel, The Idiot, I had to hold the book to my chest and simply weep for a while. It had moved me profoundly. …
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‘I Died for Beauty’: Emily Dickinson’s Poem 449 Still Haunts with Meaning
Emily Dickinson’s poem 449, referred to normally like all her poems by their first line, I Died for Beauty, is a profound statement of meaning about the calling to live for beauty—and the often perilous consequences of such a vocation. In a way unique to Dickinson, whose life was marked by much suffering while she…
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