Essays 181 - 210
In five pages this essay examines William Wordsworth's poetic substance and form as represented by the poem 'The World is Too Much...
really saw his last wife as a person in her own right, but rather regarded her just one more beautiful "object" that he owned and ...
questions rather than declarative sentences. Also Hansen (2002) points out that the tentative "maybe," which is part of this sole...
In three pages this essay examines how women are manufactured as described by Marge Piercy in this powerful poem. One source is c...
In two pages this essay analyzes this love poem in terms of the poet's descriptive language and its emotional attributes. There i...
popularity until his death. It is true that his poetry reflects a growing resentment of his critics and an apparent acceptance of...
best or the worst and the critic could not decide which. Consider these two excerpts from the same critique, the first is in respo...
me leading wherever I choose. Out of the Cradle is a much slower-moving poem. It begins with the poet recalling a childhood ...
accurately and appropriately described as of a "shared identity." However, that shared identity also has a level of uncertainty w...
In five pages this essay considers the poem from several different interpretations. One source is cited in the bibliography....
a good face." His voice is directly personal as he enumerates the many faults of "thy Flavia." He reminds the man who would marry...
became sterile and meaningless. (Because of the variety and relative obscurity of Eliots allusions, readers must work through the ...
/ So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep" (lines 3-4 11290). In the next stanza a small boy is upset because all of his hair h...
future in that image of a baby suggests the continuance of generations into the future. These themes are particularly suggested by...
poem despite the metaphysical airs assumed by Michael Robartes. In this poem, Yeats expresses the concept that can be concisely ...
of the monarchy due to his support of the Commonwealth (John Milton). Married three times, he spent his later years dictating to h...
was really blond, white and blue-eyed (Angelou 4). This feeling on Angelous part is highly related to the restrictions on black fr...
denying that this characterizes his lexicon and poetic style ("William" 9). Considering this, the first question that the reader...
In the first half of the poem, Marvell describes time as he would have it if he could. He states, "Had we but world enough and tim...
As Emanuel describes the interior of the car, and her reluctance to ride in it, she employs language that suggests that the car is...
As this suggests, this psychologically complex poem portrays a pivotal exchange between two people who are trying to cope with los...
her sisters husband and how he had cut out her tongue to keep silent and a prisoner (Ovid BkVI:571-619). Those characters who as...
and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...
he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...
This research paper/essay discusses parallel themes in three works: Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet' and his poem "The ...
In one page this essay analyzes Dickinson's poem in terms of symbolism, imagery, and theme with an evaluation of her employment of...
As these examples illustrate, there are instances where there are definite Christian allusions in the text. Furthermore, at the be...
In a paper consisting of 10 pages the aethetic, scientific, and sociopolitical influences on Eliot's 1922 masterpiece is considere...
This research paper/essay offers a detailed explication of a poem written by Robert Bly in 1981 entitled My Father's Wedding. The ...
line assures us that we are in this world" (Ogilvie et al.). There is a very relaxed, yet very introspective, tone to the lines as...