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'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages 'The Raven' is subjected to a poetic explication and a thesis that Poe's life is reflected in this haunting poem. T...

The Court of King Hrothgar in Beowulf

The writer uses a close reading of the Old English epic poem Beowulf, and in particular the events at King Hrothgar's court, to ex...

Comparative Analysis of the Poetry of Sharon Olds and Short Fiction of Raymond Carver

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the Sharon Olds' poem 'Sex Without Love' with Raymond Carver's short story 'What W...

An Analysis of Bridging by Marge Piercy

A 5 page analysis of symbolism and structure in this interesting poem. An exploration of inner conflict, fluctuation and inconsis...

Analyzing 'The Iliad' by Homer

Aspects of Homer's epic poem are analyzed in this paper that contains five pages. There are no other sources listed in the biblio...

'Michael Robartes and the Dancer' by Irish Poet William Butler Yeats

poem despite the metaphysical airs assumed by Michael Robartes. In this poem, Yeats expresses the concept that can be concisely ...

Medieval Poets on Love

wide range of emotions. Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder (1503-1542), was a pioneer of the English sonnet, which was a variation of th...

'Old Photograph of the Future' by Robert Penn Warren

In five pages this poem by Robert Penn Warren is analyzed. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

James Merrill's Life and Environmental Influences

after the divorce of his parents that occurred when he was twelve years old ("Keene," 2000). Certainly, the divorce would have an ...

'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 ...

'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....

Analyzing Robert Frost's 'The Road Not Taken'

Aspects of Robert Frost's poem are analyzed in this exposition that consists of five pages. There are no other sources listed in ...

Comfort and Sorrow in Book of Songs

In five pages this paper examines how these poems evoke realization of social sorrows while also considering comfort through under...

"A Subaltern's Love Song" - Post-Colonial Symbolism

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at "A Subaltern's Love Song" by Betjeman. Symbols of post-colonial significance are de...

Donne and Marvell on Seduction

This essay analyzes Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" and John Donne's "The Flea" and offers the writer's reaction to these a...

"Goblin Market" Interpretations

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at "Goblin Market". Social and Biblical interpretations are presented for the poem. Pap...

Tintern Abbey - Notes

In a paper of one page, the writer looks at Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey. A brief explanation is given of several themes invoked in ...

"Home Burial" by Robert Frost

This essay presents a comprehensive overview of the poem that analyzes its content and draws on scholarly opinion as substantiatio...

The White Man's Burden - An Examination

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Kipling's "White Man's Burden". The poem is placed in an historical context. Paper ...

Langston Hughes, Identification with America

This essay analyzes two poems by Hughes, "Theme for English B" and "Let America Be America Again." The writer asserts that "Theme"...

"The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point" Analysis

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Browning's "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point". Short essay responses to discuss...

Societal Criticism, Browning and Swift

This essay pertains to Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," published in 1729, and Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess, Ferra...

Rudyard Kipling's "If" and Othello

This essay pertains to Shakespeare's "Othello" and Rudyard Kipling's poem "If-," which lists various qualities that are required t...

John Keats, "Ode to Psyche" and "Eve of St. Agnes"

This essay pertains to "Ode to Psyche" and "The Eve of St. Agnes" by John Keats, and compares the two poems. Five pages in length...

"Helas" and the Victorian Hypocrisy

by comparing his own life to a "twice-written scroll", bearing marks from both a pursuit of intellectual virtues, and a pursuit of...

A Comparison, Poe and Longfellow

Psalm of Life" and Edgar Allan Poes "Sonnet-To Science" address the way that each poet perceived life and the reality of their era...

Objectifying Male Dominance Over the Female in "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning

How the male need to transform women into objects and possessions in order to control them existed in 19th century society is exam...

"Lady Lazarus", Performance Art, and Suicide

Suicide and self-negation as performance art are examined in a critical analysis of Sylvia Plath's 1962 poem, "Lady Lazarus" in a ...

Comparison of Birkerts' "Brown Loafers"/Rector's "Handmade Shoes"

too swollen to wear an expensive pair of Italian loafers, he presents them to Birkerts, who, initially, wears them, as they looked...

"Wickedness" and Liberation in Cisneros

shared her names (Cisneros, 1987). This places a poetic emphasis on the lack of personal efficacious power women experienced in th...