A Quiet Journey through Literary Depths
Byron, Shelley, Keats — the poetic rockstars of their age, who defied convention, embraced passion, and left behind verses that outlived their short, blazing lives. From The Professor’s Desk The story of the Romantic movement is not a gentle stream — it is a river that gathers force, carves new channels, floods its banks, and […]
2. Younger Romantics: The Wild Hearts That Burned Too Bright Read More »
Red carpet entrance: Wordsworth and Coleridge, 1798 — Lyrical Ballads drops like a literary blockbuster. From The Professor’s Desk There are moments in literary history when one age does not simply end and another begin — rather, the new age arrives walking upon a red carpet woven by its quiet forerunners. So it was in
1. The Romantic Era — When Poetry Became a Blockbuster of the Heart Read More »
A Poem Where Palaces Float, Rivers Run Deep, and No One’s Entirely Sober ABS Believes:This poem wasn’t written—it wandered in.Sometimes a dream builds better architecture than any empire can. Coleridge: Poet, Prophet, and Possibly Too Close to the Poppy Fields Let’s begin with a quick historical footnote: Kubla Khan is what happens when you mix
A Poem Where Nature Bakes Itself Golden and Sings Softly About Rotting Beautifully ABS Believes:Keats didn’t just write about Autumn—he airbrushed it with metaphor and sprinkled it with warm-toned immortality.Some seasons don’t fade. They ferment. John Keats: The Master of Melancholic Ripeness If Shakespeare had a botanical cousin who wept over sunsets and hallucinated the
Shelley’s Warning That Your Statue and Your Startup Will Both Be Dust ABS Believes:Poetry isn’t here to flatter the powerful—it’s here to mock their broken souvenirs.If your legacy can be tripped over in the sand, it probably wasn’t eternal. Ozymandias: The Original Influencer Who Got Unfollowed by History Once upon a time—before Instagram, before hashtags,
Lyric-Scroll 004: P.B. Shelley : King of Kings and Zero Followers Left Read More »
Eternal Beauty, Frozen Lovers, and the Most Poetic Third-Wheeling in History ABS Believes:Some art moves you. Some just stares back and says, “You’ll die. I won’t.”Beauty may be truth, but it sure doesn’t help you kiss the girl. John Keats: Romantic, Brilliant, and a Little Obsessed with Ceramics John Keats—poet, dreamer, and certified fan of
Lyric-Scroll 014: Ode on a Grecian Urn: When John Keats Got Jealous of Pottery Read More »
Fear, Fire, and Feline Existentialism in Rhymed Couplets ABS Believes:Some poems purr. This one prowls.If creation is a question, Blake made sure it came with claws and chaos. William Blake: Poet, Painter, Prophet… Possibly Sleep-Deprived William Blake wasn’t your average Romantic. While the others wandered through daffodils or wept over nightingales, Blake opened the gates
Lyric-Scroll 006 : The Tyger: When Blake Asked God If He Was Okay Read More »