Essays 211 - 240
In five pages this paper presents a critical analysis of Sylvia Plath's poem 'Lady Lazarus.' Four pages are cited in the bibliogr...
one true God. As this suggests, biblical allusions are plentiful in the Old English epic, particularly in regards to the Old Test...
lifted, they decided that it had been the bird that caused the fog and they praised the Mariner for seeing through it all. Then, h...
traditionally transferred orally from one generation to another. The struggles of the slaves were captured in these work songs an...
of recurrence and an admonishment not to expect recurrence immediately draws the reader in. The poet them goes on to describe "the...
haiku poem Blasts of light, motion, Tortured vision, endless beauty, Lead to new understanding. Vincent van Gogh painted The Sta...
This paper offers a summary, analysis and background information on Rafeef Ziadah's poem "Shades of Anger," which expresses the po...
In six pages this paper discusses how inequality is strengthened through repressing anger about gender roles and sexuality in a ps...
In 3 pages a thematic examination and analysis of technique employed by Robert Frost in his poem 'The Road Not Taken' are presente...
each. An allegory, while closely associated with symbols or symbolism, is a unique literary element in that everything within the...
She is dismissive about feeling hurt or jealous that she was little more than another notch on Tims belt. For this young girl, se...
is an ancient collection of philosophical principles presented in a poetic fashion. It has been maintained and circulated since th...
his disposal beyond his huge physical size. It would seem no human could be safe against this creature that could easily pierce o...
power. I willed my keepsakes, signed away What portion of me I Could make assignable,-and then There interposed a fly, With blue...
However, the ways in which his thoughts were organized are often ironic, and can generate more than one meaning. For example, is ...
Strand, a critic by the name of Carl Singleton is not. He characterized Strands poetry as "entirely characteristic of the age in w...
beauty of nature and the insights it provides can unite the two. The primary focus of Tintern Abbey is the temporal or physical w...
the population in America at the time would have preferred to not know that a black woman was capable of such complex and abstract...
a foot For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breathe or Achoo"(Plath...
he mocks. It is after all a story of a lock of hair stolen while a young woman sleeps. What can be simpler? What can be less impo...
the midst of conversation, a factor that appears to be typical of Longfellows verse. The entirety of the poem, while formally stru...
An analysis of this poem and what it reveals about the life and poetry of Walt Whitman is presented in five pages. Attached are 4...
In three pages the literary devices of simile, metaphor, rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration are used in a comparative analysis of the...
Goldsmith, who sees Beowulf as being addressed to the "powerful" and designed to "warn them of the dangers attendant upon power" (...
In five pages an analysis of this poem by Theodore Roethke is presented. There are no other sources listed....
That this was an accepted practice makes it no less a neglectful situation; in fact, it only serves to set up the child in a more ...
everything has been parched almost to nonexistence. The stanza closes with a line from a German translation of Tristan and Isolde,...
In four pages this paper presents an analysis of the imagery featured in these poems. There are no other sources listed....
An explication of William Butler Yeats' poem 'Leda and the Swan' includes analysis of allusion, situation, character, and tone con...
In five pages this paper discusses making the most out of each day in an analysis of the poem 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marv...