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5 Poems Interpreted

observing children at their studies. However, the second stanza offers a sharp contrast to this opening, as Yeats states that he d...

Old Age as Viewed by Eliot and Frost

his mind tends to wander, that he has forgotten that the boy who helped him a few years earlier is off at school. Mary explains ho...

Social Activism, Songwriting, and Poetry of William Blake

primarily agricultural pursuits to one which depended almost solely on complex machinery. The simpler hand tools which had been s...

3 Perspectives on London

In five pages this paper examines three viewpoints of London as revealed in such literary works as Howard's End by E.M. Forster, S...

Medieval Literature and Common Themes

is a serious offence. But Ganelon, the man who is held, has a friend who challenges his accuser to a match and the friend loses. T...

Poem Analysis of the Chinese Book of Songs

In five pages this research paper presents an analysis of several poems found within the Chinese Book of Songs and also includes a...

Past and its Importance in Black Culture and Black Consciousness Afro American Folk Thought From Slavery to Freedom by Lawrence W. Levine

self-worth" (xi). It is culture which not only links modern-day people, but also connects contemporary man to his primitive ances...

Walt Whitman and the Influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In six pages the influence of Emerson upon Whitman's poetry is examined with the primary focus being 'Song of Myself' and poetic l...

Unionized Environmental Productivity and Morale Improvements, Part II

In five pages this paper's second part examines work environments that are are unionized and the segmentations that exist that can...

Music and the Negative Depiction of Women

has taken a negative turn and simply glorifies ignorance, violence and misogyny (1996). Many agree with his assessment. While ea...

Chivalry Changes in Literature

women... Defend the weak and innocent... / Fight with honor... / Avenge the wronged. / Never abandon a friend, ally, or noble caus...

Epic Literature and Heroes

In five pages the epic heroes that are featured in epic literary works are discussed in a consideration of 'The Song of Roland,' '...

Life and Death According to 2 Artistic Interpretations

The Eric Clapton and Will Jennings' song Tears in Heaven is contrasted and compared with Dylan Thomas' poem Do Not Go Gentle Into ...

Social Inequities According to Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Eugene O'Neill

just enough on the ball to attempt to rise to a higher level. However, the plays hero is not a particularly unique or sensitive i...

Richard Wright and 4 Short Stories

In seven pages the assessments of 3 critics are applied to the Richard Wright short stories 'The Man Who Lived Underground,' 'Long...

Short Stories of Richard Wright

In five pages this paper discusses how social realities are depicted in the themes and characters of Richard Wright's short storie...

U.S. Slave Children's Leisure and Play

In five pages this paper discusses the play and leisure activities of slave children in the United States as represented in the ci...

Call to Action by Ralph Waldo Emerson in The American Soldier and the Answer by Walt Whitman in Song of Myself

individuals freedom and dignity. He espoused the self as the most important entity. In transcendentalism, the person aspi...

Milkman Character in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

must be left on a shelf, out of reach and safe from being broken. Macon Deads desire for a slice of metaphoric pie--the American ...

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman and Trancendentalism

The transcendentalism of Walt Whitman is discussed in a paper consisting of seven pages which focuses upon analysis of the poem 'S...

Socrates' Observation 'The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living'

only a satire of society and politics, it is also an example of ones examination of his life. Although this work is a satire, it ...

Poetic Persona of Walt Whitman Expressed in 'Song of Myself'

This paper discusses how his American vision is expressed by Walt Whitman in 'Song of Myself' in five pages. There are no other s...

Overview of Modernism in Literature

In five pages literary modernism is defined and then illustrated in such works as James Joyce's 'The Dead' from Dubliners, 'The G...

Symbolic Meaning of Grass in 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

In 5 pages this paper examines metaphor and symbolic uses of grass in an analysis of 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman. There are ...

Misery in Poetry

ties have ceased to exist. He says that although the world appears to be beautiful, in actuality, it contains "neither joy, nor lo...

20th Century Literature and Self Determination

In 6 pages this paper examines how self determination is thematically portrayed in 'The Red Wheelbarrow' by William Carlos William...

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison and Quest

This paper examines how the 'quest' novel criteria is satisfied by Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon in six pages. There are no oth...

T.S. Eliot, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Modernism

In 7 pages the evolution of modernism is chronicled in an analysis of 'On the Genealogy of Morals' by Nietzsche; 'Civilization and...

Social Justice and the Performing Arts in Appalachia

In ten pages the impact of geographical isolation on Appalachia's system of social justice and performing arts and includes a regi...

1970s, Drugs, and Rock 'N Roll

Multiply these intersections by their possible locations -- hotels, bars, clubs, arenas, modes of transportation, parties, or rehe...