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Poetry of Christopher Okigbo

The prose of this celebrated Nigerian poet is examined in a research paper consisting of five pages. Four sources are cited in th...

Poetry of Dylan Thomas and Robert Frost Compared

In seven pages these two poets are compared in terms of the differences and similarities in Thomas's 'Do Not Go Gently Into That G...

Aeneid vs. the Divine Comedy

The Aeneid of Virgil and Dante's The Divine Comedy are similar in style and format, both being produced by poets. This paper compa...

Joy Imagery in the Poetry of John Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

reinforce this impression, as do the alteration of four-stress lines and three-stress lines. We know without really analyzing it t...

The Literature of Brazil

The writer discusses some of the literature of Brazil, with special focus on the poet laureate of the nation, Joao Cabral de Melo ...

'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd' by Walt Whitman

President Abraham Lincoln's assassination is examined within the context of this poem by Walt Whitman in five pages with imagery a...

Khalil Gibran and Love

In 5 pages this paper discusses how the Lebanese poet expresses love in terms of oneness and harmony in such works as 'Song of the...

Theme of Romantic Love in the Poetry of Felicia Hemans and William Blake

In 10 pages the ways in which romantic love is expressed by each poet is examined in an analysis of William Blake's 'Marriage of H...

Artifice and Art in 'Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope

In 5 pages this paper discusses how the poet pokes fun at Belinda for affecting an artistic appearance when all the while he is do...

Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot and Literary Modernism

In 5 page this paper defines modernism and then critically applies the concept to T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land,' and 'Tradition an...

'Macavity The Mystery Cat' by T.S. Eliot

is an easy scapegoat whether he is even near the situation that occurs. In Eliots poem, the reader is able to visualize the ligh...

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...

Coleridge vs. Byron

Romantic poets Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were contemporaries who viewed the world through different perspectives. Thi...

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...

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...

'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...

The Life and Times of Empedocles

This paper examines the life and teachings of ancient Greek philosopher, scientist, poet, and physician, Empedocies. This three p...

Emotion in the Modern Prose of Iain Crichton Smith

In six pages Scottish poet Iain Crichton Smith's life and art are examined as they involve the emotion of his poetry. Five source...

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...

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...

Science and 19th Century Romanticism

In thirteen pages this paper discusses the romantic aspects of science and poetry in a consideration of the works by poets includi...

Improving American Life with the North American Free Trade Agreement

In five pages this paper examines the economic and labor improvements promised by NAFTA. Six sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Wallace Stevens' 'Mozart, 1935'

The lyrical 'Mozart, 1935' by poet Wallace Stevens is analyzed in a report consisting of five pages and how the artist can make a ...

Metaphor and Imagery in 'My Papa's Waltz' by Theodore Roethke

In six pages this report analyzes the metaphor and imagery featured in 'My Papa's Waltz' by poet Theodore Roethke. Three sources ...

How American Beauty Serves as American Social Criticism

The ways in which the style and storyline of this film can be regarded as critiquing the superficiality of American culture and so...

1976 Text Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery

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

Entertainment and Education in Literature

In 5 pages this paper discusses how literature can be both educational as well as entertaining within the precepts of Horace the p...

Poetic Complexity of 'Intimations of Immortality' by William Wordsworth

In five pages this paper discusses perceptions and childhood as they are addressed in the complex 'Intimations of Immortality' by ...