Questions and Answers

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”?

Why does the narrator feel uneasy whenever he meets his friend Todd in Stephen Leacock’s short story “My Lost Dollar”?

What note did Todd send to the narrator in Stephen Leacock’s short story “My Lost Dollar”? Why was the narrator confused? What did he expect while receiving the note?

What role do the vendors, pedlars and maidens play in Sarojini Naidu’s poem ‘In the Bazaars of Hyderabad’?

Find out and explain the poetic devices used in the poem If by Rudyard Kipling.

Explore the poem The Dolphins by Carol as a critique of Speciesism with regard to the way humans exploit the dolphins for their selfish purpose. Or, What is speciesism? How does Duffy criticize speciesism in her poem about the dolphins?