A Quiet Journey through Literary Depths
KING LEAR: HOW TO LOSE A KINGDOM AND YOUR SANITY IN FIVE EASY ACTS “Nothing will come of nothing.”Thus spoke a king who had everything — except common sense. At the ripe old age of eighty (or as modern HR departments might call it, “past retirement with extreme prejudice”), King Lear decided it was high […]
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A Satirical Journey Through Ancient Pride and Modern Vanity What ABS Believes Satire walks into a room quietly but exposes everything loudly. Jonathan Swift did not approach intellectual quarrels the way timid scholars did. He walked straight toward them with the confidence of a man who knew he was about to expose everyone. When he
THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS Swift Roasts Everyone In Sight. Read More »
When monarchs inspired poets, and poetry crowned a queen — the birth of England’s literary Golden Age. From The Professor’s Desk “Before the theatre gave voice to the common man, poetry gave shape to the crown.” “An age of ink and intrigue, of verses whispered in velvet halls and sung beneath the weight of a
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A Poem That Starts with Timeless Love and Ends with a Glorious Sprint Against the Clock ABS Believes:Love is eternal, but your chances aren’t.Poetry is sometimes just beautifully phrased panic about mortality. Andrew Marvell: Metaphysical, Mercurial, and Definitely on a Deadline Marvell was a metaphysical poet, which means he loved deep ideas, wild metaphors, and
A Poem That Cheers the End of the War and Then Weeps All Over the Deck ABS Believes:Grief doesn’t always scream—it sometimes comes in perfect rhyme and sea-washed uniform.Nothing says “celebration” like your captain bleeding through the finale. Walt Whitman: The Bard Who Loved America (and Grieved It Loudly) Whitman, usually known for free verse
I Too by Langston Hughes analysis, A Poem That Doesn’t Shout, Just Smiles and Waits for Justice to Show Up Late ABS Believes:Sometimes protest doesn’t roar. It hums in a kitchen, grows in silence, and shows up shining.Poetic resistance can come in five lines and still steal the scene. Langston Hughes: The Quiet Thunder of
A Poem Where Death Picks You Up Like a Gentleman and Drives You to Eternity (Very Slowly) ABS Believes:Death doesn’t always knock. Sometimes he arrives in a buggy and waits politely.In Dickinson’s world, mortality was not a monster—but more of a misunderstood Uber driver. Emily Dickinson: Poet in Slippers, Queen of the Quiet Dismantling Emily