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Mexicans Begin Jogging by Soto

middle of a raid and rather than go through the trouble of proving he is an American chooses to run, and in this "jogging" event h...

To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works by Phillis Wheatley

and how they are seen by Wheatley as almost heavenly. She is clearly amazed at the figures and the power within these figures. Thi...

'Epithalamion' by Spenser and the Concepts of Sacrifice and Ritual

some reference to violence, in the course of the consummation of the marriage. There are, she notes, elaborate rhyming stanzas, th...

3 Women in Odysseus's Life in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

her part. What she didnt know was that Zeus was responsible for thwarting her attempts at consummating her relationship with Odys...

'Black Magic' by Dudley Randall

regards to both cherries and grapes. Her lips as "curved" like cherries and "full" like grape bunches, but they are "sweet" like ...

Depictions of Nature in the Poetry of Dickinson and Frost

action so that the reader can easily imagine its intensity. It is a strikingly vivid image. Likewise, Frost is famous for his im...

Interpretation of 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot

of the living (Schneider 834-835). In other words, someone in hell is only willing to expose his shameful state "to another of t...

Poetry of Frank O'Hara

help keep me in New York against coercion/ but now Im happy for a time and interested" (OHara 1-8). This is sort of a free form...

'A Work of Artifice' by Marge Piercy

curlers, the hands you love to touch" (Piercy 75). a. The poem denotes cultural symbols. b. Symbols include bound feet an...

'Blackberry Sweet' by Dudley Randall

devices not only within the line in which it occurs, but also between lines. Also in regards to these lines, while the poet refe...

Homer's 'The Iliad' and Achilles' Shield

of mortal men exceeding fair" (18.490). The image of "two cities" mirrors the basic plot of the Iliad, which is a ten-year-long ...

'Cross' by Langston Hughes

her well" (lines 4-8). This substantiates the forgiveness and understanding that the speaker already has indicated towards his fat...

'Boundless Moment' by Robert Frost

and real images, illustrating his understanding of how poetics could work, how placement of words, creating imagery and also a str...

Nature Imagery in the Works of Zora Neale Hurston and William Wordsworth

are not representative of nature and he finds refreshment and nourishment in his memories, and now in his seeing nature again. ...

'Smile' in the Poetry of Robert Browning and Dorothy Parker

the Duchess to show pleasure. Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt, Wheneer I passed her, but who passed without Much the same smile? Th...

Life and Works of Nineteenth Century French Composer Cesar Franck

(1822-1890) was born in Liege where he also first studied as a piano virtuoso from 1830-1835. Franck first toured Belgium at the a...

Analyzing 'Your Dog Dies' by Raymond Carver'

is perhaps the first experience they will have when they lose someone very close. The poem goes on: "you feel bad about it/ you fe...

Christian Dogma in Beowulf

one true God. As this suggests, biblical allusions are plentiful in the Old English epic, particularly in regards to the Old Test...

Romantic Aspects of 'Ode to a Nightingale' and 'Ode to a Grecian Urn' by John Keats

Keats diverges, in point, in the final influence of nature and the...

Symbolism Analysis of Gwendolyn Brooks' 'The Life of Lincoln'

In three pages this paper analyzes the symbolism of Gwendolyn Brooks' poem 'The Life of Lincoln.' One source is cited in the bibl...

Literature about the Blues and Jazz

where responses were made, which in turn may also be seen to have cross overs with gospel music. The aspect in which blues...

Chaucer, Beowulf, and Lifestyles

rural lifestyle. Lacey and Danziger comment that the popular image of the medieval hall, with its rush-covered floor and central f...

Parallels Between Telemachus and Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

and craft are clear throughout the narrative, but such episodes as her deceiving of the suitors are not considered in the same lig...

Emily Dickinson's 'I Dwell in Possibility' (#657)

Throughout this we see that she is presenting the reader with a look at nature, as well as manmade structures, clearly indicating ...

'The Sun Rising' by John Donne

clearly seen in the following lines from Donnes poem: "Thy beams, so reverend and strong/ Why shouldst thou think?" (Donne 11-12)....

Characterization of the Lonely Hero in T.S. Eliot's 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' and Thomas Mann's Death in Venice

the stern discipline of an active career" and these characteristics "had taken over the office of modeling these features. Behind ...

Feminist Critique of Robert Browning's 'Porphyria's Lover'

her own hair so that she will remain his forever, and be forever trapped in that role of loving him completely. It...

Robert Lowell and Bob Dylan

began to write what came to be called "confessional poetry," which is defined as "an undisguised exposure of painful personal even...

'The Bait' by John Donne

lover on the edge of being lost. Donne promises that lover that if she abides with the callers wished she will be rewarded with g...

Thematic Analysis of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'

lifted, they decided that it had been the bird that caused the fog and they praised the Mariner for seeing through it all. Then, h...