Book and Coffee in Winter – Photo Courtesy of Tumbler WebsiteCAIRO – 4 January 2018: As the northern part of the earth is facing the coldest period of the year, Egypt Today presents a poetry reading list to pull through the cold and long winter nights.“The Complete Poems of Emily Bronte” by Emily BronteWell known for her iconic novel “Wuthering Heights”, English Victorian writer Emily Bronte wrote dozens of poems about various themes.Published for the first time in 1846 as a slim volume titled “Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell”, with the participation of her sisters Anna, and Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte’s poems were collected and edited after her death and released separately in 1941.One of the most emotional poems in the volume is “Remembrance”. The poem simply revolves around Nazim Hikmet’s feelings during his long imprisonment.Hikmet documents his long days in prison, and he reminds himself of the beautiful time he spent with his wife.Hikmet is a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist and director; he was arrested many times due to his opposition to the empire. He died in Russia in 1963.“A Portrait of A Lady” by T.S. EliotAdapted from “The Portrait of A Lady” novel by Henry James and published in 1915, T.S. Eliot expressed in the novel his point of view with his impressive iconic poetic perspective.Published in 1880, the story of the novel revolves around a young lady named Isabel Archer who inherited a great amount of money, but shortly after she became a victim to two American expatriates.While Eliot aims to criticize the social classes, especially the upper one, he also writes stories about a false failed friendship.T.S.

Source: Egypt Today January 04, 2018 15:33 UTC