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A Discussion of Christian Elements in the Epic Poem Beowulf, and in the Character of Beowulf Himself

the first great epic poems of English history is thought to have been written around the time of the first half of the 8th century...

Ten Poems by Emily Dickinson

of mourning and regret, while singing the praises of something wondrous. I Came to buy a smile -- today (223) The first thing...

Epic 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and the Use of Symbolism

of balance. The Knight carries the potential for both peace and war. They are intimately bound to one another, it should be said, ...

Literary and Poetic Examples of True Love

even to the edge of doom" (Shakespeare 9-12). In the end he claims that if he is wrong then he never wrote and no man ever loved. ...

'Patterns' by Amy Lowell

This paper consists of four pages and discusses the characterization of the speaker and the poem's connotation, rhythm, diction, a...

Comparative Analysis of 'Shooting an Elephant' by George Orwell and 'From a Correct Address in a Suburb of a Major City' by Helen Sorrell

In a paper consists of five pages this poem contrasts and compares Orwell's essay and Sorrell's poem. There are no sources listed...

The Culture of the Beowulf Poem

faith primarily in their thane and in "wyrd," which is a pagan reference to fate or destiny, according to Abrams, et al (1968). ...

Poetry by Hardy and Eliot

himself who willed that he should suffer (lines 5-8). In other words, Hardy pictures preferring a world such as the ancient Gre...

Social Commentary's Dark Side

In six pages this paper discusses the dark side of social commentary and how the writers reflect their respective societies in Tom...

Analyzing 'These Yet to be United States' by Maya Angelou

A line by line poetic explication is offered in this paper consisting of five pages. There are four sources cited in the bibliogr...

18th Century Education and Samuel Johnson's Poem 'The Vanity of Human Wishes'

Lines 135 through 177 are the focus of this poetic explication of 'The Vanity of Human Wishes' by Samuel Johnson consisting of fiv...

Eliezer Ben Rafael's Jewish Identities

Many disagreed on issues of conversion, or how one becomes a practioner of the Jewish faith. For example, the Orthodox believers p...

Analysis of T.S. Eliot's Poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'

sexually anxious and shy. The whole poem, then, is a testimonial to his incapacity to act on his desire to meet someone with whom ...

Robert Burns's 'To A Mouse' and Destiny

In three pages the theme of destiny is probed in this poetic explication. There are no other sources used and there is a FREE 1 p...

Richard Wilbur's Poem 'Love Calls Us to the Things of This World'

the soul from the confines of the earth and into the far reaches of the heavens. In its spiritual form the soul is no longer conf...

Poetic Explication of 'Sailing to Byzantium' by W.B. Yeats

of art that lives forever and offers youth and vitality and passion. One critic indicates that, "This contrasts the sensual world...

Romans I, 24th through 27th Verses

action that the people indulged in completely by their own volition, which puts a new slant on the described behavior; and, also c...

Structural Analysis of 'Sonnet 72' by Sir Philip Sidney

In five pages Astrophel and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney is the focus of this analysis of 'Sonnet 72' that includes a poetic explic...

'Design' by Robert Frost

In about eight pages this essay discusses the life and works of poet Robert Frost and also presents a poetic explication of 'Desig...

'Devolution of the Nude' by Lynne McMahon

In five pages this paper presents an explication of 'Devolution of the Nude' by Lynne McMahon. There is no bibliography included....

'The Fish' by Elizabeth Bishop

An explication of 'The Fish' consists of four pages and discusses how animals are dominated unfairly by man. There are no other s...

Domesticity in 'Washing Sheets in July' by Jane Gentry Vance

goes outside to hang her sheets, and her own thin, strong hands which will soon be smoothing her own sheets on the line. Vance mov...

Explication of The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx

In eight pages this sociopolitical text is presented in an information overview that includes definitions, crucial concept explana...

A Poetic Explication of 'The Paper' by Merwin

In one page the images and themes presented in this poem are discussed with the conclusion drawn that this excellent prose belies ...

Galway Kinnell's Life and Poetry

In three pages this research paper examines the life and poetry of Galway Kinnel with an explication of 'When One Has Lived a Long...

Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

"temperate" is not exactly a great complement. Therefore, Shakespeare adds to this in the next line stating that "rough" winds can...

Explication of 'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning

-- "The Count your Masters known munificence/ Is ample warrant that no just preference/ Of mine for dowry will be disallowed" (lin...

Historical Analysis and Explication of the Bathers Painting by Paul Cezanne

In five pages Cezanne's later painting and its postimpressionist characteristics are analyzed with the composition and nudes repre...

TV Commercial Explication

few shots of a good looking, blue-eyed young man. There is the glare of the sunlight which is rather obvious. One shot shows this ...

Poetic Analysis of 'The Wood Pile' by Robert Frost

stresses and also spondaic emphasis on the phrase "this years snow." Still other lines mix and match rhythm patterns so that the o...