Percy Shelly’s 1818 poem “Ozymandias” conveys a timeless message, as important today as it was the day it was published. The poet tells of a man who saw the ruined statue of a once-powerful king in ...

If you struggle to memorize whole poems, as some of us do, it’s still efficacious to remember bits and pieces, to treasure up and produce at need. Into every life, at some time or other, will surely ...

Last night wasn’t the first time Breaking Bad has used a ten-cent word for an episode title (see: last week’s mouthful, “To’hajiilee”) but, for those who didn’t pay attention during English Poetry 101 ...