John Keats was gone too soon. Turned out he was a great poet but imagine what he would have done had he had a longer life. John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, although his … Continue reading John Keats

The feeling of grief is the price for love.

Poet: Percy Bysshe Shelley Published: 1818 Ozymandias was a Greek name for the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, perhaps the most powerful king of Ancient Egypt. In Percy’s poem the speaker recalls meeting a traveller who tells him about two huge stone legs and a damaged head of a statue whose sculptor had captured the pride … Continue reading OZYMANDIAS

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself. Epicurus

William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) Published: 1609 Sonnet 18 is a part of Fair Youth sequence of Shakespeare’s collection of 154 sonnets. It is a hugely influential and often quoted work; and there are several double meanings in the poem which give it greater depth. Shakespeare starts Sonnet 18 with a flattering question to the … Continue reading SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY?