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Childhood Memories as Expressed in the Poems The Meal and My Father in the Navy

In this five pages the writer analyzes the poems by John Berger and Judith Ortiz Cofer. Childhood memories are etched in memorabl...

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 ...

'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...

Odysseus' Journey Mirrored in a Student's Life Narrative

though they were in a war. Their life is perhaps not threatened, but they must struggle to become more honorable and noble as they...

Comparing Three Works Thematically

This research paper/essay discusses parallel themes in three works: Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet' and his poem "The ...

Imagery in the 'London' Poem by William Blake

emphasis on "mind-forged" shows that these are mental attitudes rather than physical chains, but their effect on human freedom is ...

Fear as a Recurring Theme in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe

grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...

'The Road Not Taken' Poem by Robert Frost and a Line Analysis

of the word I is that the decision for anyones life is their own. This decision was not reached by conferring with any other soul ...

'The Starry Night' Poem by Anne Sexton and the Starry Night Painting by Vincent Van Gogh

viewing this painting this particular writer feels and thinks many things. There is a powerful boldness to the strokes, which are ...

Penelope's Suitors and Odysseus in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

He gains allies and waits for the right opportunity to enact justice. This also allows Homer to thoroughly document the wrongs per...

Use of the Word 'I' in 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost

Road Not Taken" can be viewed as an evaluation of his decisions that the poet takes at midlife. Frost describes standing in a "ye...

Poetic Comparison of John Keats's 'When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be' and William Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 29'

described as an "identity crisis" (Mulrooney 227). They are both seeking solitary solace in nature as they grapple with professio...

Feminist Theory and 'The Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope

women should be admired for their inner qualities, rather than their outward beauty. However, it is nevertheless true that Pope im...

Comparing 'The Lamb' and 'The Tyger' by William Blake

the very truth of human nature -- which is why they are often painful to accept. Indeed, his work represents all that is the huma...

Death and Poetic Attitudes of Davis, Thomas, and Donne

people pity the dead, not Death itself. In the end Donnes message is that there is little reason to fear death and that in the end...

'Cosmos' of Parmenides

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the two parts of the poem by Parmenides, 'The Way of Truth' and 'The Way of Mortal Opinions'...

A Critique of Robert Frost's 'Acquainted with the Night'

about having gone out in rain and back again, which represents sorrow and tears. In other words, he has seen many people pass away...

Slavery and Phillis Wheatley's 'To the University of Cambridge, in New England' and Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

as, first of all knows her place, and, secondly was divinely inspired. In the antebellum era, it was illegal for slaves to be tau...

Literature and Dangerous Male Cultural Socialization

now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...

Romanticism and Lord Byron

shivering in the gale/ The bark unfurls her snowy sail/ And whistling oer the bending mast/Loud sings n high the freshning blast" ...

Greek Culture and 'The Iliad' by Homer

occurs near the end of the conflict. These two warriors fight over who has the greater claim to a captive woman who is also the d...

Dramatic Monologue of 'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning

the complete submission and obedience of his wife to his will. She should concentrate all of her attention on him, or face dire c...

'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and Setting

"Since this Britain was built by this baron great, / Bold boys bred there, in broils delighting, / That did their day many a deed ...

Analysis: The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy

This 6 page paper is a detailed explication of Thomas Hardy's poem, The Darkling Thrush. The writer argues that Hardy is using na...

'Reapers' by Jean Toomer

In five pages this poem is analyzed in terms of its imagery. There are no other sources listed....

Comparative Analysis of Walt Whitman's Song of the Open Road and Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

me leading wherever I choose. Out of the Cradle is a much slower-moving poem. It begins with the poet recalling a childhood ...

Comparative Analysis of 'Sleepers' and 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

This paper compares and contrasts the universe and life outlook featured in these two poems by Walt Whitman in six pages. There a...

Major Images in 'Song of Myself' and 'Sleepers' by Walt Whitman II

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the images featured in these two poems by Walt Whitman. There are no other sources...

The 'Essay on Man' by Alexander Pope

In fifteen pages this narrative poem is analyzed in terms of its depiction of the eighteenth century man with each of the four sec...

'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...