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Fate and Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and c...

A Poetic Explication of 'Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost

into the woods on such a cold, dark night. Is it merely to look at the scenery, or is there another more profound reason? In the...

Mexicans Begin Jogging by Soto

middle of a raid and rather than go through the trouble of proving he is an American chooses to run, and in this "jogging" event h...

To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works by Phillis Wheatley

and how they are seen by Wheatley as almost heavenly. She is clearly amazed at the figures and the power within these figures. Thi...

'Epithalamion' by Spenser and the Concepts of Sacrifice and Ritual

some reference to violence, in the course of the consummation of the marriage. There are, she notes, elaborate rhyming stanzas, th...

Lovers Voices in 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'To His Coy Mistress'

he presents. Essentially, he wants his mistress to accept his advances not because she has been mentally or physically bludgeoned ...

Native Americans as Perceived by Walt Whitman

now" (Whitman, 2005). Clearly, this illustrates his belief that heaven and hell are right here on earth, which was a very controv...

'Sometimes in Winter' by Linda Pastan and Imagery

632). Thus, it is evident that the use of images is advancing the theme of coping with death. Fragile faces indicates those ...

3 Women in Odysseus's Life in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

her part. What she didnt know was that Zeus was responsible for thwarting her attempts at consummating her relationship with Odys...

Feminist Perspectives in the Poetry of Plath and Rich

This paper examines the feminist perspective seen in the poems of Adrienne Rich and Sylvia Plath. This eleven page paper has twel...

Virgil and John Milton's Poetic Portrayal of the Future

In six pages this paper compares and contrasts how Virgil and John Milton offer glimpses of the future in their poems 'Aeneid' and...

Literary Aspects in Frost's Death of the Hired Man, and Home Burial

This paper analyzes the use of theme, imagery, tone, and subject matter in these two poems by Frost. This six page paper has seve...

'Love's Done' by Emily Dickinson

In 4 pages this paper explores the biographical elements of this Dickinson poem that are obscured by her uses of legal jargon. Th...

Human Conflict and Faith in William Blake's 'Introduction,' William Wordsworth's 'Tintern Abbey' and Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'

poetic boundaries; not only does the reader surmise that the author is wholly attentive to his craft, but he also is privy to the ...

Death in Walt Whitman's 'Darest Thou Now O Soul,' Emily Dickinson's 'Because I Could Not Stop for Death,' and Christina Rossetti's 'Up Hill'

Glossary of Literary Terms) by exposing opposite truths, as it relates to her perception of death. Retaining ones dignity i...

Romantic Relationships and the Humanism of the Renaissance

In eight pages this paper discusses the gender and sociopolitical implications of the romantic relationships depicted in The Faeri...

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke

martyrdom of the individual." The story is in the form of random entries made by a Danish expatriate, Malte Laurids Brigge, livin...

'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and Symbolism

In ten pages this paper analyzes the symbolism featured in this anonymously written Medieval poem. There are no other sources lis...

Poetic Analysis of 'Paradise Lost,' Book 5, Lines 563-576

What is often referred to as the center of John Milton's poem is analyzed in this paper consisting of five pages. Two sources are...

Auden, Braque, and Picasso

the eye through the painting. Colors are the restrained grays, whites, browns, and blacks that had dominated Analytical Cubism si...

Poetic Explication of John Keats' 'Ode to a Grecian Urn'

In five pages this poem is analyzed in terms of the narrator, symbols, images, figures of speech, and tone. Three other sources a...

'The Second Coming' by William Butler Yeats and Symbolism

In five pages the symbolism of this poem and how it assists in interpretation are analyzed. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

Comparative Analysis of To Penshurst by Ben Jonson and Description of Cookham by Aemelia Lanyer

In 5 pages this paper presents an ideological analysis which compares Lanyer's text to Jonson's poem. Two sources are cited in th...

Structure in 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

In five pages this paper discusses the untraditional structural unity that is present in the poem 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman...

'Troilus and Criseyde' by Geoffrey Chaucer and Love

In six pages this paper discusses how each character feels love differently within the context of this poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. ...

Poetic Analysis of 'When Black Men's Teeth Speak Out' by Ouologuem Yambo

In five pages the literary aspects of subject, form, image, interpretation, symbolism, and rhythm are analyzed in terms of how the...

Relationships and Love in 'Porphyria's Lover' by Robert Browning and Othello by William Shakespeare

This paper contrasts and compares how relationships and love are thematically represented in Robert Browning's poem and William Sh...

'The Performance' by James Dickey

In six pages an explication of this poem by James Dickey is presented including the poet's title selection. Two sources are cited...

Power in the Works of Oscar Wilde

In five pages this paper examines how power is portrayed by Wilde in his poem 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' and in the plays A Woma...

Chivalry, the Heroic Conflict, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

In five pages this paper discusses the chivalric code and heroic conflicts within the context of this epic Medieval poem. Three o...