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'Fragment 93' by Sappho

affected her personally. This is exemplified in her poem fragment that scholars have numbered 93. The poem begins with the injunc...

A Letter from Waldo Frank to Carl Sandburg

"I am the people, the mob." In this, we share a similar sentiment. However, your work expresses a much more accepting and optimist...

Sylvia Plath's Life and Poetry

the gods high-heeled walking wounded" (pp. 239). She was born in Boston, the daughter of a university professor and one of his gra...

Literary and Poetic Examples of True Love

even to the edge of doom" (Shakespeare 9-12). In the end he claims that if he is wrong then he never wrote and no man ever loved. ...

Humanism Themes in Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by William Blake

particular values, and freedom from persecution by authorities for those views. One could say that the roots, as far as it can b...

Poetry of Christina Rossetti and Gender

afflicted with serious health issues, such as Graves disease and a thyroid disorder among others, and these caused her to become a...

2 Articles on Narcissism

we suppose that the nature of that is reciprocal, despite any lack of evidence (Barash). Furthermore, he argues that not only is ...

Poetry of the Romantic Period

Fourth, while previous generations of poets felt that poetry should address noble or epic topics, the Romantics glorified the bea...

Romanticism and 'Ode to a Grecian Urn' by John Keats

romantic poetry it that the emphasis was always on emotions, rather than reason. William Wordsworth, a fellow Romantic, defined "g...

Poetry Structure and the Influences of Culture

futility and anarchy (of) contemporary history": this is not to say that such a structure need be formal and stylised, only that i...

Love Poetically Approached by John Donne

for a spiritual thinker, body and soul. In "The Good Morrow," Donne immediately established what critic Susannah B. Mintz refers ...

Analysis of Robert Frost's Poem 'Desert Places'

this as the focus changes from nature and subtly brings in the narrator: "I am too absent-spirited to count;/ The loneliness inclu...

Comparative Analysis of the Poetry of Robert Frost and Walt Whitman

and regular stress would at first strike his reader with incredulous amazement. But he was hardly prepared for the storm of abuse ...

Emily Dickinson's Life and Influences oh Her Poetry

This paper looks at ways in which Dickinson defined life through her poetry. The author identifies common themes in her work and ...

Literature and Social Injustice

In four pages this paper examines how social injustice is represented in William Blake's poetry, 'A Modest Proposal' by Jonathan S...

American Poetry Contribution of Walt Whitman

In 5 pages this paper examines the modern poetry contributions of uniquely American poet Walt Whitman. There are 6 sources cited ...

Works of Diane Wakoski and Alicia Ostriker's Remythologizing of Women

In 5 pages this paper discusses the ways in which these feminist authors show how women can reinvent their identities in a positiv...

Nature and the Poetry of Robert Frost

can pay a poet about his or her work is to say that the poetry was "felt, not just read." Certainly, such is the case with Frosts...

Overview of the Life and Times of Robert Frost

In 5 pages this paper discusses the importance of woods symbolism in many of Robert Frost's poems in this overview that considers ...

William Wordsworth and Romantic Poetry

In five pages this paper discusses William Wordsworth's poetry in a consideration of his structuring and the criticisms this gener...

Seventeenth Century Cavalier and Metaphysical Poetry

In twelve pages this paper contrasts and compares the cavalier and metaphysical approaches to seventeenth century poetry in a cons...

Romantic Era Poetry and the Child

This paper considers the child as conceptually represented in the Romantic Era poetry of Charlotte Smith, William Blake, and Willi...

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...

Audre Lorde's Life, Poetry, and Activism

In seven and a half pages this poet's life, poetry, and activism are examined in an analysis that focuses primarily upon 'Power,' ...

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...

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...

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...

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...