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Analysis of Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks

In five pages this paper analyzes Gwendolyn Brooks' poems including 'We Real Cool' and 'Kitchenette Building' in a consideration o...

Life of Robert Frost Reflected in the Poem 'The Road Not Taken'

In six pages this paper analyzes the ways in which Robert Frost's life is reflected in his poem 'The Road Not Taken.' Three sourc...

'God's Grandeur' by Gerard Manley Hopkins

In 5 pages this poem featuring nature is analyzed in terms of how it represents the poet's Catholicism. There are 5 sources cited...

An Analysis of Frost's Poem, Acquainted With The Night

This paper analyzes one of Frost's poems, Acquainted With The Night. The author addresses both thematic elements and structure. ...

'dandelions' by Deborah Austin

reader that the barrage has lasted all day yesterday and today with "deafening sight." This figurative language mixes sensory in...

'On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough' by John Milton

can start by noticing what occurs in the first stanza. Milton begins the work as follows: "Fairest flower no sooner blown but blas...

Satan in Paradise Lost by John Milton

In five pages this paper analyzes the characterization as Satan in the epic poem Paradise Lost as a reflection of the righteous co...

Classic Poetic Elements of Edgar Allan Poe's Poems

In six pages this paper analyzes the classic elements of the poems 'Letter to F...,' 'Lenore,' and 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe....

'Good People' by Maura Stanton

In five pages this essay analyzes this poem and the impacts of connecting to a particular place on human relationships. There is ...

Langston Hughes' 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers'

In five pages this paper analyzes the structure, meaning, and themes of Langston Hughes' poem 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers.' Four ...

'The Waste Land' by T.S. Eliot

became sterile and meaningless. (Because of the variety and relative obscurity of Eliots allusions, readers must work through the ...

"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...

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...

Gwendolyn Brooks - Truth

to extract the universal truth from this poem, it would have to be that human condition which asks mankind to be quite careful wha...

Four Poems by Sesshu Foster

the title. The alliteration between "caffeinated" and "concrete" emphasizes the rolling rhythm of the line. The reference to caffe...

Imagery in Poetry by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Christina Rossetti

the bird with his crossbow. With this act, which apparently was motivated by pure blood-lust, the Mariner sins not only ag...

'She Had Some Horses' by Joy Harjo

a "drum" that becomes like the pounding of the womans bloodstream, a life force that remains rhythmic no matter what happens. In...

An Analysis of The Epic Poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

noble role in society, and reflects his attributes and responsibilities. First, there is the pearl, symbolic of natural perfectio...

Petrarchan Love Poetry of Lady Mary Wroth and John Donne

The first lines of "The Canonization" read: "For Gods sake hold your tongue and leg me love/ Or chide my palsy, or my gout,/ My fi...

'Don Juan' by Lord Byron

his own set of biases that he probably brought into the telling of the story, and it can be assumed that he did not have as good a...

Poetic Analysis of William Butler Yeats' 'Come Gather Round Me, Parnellites'

Indeed, it is these characteristics which may account for Yeats continuing appeal to readers who dont normally pay much attention ...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and Events of the Supernatural

happening with the sun and waves; a tiny, "bloody" sun arises at noon, and at night the water "burnt green, and blue and white" (C...

Analysis of Walcott's The Light of the World

(Walcotts brother Roderick is a playwright). While young Derek was growing up and dipping into these books time and again, he foun...

The Heroism of Beowulf

turbulent in respect to British history ("Angelcynn" PG). It was a time when England was first created, and the time of King Arth...

Gender and Death in 4 Poems by Anne Sexton

In other words, to be a woman outside the accepted societal role for women is not to be a woman. As this indicates, any woman wh...

Two Views of the Story of Beowulf

"proud of his plunder, sought his dwelling with that store of slaughter" (p. 25). Beowulf is written in Old English and set some...

Fish Symbolism in Elizabeth Bishop's 'The Fish'

the perhaps an understanding of fate, on the part of the fish. We are further offered an understanding that the fish is old in the...

Analysis of Robert Frost's Poem 'Design'

holding a moth that it has caught. The spider holds it up. The flower, the spider, and the moth together represent life and death....

Analysis of Robert Frost's Poem 'Out, Out'

But, Frost never treats it as an overpowering tragedy for the participants, who still live, continue without looking back it seems...