Category Archives: Elisa Perini

A Reading of “La Belle Dame Sans Merci”

Posted on May 1, 2015 by paulinelahaye

I wanted to share a video through which I discovered John Keats’s poem, “La Belle Dame Sans Merci”. This is a reading by Ben Whishaw, a British actor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL-L8ExX3kQ It is an excerpt from the soundtrack of the movie “Bright … Continue reading →

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Washing Day by Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Posted on April 30, 2015 by elisaperini1

Anna Laetitita Barbauld by John Chapman (1798) In “Washing Day”, Anna Laetitia Barbauld writes of an everyday life event, but she elevates  it to a challenge of epic proportions. She views the experience of a washing day from two different … Continue reading →

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To a Mouse by Robert Burns

Posted on April 25, 2015 by elisaperini1

Robert Burns by Alexander Nasmyth (1828) To a Mouse is a poem written by Robert Burns in 1785. The poem is written in Scots and was included in the Kilmarnock volume. The narrator, often identified as Burns himself, was plowing … Continue reading →

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Don Juan by Lord Byron

Posted on April 23, 2015 by elisaperini1

Don Juan is a satiric poem written by Lord Byron, based on the story of Don Juan. Byron reverses the legend, portraying Don Juan not as a womanizer but as someone easily seduced by women. The poem is written following the scheme … Continue reading →

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Mont Blanc by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Posted on April 22, 2015 by elisaperini1

Mont Blanc is an ode written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1816. It is divided in five stanzas and written in irregular rhyme. In this poem, the nature of human imagination is compared to the power of the mountain. Even … Continue reading →

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