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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

In five pages this First World War novel focusing on a young boy's innocence lost as the result of combat is examined. There is n...

Out of the Shelter by David Lodge

In five pages Timothy's evolution from the innocence of English childhood to adolescence amidst the backdrop of the Second World W...

Possessive Love in Browning's Poetry

This research paper addresses the theme of posessive love in two poems by Robert Browning, My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover....

Future Shock by Alvin Toffler

In a paper containing five pages the continued relevance of Toffler's 1970 text is considered in terms of the changes civilization...

The Impact of World War II on Literature

first novel, Tales of the South Pacific (Macmillan, 1947) (Meador 14). This book, which was based on actual World War II experienc...

Chicago by Carl Sandburg

Carolina, on July 22, 1967 at the age of 89. Although beloved during his lifetime, Sandburg remains a target of critical neglect ...

'Reality' of Near Death Experiences

In nine pages this research paper examines the phenomenon described by Raymond Moody in Life After Life as 'near death experiences...

'Dreams' by Nikki Giovanni

In five pages this poetic explicaton considers the poem's meaning and examines the usage of tone, wording, images, and also discus...

Poem Explication: Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy

This 5 page paper is a line-by-line explication of the poem The Convergence of the Twain, by Thomas Hardy. The writer explores the...

Comparative Analysis of 'Shooting an Elephant' by George Orwell and 'From a Correct Address in a Suburb of a Major City' by Helen Sorrell

In a paper consists of five pages this poem contrasts and compares Orwell's essay and Sorrell's poem. There are no sources listed...

'The Lotos Eaters' by Alfred Tennyson

This analysis consists of ten pages and considers the poem's relationship to the Romantic period and also compares and contasts th...

Is the Poetry of Anne Bradstreet's Poetry Metaphysical or Neoclassical?

In three pages Bradstreet's poems are evaluated by metaphysical and neoclassical criteria to determine that her poems are predomin...

Confirmation of the Existence of ESP

The girl left it at school the night before the second chance. A 27-month-old girls uncle died the day after Christmas after havi...

Analysis: The Rock by Wallace Stevens

This 6 page paper analyzes Wallace Stevens' poem The Rock in terms of the way the poet discusses alternate realities. The writer a...

Gerard Manley Hopkins and William Wordsworth on Nature

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Wordsworth and Hopkins perceived nature as God-like and powerful in beauty with a consideratio...

Birds in Literature

In three pages this paper examines the symbolic meaning of birds in Walt Whitman's poem 'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking' and ...

Ideology and 'Englishness'

values within, England holds itself it is in less than positive light. Indeed, it can readily be argued that this is his right an...

Nature and the Poems of Emily Dickinson

This paper looks at Dickinson's views about and relationship with nature through a reading of several of her poems. The author lo...

Rap and the Rap Culture

The writer discusses the connection between the Old English epic poem Beowulf and today's rap culture. The writer argues that alth...

'Annabel Lee' by Edgar Allan Poe

In six pages an explication of 'Annabel Lee' considers how the rhythm of the rhyme, word repetition, and setting/imagery articulat...

Analysis of 2 Poems Written by Women

read into the poem a bit more and might surmise that this boy is rather insecure and needs his girl to be seen by others in a posi...

'Patterns' by Amy Lowell

This paper consists of four pages and discusses the characterization of the speaker and the poem's connotation, rhythm, diction, a...

Racism/Views of Moody and Douglass

This discussion address the experience of two prominent black writers concerning their experiences in the mid-ninettenth century a...

Social Commentary's Dark Side

In six pages this paper discusses the dark side of social commentary and how the writers reflect their respective societies in Tom...

Urbanization in the 20th Century

This 6 page paper examines the theory put forth by the Chicago School sociologists that all urban areas assimilated their immigran...

A Comparative Analysis of Roethke and Ammons

In five pages this essay offers a contrast and comparison of Theodore Roethke's poems 'The Waking' and 'I Knew a Woman' and A.A. A...

Love According to Andrew Marvell and John Donne

In five pages love as represented by Andrew Marvell in his poem 'The Definition of Love' is compared and contrasted with the poem ...

A Reading of Emily Dickinson's Short Poem #1755

apt description of reverie being that which is made up of a few simple things; and if those things are not available, well, reveri...

The Un-Human Enemies of Beowulf

The writer discusses the fact that in Beowulf, which is the oldest poem in English, many of Beowulf's enemies are non-humans. Thes...

A Review of The Road Not Taken

A 5 page esay reviewing the Robert Frost poem. This paper comments on both the strengths and the weaknesses of the poem. 1 sourc...