Lit Guides
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Two Words | Summary and Analysis
Two Words by Isabel Allende is a captivating short story about the “magic of words”. Belisa, the protagonist, sees that words have…
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The Lady’s Maid’s Bell | Summary and Analysis
The Lady’s Maid’s Bell by Edith Wharton is a short story written in first-person narrative, focusing on the perspective of…
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Remains | Summary and Analysis
Remains by Simon Armitage is written in the first-person narrative as a monologue that grapples with the themes of war,…
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Mother Any Distance | Summary and Analysis
“Mother, Any Distance” is a short poem composed by one of the most popular contemporary English poets, Simon Armitage, who…
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The Danger of a Single Story | Summary and Analysis
The Danger of a Single Story is a speech given by Adichie at a TED Talk. Adichie is a prolific Nigerian…
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Freetown | Summary and Analysis
Freetown, by Nigerian writer Ogaga Ifowodo is a single-stanza poem written in third person narrative that centres around themes of cruelty,…
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Bayonet Charge | Summary and Analysis
Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes is a war poem written in third-person narrative, divided into three stanzas. The main themes…
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Of Death | Summary and Analysis
Of Death is a cogent essay by Sir Francis Bacon that deeply engages with the subject of Death – a…
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On Growing Old by John Masefield | Summary and Analysis
On Growing by John Masefield is a thought-provoking poem that engages with the idea of man’s mortality, the transitioning from…
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The Schoolboy’s Story | Summary and Analysis
The Schoolboy’s Story by Charles Dickens employs a first-person narrator to tell the story of Old Cheeseman and his relationship…
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