Free ebook: ‘A White Heron’ by Sarah Orne Jewett

Dear friends and followers of the Grammaticus blog, It is my pleasure to present the third title in the series of Grammaticus Free Library ebooks. After โ€˜The Snowโ€™ by Hugh Walpole and โ€˜A Morning Walkโ€™ by Kate Chopin, you can now download Sarah Orne Jewettโ€™s short story โ€˜A White Heronโ€™, first published in 1886. Typical …

‘A Noiseless Patient Spider’ by Walt Whitman

In this post weโ€™ll read a wonderful short poem by Walt Whitman. Titled after its first line โ€˜A Noiseless Patient Spiderโ€™, itโ€™s a two-stanza, free verse poem, in which Whitman likens his own soul to the tiny creature. Just as the patient little spider cautiously weaves his web, so does the poetโ€™s soul make connections …

Films and documentaries on Emily Dickinson

This post is written primarily for those not entirely familiar with Emily Dickinson, offering a short (and partially retro) selection of must-see documentaries and feature films on this fascinating woman. Hopefully it will encourage you to explore the world of her poetry, or help you understand it better.