Marlena Figge
Author
Marlena Figge received her M.A. in Italian Literature from Middlebury College in 2021 and graduated from the University of Dallas in 2020 with a B.A. in Italian and English. She currently has a teaching fellowship and teaches English at a high school in Italy.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s ‘This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison’
An unfortunate accident led the 18th-century poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to craft a beautiful ode to nature and friendship.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ‘Sonnet 14’
Love is about so much more than specific characteristics or appealing features, as Elizabeth Barrett Browning relates in ‘Sonnet 14.’
‘The Wind in the Willows’: Torn Between Home and Abroad
Kenneth Grahame’s ‘The Wind in the Willows’ relies on simple animal characters to depict the human desires for adventure and home.
Moon Poetry: Sir Philip Sidney and Giacomo Leopardi
Poems from England and Italy meet, despite centuries between them, on a moonlit hilltop.
Shakespeare’s Sonnets 29 and 30: Solitude and Solace
The Bard reminds us that silent contemplation can lead to restoration for one’s soul.
‘A Red, Red Rose’: A Love Song, in Time for Burns Night
Why did Robert Burns choose the Scottish melody he did for his lyrics ‘O My Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose’?
Italo Calvino’s Story: ‘Santa’s Children’
Protagonist Marcovaldo tries to figure out the conundrum of Christmas consumerism in this Italian short story.
Michelangelo’s Poems: Painting a Picture of Immortality
The renowned artist of the Renaissance was also a poet of some repute as seen in these verses of physical beauty.
Poems of Gratitude: Verses to Prepare Us for Thanksgiving
G.K. Chesterton, Dom Julian Stead, and C.S. Lewis offer us the true meaning of this holiday.
