Questions and Answers

Explain the poetic devices / figures of speech used in line 11 and 12 of Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If–“.

What were the changes in the time and condition when Vasavadatta and Upagupta met for the first time and again towards the end in Rabindranath Tagore’s poem “Abhisara – The Tryst”?

From “A Doctor’s Journal Entry” by Vikram Seth

What is the legend regarding the Inchcape Rock, the base of the poem ‘The Inchcape Rock’ by Robert Southey?

Why did Mrs. Thompson finally decide to keep Maggie in her house in T. S. Arthur’s short story “An Angel in Disguise”?

What is the “small pain” of the soldier in Michael Mack’s poem “Small Pain in My Chest”?

How was the condition of the terminally-ill patient depicted in Tony Hoagland’s poem “Why I Like the Hospital”?

What is the rhyme scheme used in the poem “Daffodils” by William Wordsworth?

In the poem there is not a single time where it is said that the person is a doctor except of some minor hints and the title of the poem. So how can you be sure that the speaker is […]

Can Todd be accused of double standards since he takes Poland to task for not paying her debt while he has quietly forgotten to pay back the borrowed dollar in Stephen Leacock’s story “My Lost Dollars”?