Why is the athlete a "smart lad"?
In what regard?
Why is he going to "slip away" to?
What is the meaning of the phrase "From fields where glory does not stay"?
Explain the metaphor?
What is the nature of the glory being referred to? Where is it of a temporary, transitory nature? Is there...
...you see (if any)? Why? Note that I didn't say "Good"* -- but "attractive."* Does he possess an energy (a "wicked vitality" in the words of one critic) that makes him seem sort of interesting?
In the poem Musée des Beaux Arts,deals with the "human position" of suffering and?
how both horrible tragedies and pain-filled victories always happen while the rest of the world goes about with "dull," everyday hum-drum activities.*
1. What "miraculous" birth" do you think Auden is referring...
RSS In the poem "Dover Beach" ,"Naked shingles" means beaches covered with pebbles?
What does the retreating "Sea of Faith" show when it retreats?*
What does*"naked shingles" mean in this sense?
What is the speaker's solution or way of coping with this sense of sadness and loss of faith?*
Do...