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20th Century Glimpses in the 19th Century Poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson

In five pages these poets' visions of the next century are examined in a consideration of their respective works. Five sources ar...

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,...

'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...

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...

'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 ...

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 ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar and Phillis Wheatley comparing the Work of the Two Authors

Although Paul Laurence Dunbar was born nearly a century after Wheatley's death, the two authors share common traits other than the...

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...

Art is Imitating Life in Thomas Hardy's Poetry

awhile as an architect before devoting himself to literature as a full-time vocation. He married in 1874, and within ten years, t...

Analysis of 'Under Milk Wood' by Dylan Thomas

In three pages this poem is analyzed in its depiction of loving women, the life cycle, death's inevitability, and the loss of inno...

Dylan Thomas's 'Fern Hill' and Revisiting Childhood

In five pages this poem is analyzed in terms of the poet's employment of imagery and the reasons for its complexity. Two sources ...

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...

Transitional Figure Petrarch

In nine pages this paper discusses how Petrarch provides the Medieval to Renaissance transition and examines the poet's letters an...

'To Lucasta' by Richard Lovelace

In two pages this essay analyzes this love poem in terms of the poet's descriptive language and its emotional attributes. There i...

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...

Influence of Death in the Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe

In six pages the ways in which Poe's poems 'Lenore,' 'The Raven,' 'Annabel Lee,' and 'To Helen' are influenced by the deaths of th...

'The Soul Selects Her Own Society' by Emily Dickinson

just a few words (McConnell). The first stanza shows the thesis. The soul or the individual person is sovereign in deciding who ...

Group Development in Films

and training in the group development process. Studying groups in the 1960s, Tuckman observed that groups of individuals transiti...

2 African American Poets/Cullen & Hughes

and "Dont you fall now-" (line 17)(Hughes 1255). She concludes by emphasizing the point that she is still going, still climbing, ...

Ezra Pound, "A Virginal"

levels. First of all, a virginal is an early form of the harpsichord that was a preferred instrument among young ladies during the...

Angelou: “Phenomenal Woman”

When she heard about the murder, she "fell silent and did not speak for five years" (Bloom). She began to speak once more when she...

Romantic Poets

his life with his sister and his wife and their children, and wrote his poetry. There is, however, focus in much critical assessme...

Shades of Anger, Rafeef Ziadah

This paper offers a summary, analysis and background information on Rafeef Ziadah's poem "Shades of Anger," which expresses the po...

Donne and Marvell on Seduction

This essay analyzes Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" and John Donne's "The Flea" and offers the writer's reaction to these a...

Woolf and Wilde - Self-Denial

In a paper of two pages, the writer looks at themes central to both "Mrs. Dalloway" and "The Picture of Dorian Grey". Self-denial ...

Coen Postmodernism and "No Country for Old Men"

This is all part and parcel of the postmodern style employed by the Coens, which they use to great effect. Postmodernism involves ...

Perspective and the Theme of Beowulf

similar to the character of Virgil, who, despite occupying a seemingly major role in the Divine Comedy, primarily exists to better...

"Things Fall Apart" - Feminism and Postcolonialism

is himself a figure that is somewhat alien to the experiences of many Westerners in the sense that he has "earned" three wives thr...

Joy and Fatalism in "Paradise Lost"

In a paper of two pages, the writer looks at themes in "Paradise Lost". The primary themes in question are those of destiny and jo...