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Symbolism Analysis of Gwendolyn Brooks' 'The Life of Lincoln'

In three pages this paper analyzes the symbolism of Gwendolyn Brooks' poem 'The Life of Lincoln.' One source is cited in the bibl...

Setting in 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Raven' and 'The Oval Portrait' by Edgar Allan Poe

tales. While "The Oval Portrait" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are distinctive in setting they share certain simil...

Revolution Themes in 'Marriage of Heaven and Hell' by William Blake

he falls from grace these divide from him. One of those identities is called Luvah, which was the part responsible for emotion and...

'The Bait' by John Donne

lover on the edge of being lost. Donne promises that lover that if she abides with the callers wished she will be rewarded with g...

Passage Analysis from John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'

Adam is astounded by the plethora of life, beauty and vast expanse of nature to which he is bearing witness. While Raphael assert...

Beauty and Friendship in 3 of Sappho's Poems

seemed inseparable. A true friend, in other words, wishes for another person the highest possible good. This sort of friendship i...

Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, and Romanticism

Clearly, this excerpt from The Prelude, reveals Wordworths quest for self-exploration. This is the story of a journey - not just ...

3 Poems Analyzed for Content and Language

part of them." The "roasting" of Louie is stated as being symbolic, but Dickson describes a quite vivid scene that leads the read...

'Before I Knocked' by Dylan Thomas

is connected (18 poems, 1934, 2004). This colored his religious orientation and is evident in the religious symbolism in "Before I...

'My Papa's Waltz' by Theodore Roethke and Child Abuse

and bravery and excitement. They beg for it many times as they beg to be spun like an airplane or hung upside down. They trust the...

Native Americans as Perceived by Walt Whitman

now" (Whitman, 2005). Clearly, this illustrates his belief that heaven and hell are right here on earth, which was a very controv...

Fate and Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and c...

Jane Kenyon's 'Depression in Winter'

seems to add to the depression, the unhappiness that the narrator is speaking of because there is a sense of futility in trying to...

'Childhood' by Maura Stanton

ceiling of my house where I could walk around in empty rooms all by myself"(Stanton). Everything in this place would be quie...

Ben Jonson's 'A Celebration of Charis in Ten Lyric Pieces' Explicated

narrator restores the sight of the Greek love god Cupid, and he subsequently flees (Donaldson 154): "And (withal) I did untie / Ev...

'The Battle of Maldon' and the Characteristics of Old and Modern English

lost" (The Battle of Maldon: Introduction). In this battle, which involved the Vikings and the leader Anlaf tried to land ashore...

Sappho's Poetry, Homer's Epics, and Women

we mortals bear perforce, although we suffer; for they are much stronger than we. But now I will teach you clearly, telling you th...

'Ballad of Birmingham' by Dudley Randall

hope. The mothers wise voice could be seen to be the voice of experience, conservative ways, of hope seasoned with hard times. The...

'The Starry Night' Poem by Anne Sexton and the Starry Night Painting by Vincent Van Gogh

viewing this painting this particular writer feels and thinks many things. There is a powerful boldness to the strokes, which are ...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Females, Mortal and Divine

all of the kingdoms riches and power for themselves. The problem is Odysseuss only son, who is the natural successor to the throne...

Nature Imagery in the Works of Zora Neale Hurston and William Wordsworth

are not representative of nature and he finds refreshment and nourishment in his memories, and now in his seeing nature again. ...

'Smile' in the Poetry of Robert Browning and Dorothy Parker

the Duchess to show pleasure. Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt, Wheneer I passed her, but who passed without Much the same smile? Th...

3 Women in Odysseus's Life in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

her part. What she didnt know was that Zeus was responsible for thwarting her attempts at consummating her relationship with Odys...

'Black Magic' by Dudley Randall

regards to both cherries and grapes. Her lips as "curved" like cherries and "full" like grape bunches, but they are "sweet" like ...

''The Phoenix and the Turtle' by William Shakespeare

about 1594 onward it is believed that he played with a group of actors, however: "written records give little indication of the wa...

'Cross' by Langston Hughes

her well" (lines 4-8). This substantiates the forgiveness and understanding that the speaker already has indicated towards his fat...

Analysis of Hennes and Mauritz

are more expensive, but have a faster turnaround period The company has a large number of offices in each country, one head offic...

Homer's 'The Iliad' and Achilles' Shield

of mortal men exceeding fair" (18.490). The image of "two cities" mirrors the basic plot of the Iliad, which is a ten-year-long ...

'Blackberry Sweet' by Dudley Randall

devices not only within the line in which it occurs, but also between lines. Also in regards to these lines, while the poet refe...

To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works by Phillis Wheatley

and how they are seen by Wheatley as almost heavenly. She is clearly amazed at the figures and the power within these figures. Thi...