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faith primarily in their thane and in "wyrd," which is a pagan reference to fate or destiny, according to Abrams, et al (1968). ...

himself who willed that he should suffer (lines 5-8). In other words, Hardy pictures preferring a world such as the ancient Gre...

question that cannot be logically answered "puzzles scholars," while perfectly ordinary people are able to accept it as it is, as ...

gangrenous toe that her father had to have amputated and which, later, led directly to his death (127). The image of the "Frisco s...

lays dead. No individual has truly come to help him save for one youth, Wiglaf. In these particular lines we note the following: "...

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...

from these early stanzas that Lizzie is somewhat stronger - she is aware of the consequences of eating the forbidden fruit. It is ...

of mourning and regret, while singing the praises of something wondrous. I Came to buy a smile -- today (223) The first thing...

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. ...

optimistic poet beyond this interpretation of his most famous work, which causes the work to stand out in a questionable way. Inde...

the very antithesis of natural ("fleshly" or "bodily") love. Similarly, Taylor reframes the natural death of a wasp in the cold as...

lingers, then erased, Wisdom grasped and then replaced With new wisdoms, no time for decay. Where is permanence? Useless Next to ...

poetry is to use an economy of language to express ideas that are more complex than the concrete images and words that convey them...

cannot hear the falconer;/ Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold" (Yeats 1-3). The narrator then speaks of how anarchy has bee...

to believe that his elevated social standing makes him actually superior to anyone else. This perception definitely includes his w...

This essay is an explication of "Locked Ward: Newtown, Connecticut" by Rachel Loden. The writer bases this discussion on the assum...

This essay presents a character sketch of the narrator in "The ABC of Aerobics," a poem by Peter Meinke. Three pages in length, th...

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

In a paper of two pages, the writer looks at "Tithonus". The theme of immortality is examined through looking at the poem's mechan...

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

of its first publication in 1845, Edgar Allan Poes poem "The Raven" has been an element in American cultural influencing the publi...

In the media today, it is possible to frequently see pundits and politicians bemoaning the state of society in regards to morality...

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,...

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Alexie's poem, "At the Trial of Hamlet, Chicago, 1994". Several discussion questions ...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at "Of Pruning and Production" by Isabella Southern. The poem's themes are gradually s...

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

at the same time the calmness of it all makes it quite dramatic. The narrator does not see the action as dramatic, however, and si...

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the poem “To his Excellency General Washington”, by Phillis Wheatley. This paper includes h...

This essay focuses on the humor and Irony in Robert Frost's poems. The poems discussed are "Mending Wall," "Stopping by Woods on a...

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the element within the poem The Road not Taken. This paper includes irony, symbolism, repre...