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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 ...

Aeneid vs. the Divine Comedy

The Aeneid of Virgil and Dante's The Divine Comedy are similar in style and format, both being produced by poets. This paper compa...

Jimmy Santiago Baca's Hispanic Native American Poetry

In five pages this paper examines Jimmy Santiago Baca's modern and totally unique style of poetry. Two sources are cited in the b...

Edgar Allan Poe's Writing Style Revealed in His Short Stories and Poetry

shows his endeavor in following a specific element of style that was all his own. Mood: for example in "The Fall of...

Historical Influence of Walt Whitman

In eight pages this paper discusses the social and political influences Walt Whitman exerted through his poetry from an historical...

Singing the Song of the People in African American Literature

her works dealt little with the condition of the slaves in America, and held mainly to classical poetical themes. She was an accom...

Death Themes in Robert Frost's Poetry

'Home Burial' and 'The Death of the Hired Man' are the focus of this analysis of death themes in the poetry of Robert Frost consis...

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky by Joy Jarjo

In five pages this Native American poetry collection and its consideration of isolation and individuality are analyzed. Three sou...

Romantic Essence of 'Tintern Abbey' by William Wordsworth

capturing the experiences of childhood. Wordsworths theories of romantic poetic structure have been both accepted and highly crit...

Comparison of Callimachean and Catullus Poetry

does seem that when analyzing genres, Callimachean poetry comes up quite often and seems to challenge the essence of the works. Wh...

Classical Literature Identity Questions

In five pages this paper examines the definition of identity in the works of Euripides, Sophocles, Sappho's poetry, the Oresteia, ...

Poet Phyllis Wheatley and Her Impact

In five pages this paper discusses the impact of African American poet Phyllis Wheatley in a consideration of her life and her poe...

Romantic Period Poets John Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

pursued, his literary prose are filled with illusions that do not equate with realistic events, but rather, they conjure up sensat...

Opposition in William Blake's Poems

all three in a way that is distinct from all other "political appropriations" of the myth (Schock 445). As a new heaven is...

'Noiseless Patient Spider' by Walt Whitman

An analysis of this poem and what it reveals about the life and poetry of Walt Whitman is presented in five pages. Attached are 4...

Female Bonds and the Poetry of Sappho

In two pages this paper examines women's relationships in the poetry of Sappho. There are no sources listed....

Comparative Analysis of the Poetry of Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman

himself with a sense of timelessness. Each of the poets gives the reader a sense of a good friend explaining something with an at...

Emily Dickinson's Poetry and Symbolism

apart from the literary establishment through concise and reticent and very powerful poems (McNair 146). Through her use of langua...

'The Temple' Poem by George Herbert

moral and religious instruction, Herbert includes an invitation to delve deeper in the "church" before beginning the next section....

American Revolutionary War Poet Philip Freneau

In six pages the patriot poetry of Philip Freneau is discussed with the life of the poet also examined. There are 3 sources cited...

Life and Poems of Emily Dickinson

In ten pages this paper considers the poet and her poetry in terms of her preferred themes and life as a recluse. Ten sources are...

Black Poetry and Literature and the Blues

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the relationship between black poetry and literature with jazz and blues music with...

The Life and Works of W.H. Auden

In a paper that consists of ten pages the life and poetry of British poet W.H. Auden. Eleven sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Early Culture of West Africa

This paper compares the Native American culture with the culture of West Africa in an overview of sculpture, dance, music, poetry,...

Langston Hughes' African American Poetry

In six pages this paper examines Langston Hughes' African American poetry and the common theme that is interwoven in poems like 'H...

Andrei Tarkovsky's Cinematic Poetry

This in-depth research paper puts forth the argument that the films of director Andrei Tarkovsky are best seen as cinematic poetry...

Poetry Defined

This paper defines poetry and considers its development and various structures in four pages with Ogden Nash and Emily Dickinson's...

Feminist Perspectives in the Poetry of Bradstreet, Wheatley, and Dickinson

my pagan land,/ Taught my beknighted soul to understand/That theres a God" (Wheatley wheatley.html). Wheatleys struggle with the ...

Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, and Crisis in Poetry

In six pages this paper examines how poetry can be used to express a poet's crisis in 'Lady Lazarus' by Sylvia Plath and 'My Life ...

How the Poetic Works of Robert Frost Reflect the Poet's Life

years old, he decided to change his life. Selling his farm and quitting his job, he moved to England to pursue a career as a poet....