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Essays 1681 - 1710

Life in America and the Works of William Carlos Williams and Carl Sandburg

Chicago are? Who knows?" Yet, there are evocative images that conjure images of the people that live there -- workers with big sho...

Punishment and Poetry

The bright-eyed Mariner"(Coleridge, 2002). The sailor (or Mariner) says that though they started on calm enough seas, the wind p...

'William at the Beach, Age 7' by William Stafford

know that William Stafford is a poet from Americas heartland. In fact, he may be, according to Heldrich (2002), "Kansass most famo...

Two Views of the Story of Beowulf

"proud of his plunder, sought his dwelling with that store of slaughter" (p. 25). Beowulf is written in Old English and set some...

Poetry and its Elements

a big messy bowl of goop. In the same way, the placement of words, especially in the poem, can be said to be very important. There...

Argument in 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' by William Blake

one can tell that the Angels of Heaven are stoic, devoid of emotion, limited, and conformity. Blake, himself, makes an appearance ...

'Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot

merely an attendant. Prufrock states, "No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;/Am an attendant loud, one that will do/To ...

Robert Frost's Poetry and Symbolism

ambitious path than romanticism (Liebman 417). In fact, Frost tries to make every poem a metaphor to show his commitment to thes...

Analyzing 'The Iliad' from Achilles' Point of View

(Hunter). She takes him to the River Styx because, "everything the sacred waters touched became invulnerable, but the heel remain...

Imagery in Poetry by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Christina Rossetti

the bird with his crossbow. With this act, which apparently was motivated by pure blood-lust, the Mariner sins not only ag...

'The Tell Tale Heart' and 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe

brother and sister, were split, with Edgar being taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Poe Chronology). His sister,...

Seventeenth Century Love in Poetry

celebration of Gods love, as well as a poet that addressed the purity of a love for a woman. In better understanding this we discu...

Visions of Death in Emily Dickinson's Works

traumatic experience that the narrator has been through could very well be death. It is interesting to not the way that Dickinson ...

'Don Juan' by Lord Byron

his own set of biases that he probably brought into the telling of the story, and it can be assumed that he did not have as good a...

Comparing the Impact of Colonization in Brand's 'Blues Spiritual for Mammy Prater' and Walcott's 'A Far Cry from Africa'

the struggle of colonization of the West Indies and slavery issues from conception to independence. In his poem "A Far Cry from Af...

Romantic Era Poetry of John Keats

sort of heroic quest, or the heroic person trapped and confined by societys dictates or the citys walls. This is evident in ...

The Grotesque in Paris Spleen by Charles Baudelaire

In five pages the way in which Baudelaire employs the grotesque in these short poems are examined. There are many secondary sourc...

Coping with Death in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and 'Mid Term Break' by Seamus Heaney

In five pages this paper examines how the young boys in this novel and poem cope with the death of a younger brother and considers...

Imagery in 'First Death in Nova Scotia' by Elizabeth Bishop and 'Mid Term Break' by Seamus Heaney

In four pages this paper presents an analysis of the imagery featured in these poems. There are no other sources listed....

'Barbie Doll' by Marge Piercy

In three pages this essay examines how women are manufactured as described by Marge Piercy in this powerful poem. One source is c...

'Rape' by Marge Piercy

In four pages this poem is analyzed in terms of such literary elements as symbolism, rhythm, and technique with the author's inten...

The 'Essay on Man' by Alexander Pope

In fifteen pages this narrative poem is analyzed in terms of its depiction of the eighteenth century man with each of the four sec...

Comparative Poetic Analysis of 'Facing It' by Yusef Komunyakaa and 'Dulce Et Decorum' by Wilfred Owen

timeframe or the conflict. Both clearly make the point that a person is forever changed by war. Interestingly, both use similar ...

'Sunday Morning' by Wallace Stevens, The Profane and the Sacred

In three pages this paper analyzes the sacred and the profane Wallace Stevens represents in the poem 'Sunday Morning.' There are ...

Child Neglect Theme in 'The Chimney Sweeper' by William Blake

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 ...

'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge II

In five pages this paper discusses symbolism and structure as it relates to this famous poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Five sou...

'Easter 1916' and the Irish Nationalistic Sentiments of William Butler Yeats

by minute; A horse-hoof slides on the brim, And a horse plashes within it; The long-legged moor-hens dive, And hens to moor-cocks ...

'Leda and the Swan' by W.B. Yeats

An explication of William Butler Yeats' poem 'Leda and the Swan' includes analysis of allusion, situation, character, and tone con...

Innovation and Structure in 'Astrophel and Stella' by Sir Philip Sidney

In eight pages this paper examines the sonnet structure and poetic devices Sidney employed in this 16th century poem. There are 7...

The Buried Life by Matthew Arnold

This 6 page paper analyzes the poem The Buried Life by Matthew Arnold. The writer argues that Arnold uses deliberately confusing m...