Lit Guides
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Disabled Poem Analysis
Wilfred Owen’s poem “Disabled” deals with the after-effects of war, which was glorified in the cultural scape of his time,…
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The Gift of the Magi | Summary and Analysis
One of the most widely read short stories in the world, “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, first…
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The Child is Not Dead Poem Analysis
The Child is Not Dead, also known as “The child who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyang” is a…
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The Spirit Is Too Blunt An Instrument Analysis
The Spirit Is Too Blunt An Instrument by Anne Stevenson gives expression to the speaker’s amazement at the complexities and…
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The Telephone Call Analysis
The Telephone Call by Fleur Adcock appears in her collection The Incident Book and depicts a telephone conversation between the…
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When You Are Old Analysis
Published in 1893, When You Are Old by W. B. Yeats is a poem that engages with the themes of…
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Where The Sidewalk Ends Summary
‘Where the sidewalk ends’ is a poem by Shel Silverstein published in 1974 in a children’s poetry collection that talks…
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Winter Dreams Summary
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Winter Dreams” chronicles the relationship between Dexter and Judy through the years and how it…
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The Lynching of Jube Benson | Summary and Analysis
‘The Lynching of Jube Benson’ is a short story written by Paul Laurence Dunbar. It is a story within a…
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The Friday Everything Changed Summary
“The Friday Everything Changed” by Anne Hart is a short feminist short story about gender discrimination and patriarchal oppression in a school.…
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