Essays 211 - 240
In six pages the influence of Emerson upon Whitman's poetry is examined with the primary focus being 'Song of Myself' and poetic l...
world wars. Modernism According to Gelpi (1990), "the Modernist period, bracketed by the two world wars, bore a complicated and a...
In ten pages this paper discusses the common spiritual and physical themes that are evident throughout the poetry of Emily Dickins...
rather than reality. This conclusion was probably made through the poets use of the repetition of the word "if." Any piece of lit...
has to "face the men of the time" and "think about war," in order to "construct a new stage" (Of Modern Poetry...Stevens). What St...
This poetry collection and the nihilism that is thematically expressed by poet Attila Jozsef are analyzed in four pages. There ar...
In ten pages this paper examines how social fragmentation and decay are represented in the poetry of Rachael Loden and Robert Dunc...
In five pages the theme, tone, meter, rhythm, form, and imagery of Dickinson's poetry structure in poem 754 are examined. There a...
In five pages this paper discusses expressionist poetry and the importance of tone or meaning of the author in Philip Booth's 'Nar...
long before it was ever written down. To use Si!r Philip Sidney phrase pertaining to the oral traditions of epic poetry, it was ...
In seven pages this paper discusses Robert Frost's nature poetry in terms of what it has to say about humanity. Six sources are c...
lessons of life the Great Depression had imposed upon my Father, but this was a new twist to a very tired story. The impact of the...
In nine pages this paper analyzes the poetry of John Donne and John Milton in terms of the metaphysical aspects of each poet's wor...
In six pages this paper analyzes some examples of irony and humor found in Caribbean poetry. Three sources are cited in the bibli...
In seven pages this paper examines what constitutes 'love poetry' in a consideration of the poetic works of Purdy, Johnson, Browni...
truth that was eventually revealed. While we may argue he could have looked for the truth, rather than running from it, thereby sp...
that in the summer of 1797, he retired in "ill health" to a "lonely farmhouse between Porlock and Linton" (231). Because of a "sli...
is T.S. Eliots The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Through the adroit use of metaphor Eliot invites the reader to undertake a jo...
examined in several of his later animal poems the themes of survival and the mystery and destructiveness of the cosmos" (Anonymous...
ones own inner feelings. Whitman had been raised by Quaker parents (Hood). His orientation to religion was centered around the i...
express themselves in ways that the majority could not. The poets role in part appears to be to get one to think outside of the bo...
was someone who, as Derek Walcott classified him, was ". . . the icon of Yankee values, the smell of wood smoke, the sparkle of de...
then of trust when most intense, hence, amid ills that vex and wrongs that crush our hearts -- if here the words of Holy Writ may ...
experiences were good ones, and quite unique when compared to slaves in the south. As such "racial equality is not a theme to be f...
works called The Mourning Bride which was created in 1697 contains the following well known line: "Heavn has no Rage, like Love to...
conceptions of himself, his fellowmen and his universe" (Fleming, 1974, p. 1). The visages that art can take are many and varied, ...
other poets of the time by rejecting modernism. As this poem demonstrates, Frost frequently drew his imagery from nature. While m...
take on religion and his faith which would later lead to his renouncing the Catholic Church (Jokinen). In many ways Donne ...
Bloom). He escaped but was arrested and tried, and sentenced to a year and a day (Dyson and Bloom). His attorney got him released ...
and Bloom). He escaped but was arrested and tried, and sentenced to a year and a day (Dyson and Bloom). His attorney got him relea...