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Frost and Keats

went outside to sit under a tree where there was a nightingale, only to write a poem about it (Ode to a Nightingale). In the poem ...

A Poem by Frost

that this is "Her hardest hue to hold." The budding of plants at this time in the early spring is the shortest part of the seas...

Symbolism of the Journey, in Three Works

This essay focuses on the symbolic meaning of the journey as it pertains to "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty and "I Used to Live Her...

'Design' by Robert Frost

In about eight pages this essay discusses the life and works of poet Robert Frost and also presents a poetic explication of 'Desig...

Hurt and 'Home Burial' by Robert Frost

In three pages this poetic narrative by Robert Frost is analyzed in terms of burial and tree planting motifs, other symbolism, the...

'Acquainted with the Night' by Robert Frost

In about four pages this paper explicates 'Acquainted with the Night' by Robert Frost in an analysis of such devices as rhyme sche...

'After Apple Picking' by Robert Frost

In seven pages an explication of 'After Apple Picking' by Robert Frost is presented. There are 3 book sources cited in the biblio...

Death and the Poetry of Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the death perspectives featured in the poetry of Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson ...

Robert Frost and the 'Trilling Controversy'

In five pages this paper discusses the perceptions of poet Robert Frost in an overview of the 'trilling controversy.' Seven sourc...

Nature and the Poetry of Robert Frost

can pay a poet about his or her work is to say that the poetry was "felt, not just read." Certainly, such is the case with Frosts...

'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost and the Uses of Outside Critical Sources

In eight pages this paper discusses how applying outside sources can be useful in achieving a greater understanding of 'The Road N...

20th Century Literature and Self Determination

In 6 pages this paper examines how self determination is thematically portrayed in 'The Red Wheelbarrow' by William Carlos William...

Symbolism and the Poetry of Robert Frost

In seven pages this paper discusses how poet Robert Frost employed symbolism with an analysis of 'Mending Wall.' Five sources are...

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...

Lionel Trilling's 'Terrifying' Observation of Robert Frost

Frost as Terrifying In first examining how and why Frost is considered terrifying we must first understand that Trilling did not...

Comparative Analysis of the Poetry of Robert Frost and Walt Whitman

and regular stress would at first strike his reader with incredulous amazement. But he was hardly prepared for the storm of abuse ...

Literature, Poetry, and Self Reliance

many ways Emersons views of self-reliance can be seen in the following excerpt from the work: "There is a time in every mans educa...

Sensory Imagery in 'Out, Out' by Robert Frost

In eight pages this research paper analyzes 'Out, Out' by Robert Frost with the focus being on the poet's use of sensory imagery. ...

Analysis of 'Desert Places' by Robert Frost

contemporaries, Frost sees no meaning in nature. It is simply emptiness. There is no God there, no Creator, just emptiness. In the...

Dark Woods in the Poetry of Robert Frost

the empty wastes of white and black" (On "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"). Prior to putting pen to paper, Frost visu...

Choice and its Conundrums

Citizen." Lucille Clifton This is very much an "acceptance of choice" poem; or the "choosing for the sake of others" poem. It ...

Roberto Benigni's Film Life is Beautiful

and laughter will come into play in the second section of the film. Film is an emotional medium. And, like it or...

Irony in Rite of Passage by Sharon Olds

This paper consists of twenty pages and discusses how irony is used in the poem to express meaning. There are no other sources li...

'Unknown Citizen' by W.H. Auden

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Auden employs the literary techniques of allusion and irony in his poem 'Unk...

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,...

Humor's Purpose and Tone of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

other plays by Shakespeare. In fact, the techniques used in Hamlet are used in "Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Othello" (Draud...

Irony in Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson

In five pages Robinson's poem is analyzed in terms of the poet's use of irony as a way of revealing how a wealthy man's life can b...

Derek Walcott's 'Omeros' Theoretically Studied

spiritual awakening. CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EPIC POEM: Epic poems all share similar characteristics which define them as such. Fo...

Humor Therapy

decreases blood pressure as well as reducing the level of stress hormones while increasing muscle flexion and boosting the immune ...

Humour Styles Questionnaire; Introduction and Methodology

overlaps with former scales, but the application is broader and may be argued as providing an assessor with a tool that is useful ...