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Dec 2, 2013 · Hello friends: In 1951, Dr. Irach J. S. Taraporewala, an amazing Avesta, Pahlavi, Sanskrit, etc. scholar, published his opus – The Divine Songs of Zarathushtra – a 1166 page masterpiece. I was a student at that time in our beloved M. F. Cama Athornan Institute and Dr. Taraporewala was the second Principal of the Institute from 1930 to 1940.
Dec 27, 2021 · #1: Piece We are peaceful beings they said, as they destroyed homes hearts and hope one piece at a time. #2: My grandmother told me Dida spoke of land water and air, on the other side of a line drawn, arbitrarily, by men in closed rooms where the stench of anger and imminent deadlines cut…
- William Shakespeare
- William Wordsworth
- John Keats
- Emily Brontë
- Alice Oswald
- John Milton
- John Donne
- Lord Byron
- William Blake
- Jane Austen
Of course, Shakespeare is renowned even more as one of the greatest English playwrights to have graced planet earth. A central figure in English literature, he was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He loved to write poetry for himself when he was not preoccupied with exploring his obsession: plays. Shakespeare’s name is synonymous with the nume...
Needless to say, Wordsworth was regarded as the 19th century’s most influential poet largely because of his rare sensitivity to the beauty and power of nature. He habitually stressed the benefits of nature to a person’s intellectual and spiritual development in his poems. The Cockermouth native lost his mother at an early age and the ordeal shaped ...
Undoubtedly one of the most quoted English lyric poets of all time, Keats eventually became known as part of the British Romantic literary tradition. Considering his early death at only 25 years, his poetic achievements were nothing short of incredible. His collections earned high praise from essayists such as Charles Lamb and Percy Shelley. Much o...
Another towering figure in the world of English literature is Emily Bronte. The life of the famed writer of “Wuthering Heights” was shaped by different conflicting influences which later served as inspirations for her poetic achievements. Not surprisingly, her native Yorkshire moors became the setting for her only novel, “Wuthering Heights.” The na...
Who said all the great poets have to belong to the womb of history? Well, we discovered who was born and lived in our time. Alice Oswald has authored over 10 poetry collections. Her work is accessible, witty and often delves into themes of that natural world, pastoral tradition, particularly, about the English countryside. This could have been infl...
Long before his highly acclaimed epic poem, “Paradise Lost” (1667) won him overwhelming admiration, Milton was a well-known activist who vehemently advocated for the freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Although he had lost his sight by 1651, he dictated himself to writing his most famous works including his “Paradise Lost” collection and “P...
Donne was credited with the founding of the Metaphysical Poets which also comprised such names as George Herbert and Andrew Marvell. Although Donne’s poetry was greatly valued during his time, his poems went out of fashion during the Stuart Restoration and remained so for hundreds of years. While Donne may no longer reach the cult status he attaine...
Born into an aristocracy in London, Byron inherited Newstead Abbey in Nottingham and was named 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale when his great uncle died. A lover of the arts, Byron experimented with various writing styles ranging from satire, neoclassicism to romanticism. He soon secured for himself a unique place in the world of English literature. Re...
“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” The originator of this quote, William Blake, was a native of Soho, London. His upbringing was shaped by the tenets of the Bible which remained a great influence throughout his life. A dominant figure in poetry and visual arts in the Romantic Age, Blake’s idiosyncrasies and advocacy for im...
It may surprise our readers that the “Pride and Prejudice” author made the list of our top 10, considering she was more celebrated for her fiction. Austen’s occasional poetry writing however helped highlight some of the prevalent themes of her better known works such as the novels, “Sense and Sensibility” of 1811 and “Mansfield Park” of 1814. Auste...
Oct 11, 2017 · She is best known for writing films such as Mississippi Masala, The Namesake, and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay. She also directed the National Award-winning film Little Zizou. Since 1977...
Jun 17, 2022 · Gitanjali is the most famous Rabindranath Tagore poem. The poet originally published it in 1910 in Bengali, and later in 1912, an English translation was made available. It won Tagore the prestigious Nobel Prize in 1913, making him the first non-European to win it.
Jan 7, 2016 · From least greatest (10) to greatest greatest (1), the poems in this list are limited to ones originally written in the English language and which are 50 lines or less, excluding poems like Homer’s Iliad, Edgar Allan Poe’s “Raven,” Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, and Lord Byron’s mock epic Don Juan. Each poem is followed by some ...
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May 6, 2021 · His much-acclaimed work 'Gitanjali', which was first published in 1910 and later translated and published into English in 1912, won him the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for "his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a ...
