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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...

American Poetry

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

Group Development in Films

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

"Mother To Son" - Reader Response Criticism

Hughes mother who says "So, boy, dont you turn back. Dont you set down on the steps. Cause you finds its kinder hard," mine was ...

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...

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...

Giovanni and the Literary Canon

African American poet of extraordinary power, skill and insight who is extremely deserving of inclusion in the American literary c...

A Comparison, Poe and Longfellow

Psalm of Life" and Edgar Allan Poes "Sonnet-To Science" address the way that each poet perceived life and the reality of their era...

Analysis of 'She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways' by William Wordsworth

This paper presents an analysis of the poet's feelings for a young woman as expressed in William Wordsworth's 'She Dwelt Among the...

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...

Temporality and Lord Byron

and writers in his extensive travels (Lutz 23). Linking him to traditions that span back to Odysseus, Harold is essentially in sea...

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...

Comparison of Poets Cesar Vallejo and Pablo Neruda

In five pages Cesar Vallejo's 'Down to the Dregs' and an untitled Pablo Neruda poem are contrasted and compared in this analysis o...

Wilfred Owen's Depiction of Death in War in 'Dulce et Decorum Est'

In five pages this paper argues that the poet's message is in contradiction to the standard notion that dying for country is an he...

'The Performance' by James Dickey

In six pages an explication of this poem by James Dickey is presented including the poet's title selection. Two sources are cited...

Spirituality in the Poetry of John Keats

as we do not think--We remain there a long while, and notwithstanding the doors of the second Chamber remain wide open, showing a ...

Romantic Era British Poets

a specific time or age. While romanticism will be prominent in certain epochs, because in its essential characteristics it is a sp...

Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Religious Literary Devices

in a manner that was often regarded as blasphemous by her Puritan and Calvinist neighbors. Emily Dickinsons approach to poetry wa...

Emily Dickinson's 'The Soul Selects Hew Own Society' and Imagery

keeping out all of the world that she does not desire to experience or see or meet. This is further emphasized by the third and fo...

Rhetorical Questions of John Donne in 'Holy Sonnet XVII' and 'Satire III'

Dutch, and darst thou lay/ Thee in ships wooden sepulchres, a prey/ To leaders rage, to storms, to shot, to dearth?/ Darst thou di...

Romanticism and Lord Byron

shivering in the gale/ The bark unfurls her snowy sail/ And whistling oer the bending mast/Loud sings n high the freshning blast" ...

'The Road Not Taken' Poem by Robert Frost and a Line Analysis

of the word I is that the decision for anyones life is their own. This decision was not reached by conferring with any other soul ...

Early American Poetry

would end without seeing "half my days thats due" (line 13). This suggests that Bradstreet is giving birth in middle age, which s...

A Compendium of Four Essays on Religion

and some of the verses were sung. It was explained to me later that the members of the congregation that perform this part of the ...

Biographical Profile of Philip Arthur Larkin

is said that much great poetry and other works of art are born of great pain. This may certainly have been the case in Arthur Lark...

'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost

certain meanings through word choices. For example, Frost uses the imagery of the forest to illustrate the "snags" we al...

'The Bait' by John Donne

lover on the edge of being lost. Donne promises that lover that if she abides with the callers wished she will be rewarded with g...

Carpe Diem Poems by Herrick and Donne

sooner will his race be run, / And nearer hes to setting" (lines 7-8). In this manner, Herrick sets up an ever-increasing sense of...

Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso

physical and emotional well being for the sake of his art. His erratic behavior became increasingly evident around 1575 when Tass...

'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...