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Poetic Explication of Robert Burns’ “A Red, Red Rose”

of four lines known as quatrains, and each stanza comprised of alternating iambs or an unstressed syllable immediately followed by...

Two Views of War: Jomini and Clausewitz

and strategic; if the army occupies temporary positions along this line, they will be "strategic positions."4 When the army meets...

God's Relationship With Israel

(Dearman, 1998) and we often hear that phrase being used to describe the relationship between Israel and God. He was the living Go...

Shakespeare/Sonnets 73 and 130

and Shakespeares use of metaphor achieves his purpose very well, particularly in the lines that refer to comparing a ladys breath ...

Ice Metaphor in 'Sonny's Blues' by James Baldwin

terrible shock and pain of learning about Sonnys arrest, and the fear that the narrator feels for his brothers future. The feeling...

Health Care, Organization, and Metaphor

In five pages this report examines metaphor in a consideration of the health care organizational environment. Three sources are c...

Edgar Allan Poe's Writing Style

turn out for the good. A student working on this project can see that the following sentences present something of the tone Poes n...

Psychoanalysis Reading of 'The Lost Titian' by Christina Rossetti

do with her own ambitions and determination to be acknowledged as a meaningful writer than it has to do with her ability to write ...

'Heavenly' Jackson's Island in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In five pages Twain's use of metaphors in this novel are analyzed in a consideration of Jackson's Island and how this symbolically...

Literary Tools in Jack London's Short Stories

life is at stake as the narrator expresses the fact that a man will actually freeze to death if he cannot get a fire going. The ...

'Nothing Gold Can Stay' by Robert Frost

understands that youth and life cannot remain, for "nothing gold can stay." Metaphor When we take the poem in its entirety, and...

'The Flea' by John Donne, Meaning and Metaphor

imagery and emotional intensity alone, but by considering the social context that they grew out of and how they address it, a whol...

Poetry and Metaphor

is T.S. Eliots The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Through the adroit use of metaphor Eliot invites the reader to undertake a jo...

'Shooting an Elephant' by George Orwell

of the perseveration and thought, but he does shoot it. The villagers immediately strip it of meat and ivory - of everything they...

Analysis of Carl Sandburg's Poetry

hobo before he was twenty, and even served a rotation in the Spanish-American War(Academy of Poets). This experience was...

Analysis of the Style of 'Sonnet 130' by William Shakespeare

5 I have seen roses damasked, red and white, 6 But no such roses see I in her cheeks; 7 And in some perfumes...

Poetry and Metaphors

savagery which slavery brought with it. Notice in this passage how the belles traits are given, then immediately juxtaposed with t...

Analysis of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis

being which is so radically different from his original form that he is subsequently rejected by all who know him. He is no longe...

Analyzing Sylvia Plath's Poetic Voice

scared woman. While she is now grown and teetering on the brink of emotional despair, she recalls both the idolatry and anger of ...

Political Writing and Metaphor

at Dukes by Aram Bakshian Jr., which appeared in the American Spectator in 1993 will be utilized. It is a lighthearted piece that...

Modern Literature and Body Metaphors

such as when an individual describes himself as being "torn in two", "up against a wall", or "hot-blooded" in which individuals ma...

The Bone People by Keri Hulme and Structural Metaphors

only now an even deeper character has been introduced, Daniels, who bloody death Simon has brought into Kerewins tower house. When...

August 28, 1963 'I Have a Dream' Speech of Martin Luther King Jr.

speech. King uses the words -- "Five score years ago" (Internet source) -- that millions of Americans recognized and understand t...

'Oranges and Sweet Sister Boy' by Judy Ruiz and Metaphors

yet durable external shell which can be peeled away to reveal the different sections. While the sections are all different they to...

Metaphor of Phoenix Rising

began to feel old and weak, it would gather spices and aromatic branches, make a fire and immolate itself in the fragrant flames (...

Death and Poetic Attitudes of Davis, Thomas, and Donne

people pity the dead, not Death itself. In the end Donnes message is that there is little reason to fear death and that in the end...

A Critique of Robert Frost's 'Acquainted with the Night'

about having gone out in rain and back again, which represents sorrow and tears. In other words, he has seen many people pass away...

Ship of State Metaphor in Book VI of Plato's The Republic

reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...

Morgan's Organizational Metaphors and the Microsoft Corporation Analyzed

its popular Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office Suite. The company has expanded within the last decade to include su...

Promoting E-Commerce Within Developing Nations

could understand the concept of e-commerce based on these metaphors. Consumers now had a "virtual shopping cart" to shop on the In...