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Female Characters and Ancient Texts

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

Joy Harjo and the Dawn Butterflies

a poem. It is a series of these paragraphs, each building on the previous one until the reader can form a picture of what has happ...

The Consequences of a Simple Decision

He probably thinks back on the choice fairly often, but theres no anger in the poem, no sense that the choice was a poor one, just...

Lacking Conviction in Sexual Intimacy in "Sex without Love" by Sharon Olds and "Lust" by Susan Minot

She is dismissive about feeling hurt or jealous that she was little more than another notch on Tims belt. For this young girl, se...

How We Grow Into Who We Are

include "back-yards graying / with knowledge, embankments blazoned / with pig-face whose hardihood / be theirs, / mantling with pu...

Blake’s London

Thames, in the opening lines which state, "I wander thro each charterd street,/ Near where the charterd Thames does flow,/ And mar...

Robert Frost Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

what might be a darker meaning to the poem. The last two lines are repeated ("And miles to go before I sleep") so that the reader...

Literary Elements in Poems "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson and "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost and William Faulkner's Short Story "A Rose for Emily"

each. An allegory, while closely associated with symbols or symbolism, is a unique literary element in that everything within the...

The Aeneid: An Examination of Books 1, 4, and 6

mighty war in Italy, beat down proud nations, give his people laws, found them a city, a matter of three years, from victory to se...

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...

Kipling and Kincaid/Perspectives on Colonialism

the Victorians was their sense of social responsibility. Unfortunately, that sense of responsibility was self-righteous and obsess...

Bilingual/Bilingüe - A Poem about Belonging

to the United States when she was seven. Her poetry then is an attempt to reconcile the extremes that come from living in two cult...

The Tropics in New York

considering they are the only words that are linked/combined with dashes, which clearly emphasizes their metaphorical nature. Rill...

Rhina Espaillat: Bilingual/Bilingüe

States when she was seven. Her poetry then is an attempt to reconcile the extremes that come from living in two cultures simultane...

Sharon Olds’ Vision of Children

of children and their behavior, their fears and victories. This paper compares and contrasts two of her poems, "The One Girl at th...

Maya Angelou: Million Man March

in spite of that, is often hopeful, even joyous. This paper explicates her poem "Million Man March." Discussion The theme of the ...

Puerto Rican Obituary and the Nuyorican Community

of the Puerto Rican dream to its death and the deaths of those who made up his poets society, but it is a stretch to say that it m...

A Loaded Gun - Emily Dickinson’s Exploration of Oppression

Stood - A Loaded Gun," has been described as her most difficult. This paper discusses the poem with regard to its meaning and some...

A Poem by Wislawa Szymborska

has planted a bomb. He sees a woman in a yellow jacket go in, then a man in dark glasses comes out; then two men in jeans talk for...

A Comparative: John Ciardi and Alfred Noyes

a shared, antagonistic experience, and in the process radicalized poetry. This is attributed to Ciardi and di Prima, who brought w...

Comparing poems by Atwood and Smith

also differences in style. Smith, for example, uses less alliteration than Atwood, and his short, clipped lines emphasize and isol...

Eternal Life and The Wanderings of Oisin

of Oisin is one of the most beautiful epics ever written. It is particularly rich in imagery, as Yates paints a word picture of 30...

The Poets’ Toolbox

geographical region to artists works Definition of and importance of voice The paper then presents these four sections: Sec...

The “King of Kings,” Ozymandias

party recite the poem removes the reader even further from the statue, lending it an even greater air of mystery and moving it fur...

Dunbar and Brooks: Poems

reached/ was you" (Brooks 2-8). In this the reader is subtly illustrating how society, white American society perhaps, has control...

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 ...

Brief Analysis of 'Out, Out' by Robert Frost

In one page this analysis of the poem 'Out, Out' focuses upon poetic verse, imagery, and theme. There is no bibliography included...

'Apparently With No Surprise' by Emily Dickinson

In one page this essay analyzes Dickinson's poem in terms of symbolism, imagery, and theme with an evaluation of her employment of...

'Drowned Man of Esthwaite' by William Wordsworth

This Wordsworth poem is considered in six pages, considering the poet's childhood experiences in the prose about a drowned man and...

'Barbie Doll' by Marge Piercy

In three pages this essay examines how women are manufactured as described by Marge Piercy in this powerful poem. One source is c...