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'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe

In seven pages this poetic explication reveals how Poe was able to achieve his morbid atmosphere through the literary elements of ...

2 Poems by Emily Dickinson

In five pages pain is examined within the context of the metaphors featured in Emily Dickinson's poems 'There is a pain so utter' ...

'Acquainted with the Night' by Robert Frost

In about four pages this paper explicates 'Acquainted with the Night' by Robert Frost in an analysis of such devices as rhyme sche...

'Birches' by Robert Frost

In five pages this paper discusses the metaphor of sexuality through the woods that is unique in a poem by Robert Frost. Five sou...

On Walden Pond by Ralph Waldo Emerson

to get rid of material goods as they do not matter. He uses a simile when he says "Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage...

Analysis: The Rock by Wallace Stevens

This 6 page paper analyzes Wallace Stevens' poem The Rock in terms of the way the poet discusses alternate realities. The writer a...

William Blake's Poems 'The Mill,' 'The Lamb,' and 'The Tyger'

In five pages these poems are analyzed in terms of how the poet employs metaphors or imagery. There are no other sources listed....

Exploring Creative Thought

In five pages creative thought is explored in a contrast and comparison of Northrop Frye's The Motive for Metaphor and Jacob Brono...

Metaphors of Darkness and Light in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper discusses how the characters in this Shakespearean tragedy are better understood through the metaphors of...

Analysis of William Shakespeare's Henry IV Speeches I.ii.185-192-I.ii.1-9

In five pages this paper presents an analysis of King Henry and Prince Hal's speeches in terms of tone and metaphor in a contrast ...

Robert Frost's 'Now Close the Windows'

theme (including any symbolism and imagery), and the technical aspects of rhythm, rhyme, and meter. Frost tended to use both categ...

Poetic Spiders

seems to be making a statement about independence of spirit, but an involvement with mankind. "I markd where on a little promontor...

Creative Essay 'I Never Said I Was Martha Stewart'

getting ready to leave. "I cook all the time at home." I simply rolled my eyes at him. He nodded knowingly. "Oh, I get it....

Gwendolyn Brooks - Truth

to extract the universal truth from this poem, it would have to be that human condition which asks mankind to be quite careful wha...

Kesey Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

However, if the book only presented this anti-establishment theme, then it would never have had the complexity and depth which hav...

Jean de la Fontaine's Fables

outward recognition. Why do Fontaines epic fable poems work? Primarily, one could state that they work because they embody unive...

A Look at Chameleons

Chameleons prey primarily on insects but they also take other small animals as the opportunity presents itself. Their tong-like f...

Review of Flora Nwapa's Efuru

Adizua cannot be found for the funeral and it is then that Efuru finds out that Adizua has married another woman in another villag...

'The Odyssey' by Homer Content Analysis

on which he has been marooned for twenty years, it would appear as if his ship would have nothing but smooth sailing back to Ithac...

Defining Irony

and its complexities. If everything were taken at face value - that is on a very literal level - then language would be extremely...

Encouraging Consumer Buying Through Techniques in Advertising

structure of the poem, providing a means by which to connect the words with organization and conclusion (Poetry Analysis: A Quick ...

A Critique of Harriet Jacob's Novel, Incidents From the Life of a Slave Girl.

ways, black women had to endure two types of prejudice. They had the stigmatism of being slaves, and then, as if the issue of race...

Metaphors and Themes in Works of Louis De Bernieres and Primo Levi

make an appearance in the book until nearly mid-way through. However, it is quickly understood, once he appears, that he and his m...

Jeanne Watkatsuki Houston's Farewell to Manzanar

fit into the structure of a country that essentially considers her Caucasian, to a point, and her familys adherence to their Japan...

Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare Analyzed

/ And every fair from fair sometimes declines, / By chance, or natures changing course untrimmd; / But thy eternal summer shall no...

Dylan Thomas's 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'

use of cadences, rhythms, repetitions and events or actions that may take place within the poem. Also, it can be said that tone is...

Simile and Metaphor

arms off and place them somewhere, nor did she wage a real battle on the high window. Even the terms high window and shadow can be...

'Inscriptions' by William Wordsworth

exploration of human feelings and emotions. In the poem, Inscriptions, to which the first lines are: HOPES what are they?--B...

Metaphor Controlling

interesting to note, there are several distinctions of metaphors. According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary (2002) metaph...

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...