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Irish Nationalism and Michael Collins, William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, and Umberto Saba

Joyces brother, Stanislaus, records that in April of 1907, in a conversation with Joyce questioned, "Do you not think Ireland has...

Comparative Analysis of Four Poems by William Butler Yeats

the first two lines in each verse rhyme. The mood is one of absolute freedom, which stresses that the things that society values -...

William Butler Yeats' 'The Wilde Swans of Coole'

between what is real and what is a mere reflection is indicated in the line that says, "Under the October twilight the water/Mirro...

Symbolism in 'The Second Coming' by William Butler Yeats

of Spiritus Mundi" (Yeats, 1920). "Spiritus Mundi" can be translated as the "Spirit of the Universe" which Yeats saw as holding i...

Interpreting 'Sailing to Byzantium' by William Butler Yeats

of life in our worldly form, of the power of the many mystical forces of our universe, and the concepts of reincarnation and life ...

Dublin According to William Butler Yeats and James Joyce

this work many critics feel that Joyce gave Dublin a feminized gender. They assert that Joyces Dublin corresponds to Claudine Herm...

William Butler Yeats' Poems 'A Coat' and 'Ego Dominus Tuus'

and perhaps anything else this artistic individual had to offer, was taken and used by others. As a result, this individual decide...

'The Second Coming' by William Butler Yeats and Symbolism

In five pages the symbolism of this poem and how it assists in interpretation are analyzed. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

'Michael Robartes and the Dancer' by Irish Poet William Butler Yeats

poem despite the metaphysical airs assumed by Michael Robartes. In this poem, Yeats expresses the concept that can be concisely ...

Poetic Analysis of William Butler Yeats' 'Come Gather Round Me, Parnellites'

Indeed, it is these characteristics which may account for Yeats continuing appeal to readers who dont normally pay much attention ...

William Butler Yeats' Poem 'The Second Coming'

The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;" (Yeats PG). This describes the inner workings of...

Samuel Butler, Lord Byron, and Marriage

In five pages this essay discusses how Butler and Byron perceived marriage in a comparative analysis of Butler's The Way of All Fl...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

Process of Poetry

has to "face the men of the time" and "think about war," in order to "construct a new stage" (Of Modern Poetry...Stevens). What St...

Intellectuals and the Use of Critical Thinking

The role of critical thinking in American society has taken on greater importance in the 21st century. This paper relates the conc...

Poetry Structure and the Influences of Culture

futility and anarchy (of) contemporary history": this is not to say that such a structure need be formal and stylised, only that i...

The Poetry of Owen and Contextual Criticism

of publicly responding to criticisms over his exclusion of Owen that Yeats made the remark in question (Rusche, 2010). His primary...

A Poem by Frost

that this is "Her hardest hue to hold." The budding of plants at this time in the early spring is the shortest part of the seas...

Poetry, Social Change, and Business

Tom Ehrenfield (author of Poetry & Business) states that entrepreneurs have a lot in common with poet, as they both "invent new wa...

'The Tables Turned' by William Wordsworth and Romanticism

fact that the universe makes perfect sense if only one views it from the proper angle (McLynn PG). Basically, it is the language ...

Romantic Era Poetry and the Child

This paper considers the child as conceptually represented in the Romantic Era poetry of Charlotte Smith, William Blake, and Willi...

Comparative Analysis of the Romantics and Sigmund Freud

In seven pages this paper compares the Romantic perspectives articulated in the poetry of William Blake, Walt Whitman, and William...

Comparing Poems about War to Beowulf

it is essentially the duty of this narrator. Beowulf is a man who sees his duty as that which involves risking his life. He goes...

Spiritual Fulfillment and Poetic Function

is, of course, contrary to the view of the Christian belief system. In the Christian system of belief, it is the other way around....

2 Papers on Romantic Poets

opens "Marriage" delivers a millenarian prophecy that identifies Christ, revolution and apocalypse and, in so doing, "satanizes" a...

Contemporary Chinese Poetry's Thematic and Linguistic Structure

Chinese poetry is replete with metaphor, simile, comparison, and personification as well with other linguistic contrivances which ...

William Congreve's Contributions

works called The Mourning Bride which was created in 1697 contains the following well known line: "Heavn has no Rage, like Love to...

Paterson by William Carolos Williams

and it is something that may be thought peculiar to his Paterson experience, but it is something that many people around the world...

Prostitution and STDs in Britain

1800s, in England, the Contagious Disease Act created a class of women who were required to have government certificates ("Josephi...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

Aristotles concrete, scientific theories are more relevant than Platos deductive and abstract ideology. Aristotle believed...