Alliterative Meter
The poem celebrates the alliterative revival inspired by Lewis and Tolkien. Few were the faithful fearless enoughTo tackle the task, tales unfoldingWith letters linked in lays of gloryAs Caedmon the…
Tag: Classic Literature
Four Poets: A Commentary on Muslim and Christian Spiritual Themes in Literature
I was asked to discuss how four poets, from different countries, religions and times, might be linked together spiritually and how Muslims might benefit from reading them in a conversation with a conference organiser. The…
And So They Lived: A Les Miserables Story
I wandered down the dark Paris streets, lost in my mind. Strangers hurried by, and the street lamps cast shadows and reflections of other worlds in the rain pools in the uneven cobblestones. The chill…
Les Miserables… The Title Says It All
For most of my life I had heard good things about Les Miserables the musical. And I greatly enjoy a good musical. For the last few years I’ve kept a lookout at the library for…
Reprise: A Les Miserables Story
~ By Seth Figment Reader Advisory: themes of suicide After being greeted and brought to the afterlife by Fantine's spirit, Valjean wanders away from the crowd and encounters someone he never thought he would see…
One Small Star: A Les Miserables Poem
~ by Avellina Balestri One small star, like the flame of a candlestick One small star which my blot out the rest One small star that may heal all enmity One small star that may…
Beauties, Beasts, and Phantoms: A Brief History of Beauty & The Beast
The perennially beloved tale of Beauty and the Beast has been told in dozens of different ways throughout the years. From its origins in far off days as a myth of a god and a…
A Tale of Two Men: A Character Comparison between Sydney Carton and Dermot
One couldn’t think of two books more dissimilar than a work of French Gothic fiction such as Charles Dickins’s A Tale of Two Cities and Agatha Christie’s psychological, semi-autobiographical love story that ends badly, Unfinished…
Hellfire, Dark Fire: A Character Study of Frollo from Disney’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”
What does a character need in order to be a convincing villain? Is it his words? His actions? How he evolves over the course of the story? In Disney’s animated film The Hunchback of Notre…
Lanyon: A Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Poem
~ by Linda Fay ‘Have you got a graduated glass?’ three-quarters filled with melting crystals dissolve like snow. It shivers between shrunken fingers clinging like malformed insects sucking to the light liquid surface wrinkles, ripples…