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Transcendence of 'Routine' by Tom Wayman

a steadily-promoted deck officer on the Titanic" (Lancashire et al. "Philosophy"). This balanced perspective (positive and negativ...

T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' and the Contemporary World

world was worth living in. Interestingly enough, one critic indicates that this is where Eliot uses the symbolism of the Holy G...

Songs of Innocence and Experience by Robert Blake

works together one can see the romantic power of both innocence and experience as Blake addressed a changing world where human per...

The Un-Human Enemies of Beowulf

The writer discusses the fact that in Beowulf, which is the oldest poem in English, many of Beowulf's enemies are non-humans. Thes...

Virgil's The Aeneid, Free Will, and Fate

In a paper consisting of five pages this paper examines the concepts of fate and free will within the context of Virgil's epic and...

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...

The Life of Emily Dickinson by Richard B. Sewall

came into the world on December 10, 1830, the second of four children born to Edward and Emily Norcross Dickinson. As Sewall note...

Pericles' Funeral Oration

In an essay consisting of five pages the comment that city is the best teacher of man by ancient Greek poet Simonides is examined ...

James Merrill's Life and Environmental Influences

after the divorce of his parents that occurred when he was twelve years old ("Keene," 2000). Certainly, the divorce would have an ...

Pushkin's Most Successful Prose

Pushkin was a Russian poet who eventually began writing prose. This essay examines and analyzes a very successful work of prose en...

Lord Byron, We'll Go No More A-Roving

was staying in Venice. It was published by Moore in 1830, after Byrons death, in a text he edited, Letters and Journals of Lord By...

Comments on a Book for Ministers

This essay presents reflections and discussions about different sections of a book entitled "The Pastor As A Minor Poet" by M. Cra...

Overview of Experimental Feminist Poetry

Hunt conveys her message in a type of rapid New York "urban speak," which is specifically intended to jolt the readers passivity. ...

The Court of King Hrothgar in Beowulf

The writer uses a close reading of the Old English epic poem Beowulf, and in particular the events at King Hrothgar's court, to ex...

'Bright Star' by John Keats

In five pages this paper examines the poem by John Keats in order to consider how the poet depicted love's meaning. There are no ...

Comparison Between Robert Schumann and Franz Haydn

to evoke an image, or tell a story, but rather was intended to be appreciated as an artwork separate unto itself (Machlis, 1970). ...

Langston Hughes: Work and Worldview

the dawns were / young. / I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to / sleep. / I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyram...

Eavan Boland/Fever

5-8). This juxtaposition of images connects the fever of illness to the fever of lust, which leads into the third stanza and its s...

Metaphor and Imagery in 'My Papa's Waltz' by Theodore Roethke

In six pages this report analyzes the metaphor and imagery featured in 'My Papa's Waltz' by poet Theodore Roethke. Three sources ...

"A Far Cry from Africa"

Latino, classical and contemporary" (Bixby, 2000). His later work reveal a man "who has learned his craft from the European tradit...

Man's Nature in the Romantic Poetry of William Wordsworth and John Keats

quite different in their presentation and their material or focus of material. But, at the same time the words of darkness apparen...

Berceo's Poem about Mary, Miracles of Our Lady

The writer examines the 13th century poem Milagros de Nuestra Senora (Miracles of Our Lady). The writer describes it as a series o...

Biography of Langston Hughes

In eleven pages the 'explosions' in the life of Langston Hughes are explored in this insightful biography of the poet and novelist...

Frances E.W. Harper's Life and Work II

In nine pages this research paper considers this African American novelist, poet, and lecturer in terms of her life and work with ...

Life and Poems of Emily Dickinson

In ten pages this paper considers the poet and her poetry in terms of her preferred themes and life as a recluse. Ten sources are...

Japanese Culture in the Seventeenth Century

In nine pages the Japanese cultural period known as Genroku is examined in terms of the cultural contributions of dramatist Chikam...

Works and Philosophy of Ezra Pound

trial for treason, and confined to a mental hospital in Washington, D.C. On his release in 1958, he returned to Italy, where he di...

The Life and Works of W.H. Auden

In a paper that consists of ten pages the life and poetry of British poet W.H. Auden. Eleven sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Poetic Reality in the Works of Gwendolyn Brooks and Langston Hughes

In seven pages this paper discusses the poems 'We Real Cool, The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel' by Gwendolyn Brooks and...

'Coloredness' in the Poem Theme for English B by Langston Hughes

In five pages a poetic explication of Theme for English B examines how 'coloredness' is represented by poet Langston Hughes. Two ...