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Utpaladeva

the path of the devotee is said to be "sweetened with the nectar of devotion" (Bailly 12). This example of Utpaladevas verse exemp...

John Donne

take on religion and his faith which would later lead to his renouncing the Catholic Church (Jokinen). In many ways Donne ...

American Poetry

array of individuals that Whitman clearly associated himself with as perhaps an American. He states, "I am enamourd of growing out...

The Poetry of Wheatley and Hughes

experiences were good ones, and quite unique when compared to slaves in the south. As such "racial equality is not a theme to be f...

Cultural Influences Exerted by the Life and Art of Robert Frost

other poets of the time by rejecting modernism. As this poem demonstrates, Frost frequently drew his imagery from nature. While m...

Symbolism in the Love Poetry of William Butler Yeats

in form and lessened in abstraction. Yeatss once short, rhyming poems transformed into more lengthy poems that were less concerne...

The Sadness of Thomas Hardy

the poem did not deviate from this perspective it would become something of a pointless poem that was only possessed of sadness. T...

Poetry, Social Change, and Business

Tom Ehrenfield (author of Poetry & Business) states that entrepreneurs have a lot in common with poet, as they both "invent new wa...

Elizabeth Bishop and Marianne Moore as Descendants of Emily Dickinson?

however, this relationship can also be shown by examining three representative poems: specifically, "The Wind begun to knead the ...

Literary Tools Used by Emily Dickinson

61). Symbolism is the use of one thing to stand for or suggest another; a falling leaf to symbolize death, for example. And langua...

The Poetry of Anne Bradstreet: Insight into History

with subjects such as science, as well as religion and morality (Bradstreet, Anne Dudley (1612?-1672)). "However, her best poems d...

William Congreve's Contributions

works called The Mourning Bride which was created in 1697 contains the following well known line: "Heavn has no Rage, like Love to...

Poetry, Art, and Music Creativity

conceptions of himself, his fellowmen and his universe" (Fleming, 1974, p. 1). The visages that art can take are many and varied, ...

Modernist and Confessional Poets and the Place of "Personality" in Poetry

of dealing with this new and frightening situation (Modernism, 2002). The modernist poets had a much more disillusioned worldview ...

Common Themes in "The Purloined Letter" and Poe's Poetry

to start a disturbance in the street when he visits the thief the second time. When the man goes to the window, Dupin grabs the le...

Aztec Poetry

in the way the political world was playing out in the conquest. And clearly he argues that the poetry was never simple. This seems...

Treatment of Women/17th Century New England

sanctioned as proper for women, Bradstreets work did not go against the norms of Puritan society. However, they do often emphasize...

'Women Poets of the Italian Renaissance'

is the goddess of earthly love; she goes back at least to the Greeks, who called her Aphrodite. In the second poem, the "King" ref...

Langston Hughes/Critical Response to 2 Poems

opening, Hughes moves on to create a "crescendo of horror," which entails moving through a series of neutral questions. The questi...

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...

Nature Poetry of Robert Frost

In seven pages this paper discusses Robert Frost's nature poetry in terms of what it has to say about humanity. Six sources are c...

Cultural Impacts of the 1967 Film Bonnie and Clyde

lessons of life the Great Depression had imposed upon my Father, but this was a new twist to a very tired story. The impact of the...

John Milton and John Donne's Metaphysical Poetry

In nine pages this paper analyzes the poetry of John Donne and John Milton in terms of the metaphysical aspects of each poet's wor...

Poems by Sylvia Plath and Emily Dickinson

In six pages this paper compares the influences and poetry styles of Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath. Six sources are cited in t...

Critical Responses to Death in Dickinson's Poetry

that in this poem, Dickinson sees death as a "courtly lover," accepting at face value the lines concerning his "civility" (Griffit...

The Midnight Salvage of Adrienne Rich

In a paper consisting of six pages Rich's poetry and political perspective are explored. There are no other bibliographic sources...

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...

Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

This paper examines Emily Dickinson's life, attitudes, and poetry in 7 pages. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Romanticism's Dark Side and French Poet Charles Baudelaire

In five pages this research paper explores how Baudelaire unlike his Romantic contemporaries Shelley, Wordsworth, and Keats probed...

Ron Padgett's Poetic 'Treasures'

In six pages this paper discusses the popular culture impact of Ron Padgett's poetry. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....