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Poe/Annabel Lee

a child and she was a child/In this kingdom by the sea" (lines 7-8). These lines, as do the opening lines of the poem, establish a...

Wordsworth/Solitary Reaper

on the beauty of the scene. The Romantics tended to be introspective, while also placing emphasis on beauty of everyday life, rath...

'The Road Not Taken' and 'Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost

line assures us that we are in this world" (Ogilvie et al.). There is a very relaxed, yet very introspective, tone to the lines as...

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). ...

Maya Angelou/Phenomenal Woman

half=way through the stanza, Angelou prefaces giving her reaction with the line "I say," which is followed by her lyrical descript...

Analysis of Beowulf

monstrous creature Grendel, Grendels mother, and the dragon - it considers the impact of social obligations (loyalty to God and co...

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...

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...

"Sonnet XXX" - A Mechanical Analysis

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Spenser's "Sonnet XXX". A mechanical analysis of the poem's devices is carried out,...

Song of Roland: Analyzing Laisses XIV and XV

An analysis of stanzas XIV and XV of this anonymous poem are consider in terms of their significance particularly regarding the re...

Four Poems, Summary and Analysis

This essay offers summary and analysis of four poems which begin by offering a comparison of two companion poems from Songs of Inn...

"Boy at the Window" by Richard Wilbur

This essay offers analysis of "Boy at the Window" by Richard Wilbur. The writer focuses on the compelling nature of the poem's ima...

'The Lotos Eaters' by Alfred Tennyson

This analysis consists of ten pages and considers the poem's relationship to the Romantic period and also compares and contasts th...

Robert Lowell/Skunk Hour

farmer/is first selectman in our village;/shes in her dotage" (lines 4-6). As these lines indicate, the poem is in free verse. B...

Protagonists

he has not really learned a great deal, except to perhaps further solidify his lack of desire to be civilized. In reading this sto...

Mark Twain’s Writing

parable or a dream" (Dr. DoCarmo). It more often than not possesses no sentiment or emotion that would pull the reader into believ...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: The Less Than Noble Hank Morgan

a nineteenth-century technological marvel, believing this would put the ineffectual Arthur and the uppity nobles in their places w...

A Night-Piece on Death by Thomas Parnell

mans mortality is Death itself. He walks among the graves and notes that the poorer people have flat markers and the more famous h...

Perspective and Points of View Creative Essay

Colette and sing happy songs about flowers and birds. (point one) But, of course, flower songs are not for grown ups. Now, the so...

Motivations Behind the Banning of Books

past, particularly those which occurred in totalitarian regimes that could not tolerate scrutiny any closer than that which it alr...

Racism in Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain and Classism in Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

away. He stands as a man of a higher social class who has integrity. His mother, however, represents all that is bad in the upper ...

Identity Search of Huckleberry Finn

scene that demonstrates the main thematic thrust of the story, Huck writes to Miss Watson telling her of Jims whereabouts. After w...

Comedy and Satire in The Works of Mark Twain

So, while Twains comments are funny, as seen thus far, and while he himself claimed that humor was the key, we also note that he p...

Educational Leadership and American Literature

of referrals to these types of programs have resulted in the need to seek out better methods for enhancing educational leadership ...

Mark Twain and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Research Statement and Annotated Bibliography

up with some sort of thesis. Perhaps the thesis could be that Twain was only writing about his society, writing an entertaining st...

Twain/Cruelty in Huckleberry Finn

A 12 page research paper on Mark Twain's classic novel Huck Finn. This paper includes a 9 page essay, an annotated bibliography an...

Mark Twain’s A Dog’s Tale

she should behave. She goes to a home where she is treated very well and ultimately has a puppy of her own and this makes her life...

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Racism

with which Twain was quite familiar. There appears to be no individual he likely knew as Huck Finn, but perhaps, as a writer, Tw...

Khaled Hosseini, Mark Twain, and Harper Lee on Childhood

I tried for a second or two to brace up and out with it, but I warnt man enough--hadnt the spunk of a rabbit. I see I was weakeni...

Emotional Changes in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

loves to play and loves to play hooky, desiring to have a good time. However, the adventure comes when Injun Joe becomes part of...