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Songs of Experience by William Blake

This paper considers how the poet's life was negatively impacted by religion and circumstances as revealed in his collection of po...

Nikki Giovanni's 'Dreams'

In five pages this poem is analyzed in terms of intent, tone, wording, and the poet's use of images. There are no other sources l...

A Poetic Explication of 'The Paper' by Merwin

In one page the images and themes presented in this poem are discussed with the conclusion drawn that this excellent prose belies ...

'Drowned Man of Esthwaite' by William Wordsworth

This Wordsworth poem is considered in six pages, considering the poet's childhood experiences in the prose about a drowned man and...

'Sonnet XIX' by John Milton

In six pages this paper discusses how Milton reveals his value to his Creator through verse in a consideration of such techniques ...

Rimbaud and Verlaine as Symbolist Poets

In six pages this paper analyzes Rimbaud's 'The Sleeper in the Valley' and Verlaine's 'The Art of Poetry' in terms of how each rep...

Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Its Religious Aspects

In ten pages this paper examines how the poet's proclaimed ambivalence about religion is undercut by the religious references in h...

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman and its 1855 Preface

time, as well as giving rise by their death to the new life, the "stalwart heir who approaches" (Whitman 1) of the new America....

Gwen Harwood's 'Suburban Sonnet'

one original thought or idea. This is an apt description for the language of Harwoods Suburban Sonnet, for in this work she prese...

Issues in 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton

In five pages 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton is analyzed in a discussion of such issues as the poet's perceptions of women, Satan,...

'Sick on a Journey' by Basho

principles such as Sabi and Wabi, are contained in the Bashos last Haiku. By the title one immediately understands that something ...

'The Chimney Sweeper' by William Blake

In five pages the poet's language use is compared and contrasted in the two versions of 'The Chimney Sweep' that appear in Songs o...

Dickinson's Poem 'A Clock Stopped'

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Emily Dickinson's poem in terms of the poet's attitudes and feelings about time are analyzed. Th...

Robert Frost's Poetry and Suicide

In 5 pages this paper discusses the poet's bouts of depression and thoughts of suicide as reflected in the poems 'Acquainted with ...

'dandelions' by Deborah Austin

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

Segregation, Determination, and the Poetry of Langston Hughes

In six pages this paper discusses the poet's narrators without gender, how he uses women, and how African American determination d...

Religion and Romance in John Donne's Poetry

In six pages this report discusses how religion manifests itself in John Donne's love poetry with the soul's passions and spiritua...

Comparison of Poems 'To the Evening Star' by William Blake and 'It is a Beauteous Evening' by William Wordsworth

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these poems in an analysis of each poet's voice and how it is influenced by imager...

Audre Lorde's Life, Poetry, and Activism

In seven and a half pages this poet's life, poetry, and activism are examined in an analysis that focuses primarily upon 'Power,' ...

Pedro Pietri's Poetry

that this crisis of space and language has been most deeply problematized, and yet where a possible alternative lies for these wri...

'God's Grandeur' by Gerard Manley Hopkins

In 5 pages this poem featuring nature is analyzed in terms of how it represents the poet's Catholicism. There are 5 sources cited...

Analysis of Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks

In five pages this paper analyzes Gwendolyn Brooks' poems including 'We Real Cool' and 'Kitchenette Building' in a consideration o...

Analysis of 'She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways' by William Wordsworth

This paper presents an analysis of the poet's feelings for a young woman as expressed in William Wordsworth's 'She Dwelt Among the...

Emily Dickinson's Poetry and Themes of Nature and Death

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the ways in which the poet's views of nature and death are represented in such poems as 'Twas jus...

Andrew Marvell's Poem 'To His Coy Mistress'

The thesis argued in this five page poetic analysis is that the message that the lady should put her concerns about extramarital s...

Overview of the Life and Times of Robert Frost

In 5 pages this paper discusses the importance of woods symbolism in many of Robert Frost's poems in this overview that considers ...

Controversy and Kudos -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

One of England's foremost poet and philosopher-critic during the Romantic Movement, Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote some of the grea...

King Lear, Beowulf, the Concepts of Kingship and Hero's Downfall

In five pages these literary characters are contrasted and compared in terms of their deaths with the concept of kingship and what...

A Look at A Tale Of Two Cities'

This classic Dickens work is summarized and evaluated for elements such as symbolism and characterization. Thematic elements are a...

Comparing Poems about War to Beowulf

it is essentially the duty of this narrator. Beowulf is a man who sees his duty as that which involves risking his life. He goes...