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Adrienne Rich's Poetry

In eight pages this paper discusses the works of lesbian poet Adrienne Rich in a consideration of how she has influenced culture a...

Death/Injury in Poetry

narrator is perhaps confused, perhaps trying to share an image and what that image, or group of images, may mean. The characters w...

The Physician’s Touch: the Poetry of Peter Pereira

located in West Seattle; his patients are mostly urban and poor ("Peter Pereira"). On the literary front, he has been published...

Informally Examining Romantic Poets and Poetry

unspoiled by either man or society? In "The Tiger," Blake appears to be pondering the marvels of the world while at the same time...

Symbols Used in Poetry and in the Bible

kingdom of heaven is similar to a field in which a man has sown good seed. The "good seed" are righteous people who will come to b...

Depictions of Nature in the Poetry of Dickinson and Frost

action so that the reader can easily imagine its intensity. It is a strikingly vivid image. Likewise, Frost is famous for his im...

'Smile' in the Poetry of Robert Browning and Dorothy Parker

the Duchess to show pleasure. Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt, Wheneer I passed her, but who passed without Much the same smile? Th...

Life Experiences and Poetry Themes

ethical judgements. While the students perhaps though that these old people are no longer young and can offer nothing of value to ...

Contemporary Thought Reflected in William Butler Yeats' Poetry

The allusion to Oscar Wildes epigram--What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities--...

Matthew Arnold's Poetry

and symbolism. As Arnold embraces God along with the seas that the maker has created, he questions things. The church is often the...

Robert Browning's Poetry and Religion

try to be more than they are. In this poem we have a simple boy who works and praises God. He is told that the Pope praises God as...

Elitist Poetry of Langston Hughes

but his folk heritage as well. "Hughes made the spirituals, blues, and jazz the bases of his poetic expression. Hughes wrote, he c...

African American Experience in the Poetry of Langston Hughes

this poem is that of the universal anguish of being bound and imprisoned, no matter what the age. And, in a very real sense he is ...

Irish Folklore in the Poetry of William Butler Yeats

strife. The folklore of the country became an important vehicle for recording that turmoil and strife and Yeats was a critical pl...

Time Perceptions in Poetry

in tone, but still harbors the undercurrent that there is reason to dread. The poem describes the "soote" (sweet) season of spring...

World and Self in Poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson

selected one thing (one person, one book, she is not specific) and close her attention to all others. However, the "Soul" is not...

Poetry of China

In four pages tis paper examines 'On a Visit to Ch'ung Chen Taoist Temple' by Yu Hsuan Chi and compares it with 'Rosalie' by Washi...

The Civil Rights Era and its Impact upon African American Poetry

endured by Black People during various eras. Research I uncovered focuses much on the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Poets, an...

Poet Thomas Gray's Life and Poetry

In seven pages this paper examines 18th century poet Thomas Gray's life, his profound poetic influence in his lifetime and his swi...

Growing Up in Gwendolyn Brooks' Poetry

In six pages this paper examines how the growing up experience is presented in an explication of Gwendolyn Brooks' poems 'The Ball...

Role of Women and Male and Female Relationships in Poetry of Yeats, Hardy, Arnold, and Tennyson

and many of the traditional roles played by men and women in society and is famous for one of his quotes "Men at most differ as He...

Comparisons of Poetry

another meaning. Graham is a poet that inhabits tensions. Most of her work pushes at somehow trying to reconcile the inconsistenc...

Sappho's Poetry, Homer's Epics, and Women

we mortals bear perforce, although we suffer; for they are much stronger than we. But now I will teach you clearly, telling you th...

The Poetry of A.E. Houseman

In this essay that consists of three pages the technique and lyricism of Weeded and I Hoed and Trenched is compared with the emoti...

Robert Burns' Poetry and Poetic Devices

In five pages 5 of Robert Burns' poems are analyzed in terms of metrical structure and literary devices including 'Robert Bruce's ...

Charles Baudelaire's Poetry

In eight pages this paper examines the 20th century modernist influence wielded by the 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire...

William Wordsworth's Poetry and the Themes of Grieving and Death

the first place, and what do his "fond regrets" concern? He does not tell us, but merely goes on describing his walk with...

Nature Theme in the Poetry of William Wordsworth

most enthusiastic, and probably the most complete celebration of the myth of nature. The popular conception of Wordsworths att...

Donna Masini's Poetry

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the free verse and sexuality, relationships, and family themes featured in 3 of Do...

Poetic Struggle and the Poetry of Roethke and Thomas

In six pages this paper examines how struggle and helplessness are thematically portrayed in 'My Papa's Waltz' by Roethke and 'Do ...