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'Claudette Colvin Goes to Work' by Rita Dove

Her 1999 volume of poetry, "On the Bus with Rosa Parks" exemplifies the ways in which Dove captures a moment, sees it for what it ...

Historical Context of Emily Dickinson

indeed, cannot, be overlooked. A rare taste of boundless joy is exemplified in Wild nights, wild nights. Perhaps written o...

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...

Imagery in Poetry by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Christina Rossetti

the bird with his crossbow. With this act, which apparently was motivated by pure blood-lust, the Mariner sins not only ag...

'The Tell Tale Heart' and 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe

brother and sister, were split, with Edgar being taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Poe Chronology). His sister,...

'The Gift Outright' by Robert Frost

When someone mentions "the road not taken" or "the road less traveled" it is often without any realization of Frosts famous poem, ...

'Another on the same' by John Milton

Hobson would never die as long as he was on the move. Until his revolution was at stay, in the sense of a ball which has stopped s...

An Analysis of Three Frost Poems

calling him to "say good-bye" (line 10 Acquainted with the Night). The overall effect of the poem is one of stark loneliness and 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 ...

Gender and Death in 4 Poems by Anne Sexton

In other words, to be a woman outside the accepted societal role for women is not to be a woman. As this indicates, any woman wh...

Two Views of the Story of Beowulf

"proud of his plunder, sought his dwelling with that store of slaughter" (p. 25). Beowulf is written in Old English and set some...

Life in America and the Works of William Carlos Williams and Carl Sandburg

Chicago are? Who knows?" Yet, there are evocative images that conjure images of the people that live there -- workers with big sho...

Langston Hughes' 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers'

In five pages this paper analyzes the structure, meaning, and themes of Langston Hughes' poem 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers.' Four ...

'Lady Lazarus' by Sylvia Plath

In five pages this paper presents a critical analysis of Sylvia Plath's poem 'Lady Lazarus.' Four pages are cited in the bibliogr...

Faith Reflected in Poetry

In five pages this essay ponders how religious faith in poetry represents the time periods in which it was composed in an examinat...

A Chronology of Odysseus's Travels Outlined

the more noteworthy events can, however. A brief outline of these events is as follows: 1. Odysseus leaves...

'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...

Human Conflict and Faith in William Blake's 'Introduction,' William Wordsworth's 'Tintern Abbey' and Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'

poetic boundaries; not only does the reader surmise that the author is wholly attentive to his craft, but he also is privy to the ...

Analyzing 'To a Waterfowl' and 'Thanaptopsis' by William Cullen Bryant

In five pages the ways in which these poems represent the development of American literature and how they reflect the 19th century...

Ride of Paul Revere

In five pages this research paper examines the Revolutionary War contributions of Paul Revere in a consideration of the inaccuraci...

Unspeakable in Anna Akhmatova's 'Requiem' and Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares how human nature's 'unspeakable' dark side is portrayed in this poem and play. Fou...

Four Essays On Literature

This paper bundles four essays into one. In five pages the writer separately discusses specific questions regarding Eliot's The L...

Poetry and War

In five pages this paper mentions the poems 'To Lucasta' by Richard Lovelace and 'Dover Beach' by Matthew Arnold in this contrast ...

'Songs of Innocence' and 'Songs of Experience' Poems by William Blake

as opposed to being naturally inherited. This poem typifies the poems that are included in Blakes, Songs of Innocence, in...

Gerard Manley Hopkins' 'God's Grandeur'

Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;...

Robert Phillips' 'Running on Empty'

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

Symbolic Analysis of 'The Tyger' Poem by William Blake

the speaker--and the reader -- know that the answer is God. By using a question, Blake is questioning why a benevolent deity would...

'Andrea del Sarto; by Robert Browning

and lust perhaps. She is an object to be worshipped and talked about, but not a woman who is given a voice. Throughout this poe...

Examination of Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself'

Thomas Eakins: A Friendship of Artistic Gain). In fact, this particular painting is clearly a representation of a scene in Whitman...

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...