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W.H. Auden's 'The Unknown Citizen' and William Blake's 'The Chimney Sweeper'

In three pages this comparative poetic analysis considers the meaning achieved through metaphors in each poem. There are no other...

In the Jungle by Annie Dillard and Writing Style

In five pages this work is analyzed in terms of the writer's stylistic use of allusions, repetition, similes, metaphors, and langu...

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 ...

Paradox and Metaphor in 'Batter My Heart' by John Donne

In five pages this paper considers paradox and metaphor as each is represented in this poem by John Donne. There are no other sou...

Poetic Metaphors Used by Boccaccio, Aquinas, Sidney, Shelley, and Aristotle

In twelve pages the poetic metaphor and its value is assessed within the works of these varied literary and philosophical icons. ...

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 ...

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...

'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' ...

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...

Paley's 'Watchmaker' Argument

In a paper consisting of three pages the existence of God as it is presented in the 'Watchmaker' argument is critiqued with extens...

'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...

Damien by Herman Hesse

In four pages Damien is reviewed in a consideration of novel characteristics, meanings, metaphors, structure, character, and theme...

Metaphor in Il Postino Film

In three pages the movie is summarized but its metaphor usages is the primary focus. There are no other sources listed....

Arguing Against Tabloid Press and Media Compromise

In sixteen pages this research paper charges the media with compromising its position with manipulating the public trust by reinfo...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet, William Golding's Lord of the Flies, and Their Parallels

In 6 pages the parallels that exist in these works in terms of literary similarities of allegory, metaphor, simile, irony, personi...

Mike Tyson and Rocky Marciano Comparied

In five pages this report compares these famous American boxer in terms of conjunctive adverbs, relative pronouns, simile, metapho...

Characters and Plot from Miller, O'Connor and Plath

audience must be moved by Willy Loman, a 63-year-old man who has become tired of chasing the ever-elusive American Dream, always f...

American Revolution and Family Metaphors

of England. It is not something that seemed fair and of course, the colonists had a restless, adventurous spirit and one that drov...

The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick

life and feels herself to have been socially conscious. She has with her a daughter, Magda, who has been nurtured and protected b...

Artistic and Creative Uses of Photography

In five pages this paper discusses various creative and artistic photography uses including repetition, alliteration, authority, a...

Sisters' Metaphor and Ezekiel 23

(Larue). If Ezekiel had been exiled into Babylon, it can be argued that it would have been impossible for the author to...

C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce

In five pages this text by C.S. Lewis in analyzed in terms of its purpose and how the message is conveyed by the author through me...

Glorida Anzaldua's 1980 Letter to Women Writers of the Third World

concerning the proprietary message of mainstream society that writing is a privileged activity, that is, a white activity. Havin...

Writing and Observation

In six pages this essay discusses how observation can be artistically represented through skilled writing in a third person descri...

David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Symbolism and Metaphor

In 6 pages this paper compares these novels in a consideration of how each author employed symbolism and metaphor in their respect...