This poem explores the themes of jealousy and rivalry through the relationship between a queen and a beautiful, mesmerizing flower. One of Naidu’s most famous poems, it celebrates the ...
While poetry might seem like the realm of intellectuals, this literary domain is vast, encompassing everything from the love poems we send our sweethearts on Valentine's Day to the funeral poems we ...
Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...
Students could listen to their chosen poem again and analyse it in terms of the use of rhyme, similes and so on. Students could choose their own animal and formulate interesting similes to use in ...
brings into stark relief just how much space we human animals take up, how much of the world we devour. For me, two of the most moving poems of this section are the prize-winning Two Houses and ...