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Derek Walcott's Poetry

In six pages this paper examines 2 poems by Derek Walcott, 'Nearing Forty' and 'The Virgins' in a contrast and comparison the the ...

Styles of Poets Alfred Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning

human emotions or actions to nature or inanimate objects. Porphyrias Lover (Robert Browning) We might label this dramatic monolo...

Walt Whitman's Poetry and Timelessness

avails not, time nor place - distance avails not, I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations he...

Robert Frost's Irony and Humor

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Frost humorously employs irony in his poems 'The Secret Sits,' 'A Cloud Shadow,' 'Mending Wall...

'Snake' by D.H. Lawrence

In five pages this poem of D.H. Lawrence's is compared with a reader's first reaction as compared to second and third readings tha...

'dandelions' by Deborah Austin

reader that the barrage has lasted all day yesterday and today with "deafening sight." This figurative language mixes sensory in...

Countee Cullen's 'Heritage' and African American Ancestry Perceptions

widely differing cultures. The very first line of "Heritage", a line that asks "What is Africa to me", reveals the nature of the ...

'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,' Justice and Mercy

In 7 pages this paper examines the concepts of justice and mercy as they are portrayed in this anonymous poem of the 14th century....

Poetically Viewing Women

In five pages Matthew Arnold's poem Dover Beach is compared with James Joyce's Araby and Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 to disccus the co...

Ride of Paul Revere

In five pages this research paper examines the Revolutionary War contributions of Paul Revere in a consideration of the inaccuraci...

Figures of Speech Favored by William Wordsworth

This five paper examines the various figures of speech used by Wordsworth to portray irony, imagery, and other themes in his poem,...

'My Life Had Stood - A Loaded Gun' by Emily Dickinson

In five pages the theme, tone, meter, rhythm, form, and imagery of Dickinson's poetry structure in poem 754 are examined. There a...

Sylvia Plath's Poetry Experience

In five pages Sylvia Plath's poetry is considered in an analysis of reader experiences and how their tragic elements differ from t...

A Reading of Emily Dickinson's 'I heard a Fly buzz…'

"Heaves of Storms" in the last line of the first stanza is a metaphor that conjures the image of violent storms, but also suggests...

'Thanatopsis' by William Cullen Bryant

In six pages this once influential poem is examined in terms of its celebration of nature's solace triumphing over death fears tha...

'The Starry Night' by Anne Sexton

The author's use of imagery in the poem is the focus of this paper consisting of five pages. There are no other sources listed....

'The Waste Land' by T.S. Eliot

became sterile and meaningless. (Because of the variety and relative obscurity of Eliots allusions, readers must work through the ...

'Lady Lazarus' by Sylvia Plath

In five pages this paper presents a critical analysis of Sylvia Plath's poem 'Lady Lazarus.' Four pages are cited in the bibliogr...

Duino Elegies by Rainer Rilke and The Book of Nightmares by Galway Kinnell

In five pages this paper examines these two poems in terms of Rilke's presentation of the hero and child relationship and Kinnell'...

Comparison of Poets Cesar Vallejo and Pablo Neruda

In five pages Cesar Vallejo's 'Down to the Dregs' and an untitled Pablo Neruda poem are contrasted and compared in this analysis o...

Tang Dynasty Poet Bai Juyi

In a paper consisting of five pages Chinese golden age of poetry was the Tang Dynasty and no one shone more brightly than the prol...

Multiculturalism in 'Ellis Island' by Joseph Bruchac

In six pages this paper examines multiculturalism within the context of the Joseph Bruchac poem 'Ellis Island.' Six sources are c...

4 Poetry Classics and Their Meanings

really saw his last wife as a person in her own right, but rather regarded her just one more beautiful "object" that he owned and ...

'Ode on a Grecian Urn' and a Dissection of John Keats's Prose

In eleven pages this essay explicates Keats' nineteenth century poem in a consideration of life experiences, language, and poetic ...

Contemplation in Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth and Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson

with his family, he finds himself reminiscing about his adventurous past, and nature encourages his ruminations: "It little profit...

Poetic Form of William Wordsworth

In five pages this essay examines William Wordsworth's poetic substance and form as represented by the poem 'The World is Too Much...

Analyzing 'We Wear the Mask' and 'Accountability' by Paul Laurence Dunbar

traditionally transferred orally from one generation to another. The struggles of the slaves were captured in these work songs an...

Men vs. Women in 'Unknown Girl in the Maternity Ward' by Anne Sexton and 'To Speak of the Woe That is in Marriage' by Robert Lowell

In thirteen pages this paper analyzes these poems from the points of view of both men and women. Five sources are cited in the bi...

Faith Reflected in Poetry

In five pages this essay ponders how religious faith in poetry represents the time periods in which it was composed in an examinat...