“Ulysses” is a poem in blank verse by the Victorian poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, written in 1833 and published in 1842 in his well-received second volume of poetry. An oft-quoted poem, it is popularly used to illustrate the dramatic monologue form.
They say opposites attract. Well, that’s true. Sometimes the most beautiful romances spark between two people who are completely different from each other.
As writers, we want to create original work that readers can’t put down. Unfortunately, there are a lot of common mistakes a writer can make that’ll sabotage their work. Lucky for you, we have some tips on how to avoid such a fate.
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer. He is one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protege of Flaubert, Maupassant’s short stories are characterized by their economy of style and their efficient effortless dénouement. He also wrote six short novels. A number of his stories often denote the futility of war and the innocent civilians who get crushed in it – many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s.
