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Virgil and Dante's 'Inferno'

In four pages the Virgil character is examined within the context of 'Inferno' and also considered as he actually existed as an ac...

'Before the Birth of One of Her Children' by Anne Bradshaw

a considerable bond of love between Bradstreet and her husband. It is because of this bond that when she mentions the possibility...

Robert Hayden's 'Those Winter Sundays' and Self Reflection

In 7 pages this paper discusses how poet Robert Hayden reflected on his own painful childhood in 'Those Winter Sundays.' There ar...

Tennessee Williams, Eugene O'Neill and Alcoholism in Their Plays

In twelve pages the ways in which alcohol represents an escape from reality is considered in O'Neill's Touch of the Poet and A Moo...

Wendy Cope and Dylan Thomas Debunking Myths

In a paper consisting of 8 pages the ways in which poets Cope and Thomas debunk contemporary myths regareding death and love are c...

American Poetry Contribution of Walt Whitman

In 5 pages this paper examines the modern poetry contributions of uniquely American poet Walt Whitman. There are 6 sources cited ...

Critique of Homer's 'The Iliad'

quoted as saying: "Achilles, valiant though you be, you shall not thus outwit me. You shall not overreach and you shall not persua...

John Milton's Literary Similarities

In 5 pages this paper discusses The Hymn and Paradise Lost in a comparative analysis of the thematic similarities that exist in po...

Audience and Works by Dante Alighieri and Homer

In five pages this essay considers the audience and poet relationship as represented in 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante and 'The Odys...

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century British History and Authors

as one author states, "The medieval church was defeated and the educated classes embraced scientific rationalism. Art, architectu...

Analysis of a Section of 'Tintern Abbey' by William Wordsworth

interrelationship of human beings with the forces of nature. He mentions that his own growth as a mature individual allows him to ...

Life and Poetic Art of Walt Whitman

to Whitmans own estimates, he aided over 100,000 soldiers during this period, many of whom became his devoted friends (Valiumas 70...

'Assisi' by Norman MacCaig Analyzed

result is that he was able to craft a poem such as "Assisi" which has a gentle yet pointed grace and, as Brodie points out, a "dec...

Poetic Theme of Carpe Diem

see their beauty, and youth, start to fade. This idea is reiterated and emphasized in the second verse, which speaks of the suns q...

Poetic Deconstruction of 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost

("Deconstruction"). For this reason, deconstructionists focus on very close and careful readings of particular texts, and can also...

Robert Frost's Poetry and Despair

San Fransico but he would grow up primarily in Massachusetts where he, his siblings, and his mother would move to after the death ...

Lord Byron's Poems and the Metaphors of Love and Fame

more likely that they will remember and personally value the days of their youth. Byron takes a strong stand in representing thi...

Erotic Poetry of Ovid and Catullus

be expected that the earlier writing would be more explicit, because of Augustus reputation for demanding morality. This is not t...

Analysis of Walcott's The Light of the World

(Walcotts brother Roderick is a playwright). While young Derek was growing up and dipping into these books time and again, he foun...

Overview of Experimental Feminist Poetry

Hunt conveys her message in a type of rapid New York "urban speak," which is specifically intended to jolt the readers passivity. ...

A Consideration of The Rape of the Lock

since the Middle Ages as the models for literature at its grandest" (McDaniel 1-15pope.htm). It is a general consensus that Popes ...

'Arms and the Boy' by Wilfred Owen

"Since a boy is not armed by nature, society must provide him with man-made weapons" (Hibberd, 1986, p. 143). Furthermore, accordi...

Poetry and Carpe Diem

the end, ones heart may win over ones intellect. In Diane Ackermans poem, which may very well be a modern retelling of...

Poetry and Style of Emily Dickinson

and it was this heart-felt emotion that elevated her works from ordinary to the ranks of extraordinary. Music had long play...

Laura Sonnets by Petrarch

most tragic play" (line 8). Furthermore, he attests that this love is his "constant gate and fountain" of grief" (line 12). This ...

Seventeenth Century 'Old English' Literature

observing the "loud mirth in the hall," yet unable to be a part of such fellowship due to no fault of its own, but rather the circ...

Choice and its Conundrums

Citizen." Lucille Clifton This is very much an "acceptance of choice" poem; or the "choosing for the sake of others" poem. It ...

Symbolism and Meaning in 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

Part forty seven is the focus of this poetic explication consisting of six pages in which symbolism uses by the poet are the prima...

Walt Whitman and the Influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages Emerson's 'The Poet' essay is used to evaluate the writings of Walt Whitman. Two sources are cited in the bibliogra...

1976 Text Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery

the High Renaissance Is present, though distorted by the mirror. What is novel...