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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' ...

'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...

'Prayer' by George Herbert, Structure and Metaphor

In 5 pages this paper examines the sonnet structure of this 17th century poem and considers its use of religious metaphor. There ...

'Dream' Speech of Martin Luther King Jr.

In five pages this paper examines the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 in terms of its m...

The Chess Game by Jorge Luis Borges

The writer describes the way in which Jorge Luis Borges uses the techniques of magic realism and metaphor in his poem. The paper i...

Candide by Voltaire and the Travelers in Nature

In five pages this paper assesses the relationship between the travelers and nature in the satirical Candide by Voltaire in an ana...

Biological Metaphors

In five pages this paper discusses biomining and bioreactors in this overview of metaphors in biology. Eight sources are cited in...

Two theories relating to cognitive development: Case and Siegler

state to another, which could be considered the strategies used. In other words, there is something similar to a hierarchy and the...

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

In seven pages Dickens' differing depiction of the French Revolution in this novel through uses of characters as archetypes and me...

'Sonnet 146' by William Shakespeare

A poetic analysis of 'Sonnet 146' by William Shakespeare focuses upon similes, metaphors, tone, and meaning in five pages. Five s...

Tutorial on Plato and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages the individual is defined as revealed in The Republic by Plato and in Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson with the ...

Albert Camus' The Plague, Rats, and Fascism

In eight pages this paper comprised of 3 sections discusses how Camus' work is an indictment aganst fascist totalitarianism with t...

Comparing 'Home' by Grace Nicholas to 'Wherever I Hang' by Anne Bronte

In three pages the literary devices of simile, metaphor, rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration are used in a comparative analysis of the...

Book of Urizen and William Blake's 'America: A Prophecy'

In ten pages this paper examines the intent of biblical metaphors in these works and the goals they attempt to achieve. Nine sour...

'Hurried' Asian Children and Canadian Children

In six pages this paper compares these two groups of children in terms of educational hurriedness and its influences. Twelve sour...

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...

Young Children and the Acquisition of Language Children

In five pages this research essay discusses how young children acquire language and how 2 of the 3 early childhood intervention mo...

Damien by Herman Hesse

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

Overview and Summary of When Children Want Children by Leon Dash

In five pages this paper summarizes and presents an overview of the text that considers low income teenage pregnancies in hopes to...

Literary Analysis of 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell

art is directed at a woman with whom he so desires to have a romantic affair. In his attempts to persuade her to consent, he pain...

The Geography of Fiction California in the Writings of Kellerman and Mosley

5 pages and 2 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the way in which the geography of the state of California is repre...

The Use of Figurative Language in Plath, Keats, and Layton

her own, and ultimately committed suicide in 1963, one year after completing "Lady Lazarus;" Keats was noted for his romantic natu...

Metaphor in the Work of E. E. Cummings

This essay provides a reading of the classic Cummings' poem, "somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond." The aut...

The Social Construction of Gender in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper examines Shelley's novel as a metaphor for social issues of the nineteenth century. This five page paper has one sourc...

'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...

Metaphor Concept and Theories

hand is a condensed form of simile, or the simile without the use of the words "like" or "as" (1978). Both are comparisons but mos...

Analysis of the Poem 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost

one as far as I could / To where it bent in the undergrowth; / Then took the other, as just as fair, / And having perhaps the bett...

Poetic Analysis of 'If We Must Die' by Claude McKay

exploded out of me" (McKay on "If We Must Die"). Somewhat surprisingly, McKay elected to structure his impassioned contemporary p...

'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...