Poetry – PiyangieJay

November 11, 2023

Twenty Love Poems and A Song of Despair – Pablo Neruda

When it comes to poetry, my interest is centered on the British Romantic era, the only exception being epic poetry. Neruda’s Twenty Love Poems…

February 10, 2023

Idylls of the King – Alfred Tennyson

Idylls of the King is a beautiful retelling of the Arthurian legend. In blank verse, Tennyson tells us the coming of Arthur, the romantic…

December 21, 2022

Paris Spleen – Charles Baudelaire

Paris Spleen is a retelling of Les Fleurs du Mal in a more profound and elaborate manner. It’s more powerful with its touch on…

December 15, 2022

Les Fleurs du Mal – Charles Baudelaire

Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) is an unusual collection of poetry in its bold thematic exposition of taboo subjects and darker…

August 11, 2022

The Aeneid – Virgil

History records that Virgil wrote his epic poem The Aeneid to fulfill two purposes. One is to restore the faith among Romans in the…

January 17, 2022

Aurora Leigh – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Aurora Leigh is an epic poem which Elizabeth Barrett Browning herself styled as a “novel in verse” to which she has poured her profound…

November 26, 2021

Sonnets from Portuguese – Elizabeth Barret Browning

Sonnets from the Portuguese is a collection of forty-four love poems written to Robert Browning by Elizabeth Barrett Browning during their courtship. Apparently, they…

November 23, 2021

The Odyssey – Homer

Trojan War is ended and the Greeks are returning home with victory and their loot. But the homecoming is not so easy, for they…

November 23, 2021

The Iliad – Homer

The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem by Homer, which presents his interpretation of the events that took place during a few weeks…

November 23, 2021

The Paradiso – Dante Alighieri (La Divina Commedia #3)

Paradiso is the third and final part of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri which describes Dante’s version of Paradise. Dante’s Paradise is influenced…