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Lord Byron's Poems and the Metaphors of Love and Fame

more likely that they will remember and personally value the days of their youth. Byron takes a strong stand in representing thi...

Literature and Nature Images

the hierarchy, to base matter, at its lowest level, with man and the natural world between the two, and Donnes commentary reflects...

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...

Analysis of Carl Sandburg's Poetry

hobo before he was twenty, and even served a rotation in the Spanish-American War(Academy of Poets). This experience was...

'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...

Unconditional Love in the Poetry of William Wordsworth

shipwreck (Anonymous, 2002; Junaidul, 2000). Wordsworth worked out his grief over this event in several poems, most notably the "E...

'The Telephone' and 'Mending Wall' by Robert Frost

gaps I mean,/ No one has seen them made or heard them made,/ But at spring mending-time we find them there" (Frost 9-11). In th...

'February Afternoon' by Edward Thomas

themes of love, this became the preferred style of World War I poets like Edward Thomas. One of his most poignant verses is "Febr...

Dark Passages in John Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale'

of the thinking principle (Keats,1008-1022). Secondly, he believed that one was propelled into the next chamber simply b...

'Assisi' by Norman MacCaig Analyzed

result is that he was able to craft a poem such as "Assisi" which has a gentle yet pointed grace and, as Brodie points out, a "dec...

Gillian Clarke's 'Letter from a Far Country'

inner soul of a woman to be appreciated for the ways in which she makes the lives of her family easier and more pleasant. A native...

'Parliament of Fowles' by Geoffrey Chaucer

not procreate indiscriminately but should rather follow Natures example and wait until circumstances are optimal in order to add t...

Satan in Paradise Lost by John Milton

In five pages this paper analyzes the characterization as Satan in the epic poem Paradise Lost as a reflection of the righteous co...

The Consequences of a Simple Decision

He probably thinks back on the choice fairly often, but theres no anger in the poem, no sense that the choice was a poor one, just...

William Blake’s Poems

being presented. The narrator states how "The hum of multitudes was there, but multitudes of lambs,/ Thousands of little boys and ...

"Home Burial" by Robert Frost

This essay presents a comprehensive overview of the poem that analyzes its content and draws on scholarly opinion as substantiatio...

Langston Hughes, Identification with America

This essay analyzes two poems by Hughes, "Theme for English B" and "Let America Be America Again." The writer asserts that "Theme"...

Female Characters and Ancient Texts

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

Donne and Marvell on Seduction

This essay analyzes Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" and John Donne's "The Flea" and offers the writer's reaction to these a...

4 Interpretations of the Icarus Myth

notice. That he soared toward the sun on wings made of wax only to have them melt, plummet him into the sea and ultimately drown ...

'Move' by Lucille Clifton

from their own ideas concerning societal norms. Clifton writes, "they had begun to whisper/among themselves hesitant/ to be bran...

Robert Phillips' 'Running on Empty'

experience it for himself. As a teenager I would drive Fathers Chevrolet cross-country, given me...

Meter in 'Kitchenette Building' by Gwendolyn Brooks

In five pages this short poem by Gwendolyn Brooks is analyzed in terms of meter, tone, and dramatic situation. One source is cite...

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...

Matthew Arnold's 'Thyrsis,' 'Scholar Gypsy, and Grief Images

In five pages the ways in which the poet expresses his grief and laments his own aging within the imagery of these two poems are a...

'Tam o'Shanter' by Robert Burns

In five pages this poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns is analyzed with its satirical elements and similarities to Chaucer duly not...

Robert Burns' Poetry and Poetic Devices

In five pages 5 of Robert Burns' poems are analyzed in terms of metrical structure and literary devices including 'Robert Bruce's ...

Poetry Analysis of Blake, Angelous and Sandburg

city with which he was intimately acquainted, London. The first two lines of the poem establish his thorough knowledge of the Lond...

Childhood Memories as Expressed in the Poems The Meal and My Father in the Navy

In this five pages the writer analyzes the poems by John Berger and Judith Ortiz Cofer. Childhood memories are etched in memorabl...

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....