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READING AND ANALYSING THE CONTENT OF THE POEM

ClassNotes Team 3 MIN READUPDATED 3 JUL 2026

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SSS2 Third TERM

WEEK SIX

TOPIC: READING AND ANALYSING THE CONTENT OF THE POEM

CONTENT

REFERENCES

  • She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith.
  • Exam Reflection Literature- in-English by Sunday OlatejuFaniyi.
  • Exam Reflection Literature-in-English (Prose and Drama) by Sunday OlatejuFaniyi. 
  • The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole.

TOPIC: READING AND ANALYSING THE CONTENT OF THE POEM “VANITY.”

This is a poem of lamentation. The poet is worried about the social misfortune that is befallen his people and the seemingly indifference of the people to the apparent solution. The poet sees the problems as self-inflicted. He also sees the answers to the problem but they seem not to listen. The first two stanzas capture the complaints of the community…