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Robert Frost's Poetic Style

is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods...

Erotic Poetry of Ovid and Catullus

be expected that the earlier writing would be more explicit, because of Augustus reputation for demanding morality. This is not t...

Poetry and Carpe Diem

the end, ones heart may win over ones intellect. In Diane Ackermans poem, which may very well be a modern retelling of...

A Poetic Explication of Robert Frost's 'Birches'

the trees brings back an plethora of memories for the poet, images of himself as a "swinger of birches," when life was not so comp...

'Dinner Guest Me' by Langston Hughes

reflect an attitude of equality instead of segregation between blacks and whites; however, inasmuch as much as humanity has succes...

Charlotte Smith's 'Written at the Close of Spring'

May new buds and flowers shall bring; (I)/ Ah! why has happiness--no second Spring? (I)" (Smith 1-14). As we can note, at least...

Historically Accurate Staging of William Shakespeare's Comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream

Athens and the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Although the setting is Athens, Shakespeare originally staged the production at the Globe ...

Examining Shakespeare's Comedic Dream

In this we are set up with a very quiet and harmless love that is only waiting for consummation. It is a pleasant little scene tha...

Emily Dickinson's Poetic 'Truth'

and spiritual war is evident in the quote, "Faith is a fine invention for gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent in an eme...

Nature Perspectives

employs descriptive words to create in the reader an appreciation for the reality of nature. This is not to imply that these poets...

Poetic Devices in Emily Dickinson's Works

sun, "a ribbon at a time" (35). By displaying one "ribbon" after another, Dickinson presented not just a story, but a complete cov...

Poetics vs. Apology, Comparing Plato and Aristotle

Plato's Apology and Aristotle's Poetics are both considered masterpieces of ancient Greek philosophy. This report compares the two...

'Tradition and the Individual Talent' by T.S. Eliot

not a personality, in which impressions and experiences combine in peculiar and unexpected ways. Impressions and experiences which...

Literature and Laughter

away in the most inaccessible part of the abbeys labyrinthine library, where it remained for decades" (Essay on The Name of the Ro...

Poetic Analysis of 'The Wood Pile' by Robert Frost

stresses and also spondaic emphasis on the phrase "this years snow." Still other lines mix and match rhythm patterns so that the o...

Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

while it is possible to sum up each of these poems with a single sentence, to cover even half the book would entail over a hundred...

Aristotle's Definition of a 'Tragic Hero' and the Deviation of William Shakespeare in His Play Othello

not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...

1644 to 1844 Ch'ing Dynasty and Life Affirmation Importance

In ten pages this paper examines China's Ch'ing dynasty's first 200 years in a consideration of the importance of life affirmation...

African American Poetic Modernism

172). But while modernism was a reaction to the modern age and the disassociation that came with it, there also seems to have been...

The Civil Rights Era and its Impact upon African American Poetry

endured by Black People during various eras. Research I uncovered focuses much on the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Poets, an...

'Coloredness' in the Poem Theme for English B by Langston Hughes

In five pages a poetic explication of Theme for English B examines how 'coloredness' is represented by poet Langston Hughes. Two ...

Independence of America and Benjamin Franklin

In four pages this research paper reviews the text written by Esmond Wright in which the historian's obvious fascination with his ...

Poetry and the Environment

In five pages the environment is featured in a consideration of the poetic works 'The Prairies' by William Cullen Bryant, 'Human E...

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...

Tragedy as Defined by Aristotle

upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...

Structural Analysis of 'Sonnet 72' by Sir Philip Sidney

In five pages Astrophel and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney is the focus of this analysis of 'Sonnet 72' that includes a poetic explic...

Beat Generation Poetry of Bob Kaufman

In eight pages Bob Kaufman and his poetry are examined and despite the fact that he was the least well known of all the 'Beat' poe...

Comparison of 'The Iliad' by Homer and 'Omeros' by Derek Walcott

In five pages these poetic works are examined in terms of the portrayal of Homer in each. There are 3 sources cited in the biblio...

Poetic Metaphors Used by Boccaccio, Aquinas, Sidney, Shelley, and Aristotle

In twelve pages the poetic metaphor and its value is assessed within the works of these varied literary and philosophical icons. ...

Domesticity in 'Washing Sheets in July' by Jane Gentry Vance

goes outside to hang her sheets, and her own thin, strong hands which will soon be smoothing her own sheets on the line. Vance mov...