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Analysis of a Section of 'Tintern Abbey' by William Wordsworth

interrelationship of human beings with the forces of nature. He mentions that his own growth as a mature individual allows him to ...

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century British History and Authors

as one author states, "The medieval church was defeated and the educated classes embraced scientific rationalism. Art, architectu...

'Assisi' by Norman MacCaig Analyzed

result is that he was able to craft a poem such as "Assisi" which has a gentle yet pointed grace and, as Brodie points out, a "dec...

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...

Laura Sonnets by Petrarch

most tragic play" (line 8). Furthermore, he attests that this love is his "constant gate and fountain" of grief" (line 12). This ...

'Arms and the Boy' by Wilfred Owen

"Since a boy is not armed by nature, society must provide him with man-made weapons" (Hibberd, 1986, p. 143). Furthermore, accordi...

Poetry and Style of Emily Dickinson

and it was this heart-felt emotion that elevated her works from ordinary to the ranks of extraordinary. Music had long play...

Wordsworth & Hardy/Perspectives on Nature

First and foremost, the Thrush is seen by this Romantic poet in heroic terms, as a male facing the storm of the public world in or...

Seventeenth Century 'Old English' Literature

observing the "loud mirth in the hall," yet unable to be a part of such fellowship due to no fault of its own, but rather the circ...

Civil War and the Poetry of Walt Whitman

In five pages this paper discusses how Walt Whitman represented the Civil War in such poems as 'A March in the Ranks Hard Prest an...

Is the Poetry of Anne Bradstreet's Poetry Metaphysical or Neoclassical?

In three pages Bradstreet's poems are evaluated by metaphysical and neoclassical criteria to determine that her poems are predomin...

Seduction of Women Through Logic in the Poetry of Andrew Marvell and John Donne

The ways in which logic is employed to seduce women are discussed in a six page comparative analysis of the poems 'To His Coy Mist...

Eli Mandel's Poetry, Postmodern Identity, and Historiography

In nine pages postmodernism is discussed within the historigraphical context of the poemen 'The Meaning of the I Ching' and 'Pictu...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Possessive Love in Browning's Poetry

This research paper addresses the theme of posessive love in two poems by Robert Browning, My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover....

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...

Poetry of Robert Frost and Self Discovery

In six pages this paper examines the theme of self discovery featured in Robert Frost's poems 'Desert Places' and 'Stopping by Woo...

Poetry and the Environment

In five pages the environment is featured in a consideration of the poetic works 'The Prairies' by William Cullen Bryant, 'Human E...

Poetry, Recreation, Cinema, and Ethnicity

In five pages social and cultural ethnic representations in a Johnson short story, Divakaruni and Clifton poetic themes are discus...

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...

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...

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...

Rap, Poetry, and Nikki Giovanni's 'Nikki Rosa'

In five pages this paper discusses rap music as a form of poetic expression as represented in Nikki Giovanni's 'Nikki Rosa.' Five...

Black Man's Experience in Langston Hughes' Poetry

In five pages this paper discusses how the black man's experience manifests itself in Langston Hughes' poems. Four sources are ci...

Misery in Poetry

ties have ceased to exist. He says that although the world appears to be beautiful, in actuality, it contains "neither joy, nor lo...

Othello by William Shakespeare, Direct Prose, and Dramatic Poetry

In a paper consisting of 7 pages Shakespeare's uses of iambic pentameter in his 'good' characters and spoken prose by the 'evil' c...

Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning's Love, Marriage, and Poetry

In nine pages this paper examines this amazing partnership in art and in life. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....