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Robert Hayden's 'Those Winter Sundays' and Self Reflection

In 7 pages this paper discusses how poet Robert Hayden reflected on his own painful childhood in 'Those Winter Sundays.' There ar...

American Poetry Contribution of Walt Whitman

In 5 pages this paper examines the modern poetry contributions of uniquely American poet Walt Whitman. There are 6 sources cited ...

Critique of Homer's 'The Iliad'

quoted as saying: "Achilles, valiant though you be, you shall not thus outwit me. You shall not overreach and you shall not persua...

Wilfred Owen's First World War Poetry

continues as follows: "And thinly drawn with famishing for flesh. Lend him to stroke these blind, blunt bullet-leads, Which long t...

The Life and Times of Empedocles

This paper examines the life and teachings of ancient Greek philosopher, scientist, poet, and physician, Empedocies. This three p...

Definitive Characteristics of an Author of the Twentieth Century

In eight pages this paper discusses how poet Elizabeth Bishop's work adheres to the Norton Anthology's definition of how an author...

Virgil and Dante's 'Inferno'

In four pages the Virgil character is examined within the context of 'Inferno' and also considered as he actually existed as an ac...

John Keats, William Blake, and William Wordsworth and Poetic Imagination

In 5 pages these poets and some of their poems are examined in terms of how the creativeness of the imagination is celebrated. Th...

Coleridge vs. Byron

Romantic poets Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were contemporaries who viewed the world through different perspectives. Thi...

'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd' by Walt Whitman

President Abraham Lincoln's assassination is examined within the context of this poem by Walt Whitman in five pages with imagery a...

Khalil Gibran and Love

In 5 pages this paper discusses how the Lebanese poet expresses love in terms of oneness and harmony in such works as 'Song of the...

Theme of Romantic Love in the Poetry of Felicia Hemans and William Blake

In 10 pages the ways in which romantic love is expressed by each poet is examined in an analysis of William Blake's 'Marriage of H...

Artifice and Art in 'Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope

In 5 pages this paper discusses how the poet pokes fun at Belinda for affecting an artistic appearance when all the while he is do...

Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot and Literary Modernism

In 5 page this paper defines modernism and then critically applies the concept to T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land,' and 'Tradition an...

Poetry of Christopher Okigbo

The prose of this celebrated Nigerian poet is examined in a research paper consisting of five pages. Four sources are cited in th...

Poetry of Dylan Thomas and Robert Frost Compared

In seven pages these two poets are compared in terms of the differences and similarities in Thomas's 'Do Not Go Gently Into That G...

The Literature of Brazil

The writer discusses some of the literature of Brazil, with special focus on the poet laureate of the nation, Joao Cabral de Melo ...

Joy Imagery in the Poetry of John Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

reinforce this impression, as do the alteration of four-stress lines and three-stress lines. We know without really analyzing it t...

American Cinema, Historical and Education Ideology

In seven pages historical comparisons are made between the ways in which education is depicted in such films as Stand and Deliver,...

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...

The Flea vs. To a Coy Mistress

Donne takes a similar view in that he feels the ladys insistence on being concerned about honor is highly illogical, but he goes a...

Singing the Song of the People in African American Literature

her works dealt little with the condition of the slaves in America, and held mainly to classical poetical themes. She was an accom...

Aeneid vs. the Divine Comedy

The Aeneid of Virgil and Dante's The Divine Comedy are similar in style and format, both being produced by poets. This paper compa...

Aphra Behn's Poetry of Rebellion

In three pages this paper examines Restoration poet Aphra Behn and how her prose rebelled not only against Puritanism but also aga...

Homer's World, Similarities and Difference with Present Day

This essay pertains to "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" by Homer, the ancient Greek poet and the worldview and cultural values that a...

Comments on a Book for Ministers

This essay presents reflections and discussions about different sections of a book entitled "The Pastor As A Minor Poet" by M. Cra...

Pushkin's Most Successful Prose

Pushkin was a Russian poet who eventually began writing prose. This essay examines and analyzes a very successful work of prose en...