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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...

'Tiger, Tiger' by William Blake

This poem is analyzed in terms of theme and symbolism as represented by the tiger. There is no bibliography included....

'Apparently With No Surprise' by Emily Dickinson

In one page this essay analyzes Dickinson's poem in terms of symbolism, imagery, and theme with an evaluation of her employment of...

Twins and the 'Secret Language' That Exists Between Them

In eight pages this paper examines how twins develop and acquire language and the 'secret language' between them that occasionally...

Poetry Analysis of Blake, Angelous and Sandburg

city with which he was intimately acquainted, London. The first two lines of the poem establish his thorough knowledge of the Lond...

Childhood Memories as Expressed in the Poems The Meal and My Father in the Navy

In this five pages the writer analyzes the poems by John Berger and Judith Ortiz Cofer. Childhood memories are etched in memorabl...

'Tam o'Shanter' by Robert Burns

In five pages this poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns is analyzed with its satirical elements and similarities to Chaucer duly not...

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 ...

The Buried Life by Matthew Arnold

This 6 page paper analyzes the poem The Buried Life by Matthew Arnold. The writer argues that Arnold uses deliberately confusing m...

Matthew Arnold's 'Thyrsis,' 'Scholar Gypsy, and Grief Images

In five pages the ways in which the poet expresses his grief and laments his own aging within the imagery of these two poems are a...

Meter in 'Kitchenette Building' by Gwendolyn Brooks

In five pages this short poem by Gwendolyn Brooks is analyzed in terms of meter, tone, and dramatic situation. One source is cite...

'Forgiving My Father' by Lucille Clifton

poets position in this family situation -- my mothers hand opens in early grave and i hold it out like a good daughter." This imag...

'Rhine Boat Trip' by Irving Layton

of vivid imagery and haunting metaphor. There is also no punctuation, by design. According to literary critic Michael Greenstein...

Overview of the 3rd and 4th Generation of Computer Languages

and error prone to program computers, leading to the first "programming crisis", in which the amount of work that might be assigne...

Gendered Interpretations and Development of Language Relating to Childhood Cognitive Development

century, psychologists, social theorists and educators have considered the notion of cognitive development and the progression of ...

'A Prayer for My Son' by William Butler Yeats

in psalms (Liu 26). The repetition of the first line, which is subtly varied in the second stanza, is also psalm-like in that Hebr...

Edward Said's 'Self' and 'Other' Concepts in an Examination of English as a Global Language

have English as a second language, and in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres English is already widely used, since it is t...

'Move' by Lucille Clifton

from their own ideas concerning societal norms. Clifton writes, "they had begun to whisper/among themselves hesitant/ to be bran...

Benefits of Acquiring Another Language

Recent research has found that parts of the brain grow when adults learn another language, which would make this endeavor very hel...

Language and Comprehension Issues in Primary Research

The writer considers a scenario where a recent survey was used to gather results from a sample were 34% had only achieved an eleme...

Langston Hughes, Identification with America

This essay analyzes two poems by Hughes, "Theme for English B" and "Let America Be America Again." The writer asserts that "Theme"...

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...

Death and Poetic Attitudes of Davis, Thomas, and Donne

people pity the dead, not Death itself. In the end Donnes message is that there is little reason to fear death and that in the end...

The Shift from Latin to Vernacular Language Use

This resulted in a gradual shift, and reflected not only the lower level of influence of Rome, but also the declining influence of...

Taoist Poetry: A Photographic Analysis

is an ancient collection of philosophical principles presented in a poetic fashion. It has been maintained and circulated since th...

DRUG ADDICTION AND CULTURAL REFERENCES IN HAYDEN’S “SOLEDAD”

Dust, in 1940 (Robert Hayden). Accolades and awards followed (including being the first African-American to be named Poet Laureate...

Amelie, A Film Review

understand the main thrust of the film without subtitles, as it follows Amelie from childhood to adulthood, showing the main event...

"Wickedness" and Liberation in Cisneros

shared her names (Cisneros, 1987). This places a poetic emphasis on the lack of personal efficacious power women experienced in th...

'Sometimes in Winter' by Linda Pastan and Imagery

632). Thus, it is evident that the use of images is advancing the theme of coping with death. Fragile faces indicates those ...

Analysis of 2 of Elizabeth Daryush's Poems

The tone of the poem builds from this beginning: "you should at times walk on,/ away from your friends ways,/ go where the scorned...