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Innovation and Structure in 'Astrophel and Stella' by Sir Philip Sidney

In eight pages this paper examines the sonnet structure and poetic devices Sidney employed in this 16th century poem. There are 7...

Structural Analysis of 'Sonnet 72' by Sir Philip Sidney

In five pages Astrophel and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney is the focus of this analysis of 'Sonnet 72' that includes a poetic explic...

Death in the Poems of John Donne

In five pages this paper analyzes how the theme of death and John Donne's depression regarding death are reflected in 2 of his 'Ho...

John Donne's Works and the Themes of Sin and Death

In fifteen pages the themes of death and sin as they manifested themselves in John Donne's poems, sonnets and Biathanatos are disc...

John Donne's Sonnets Five and Eleven

In four pages this paper applies Stanley Archer's examination method to Sonnets 5 and 11 by John Donne. There are no other source...

Analysis: Browning and Wordsworth

the Portuguese," the title of which is a veiled reference to her husbands pet nickname for her, inspired by her dark coloring whic...

The World is Too Much With Us by Wordsworth

and that in the poems, he tried to transform these incidents and situations by way of his imagination and present them in a manner...

William Shakespeare's Sonnet Fifteen

This paper paraphrases Sonnet 15 by William Shakespeare in five pages in an analysis that includes argumentative quatrain point an...

'Sonnet XIX' by John Milton

In six pages this paper discusses how Milton reveals his value to his Creator through verse in a consideration of such techniques ...

'Sonnet 146' by William Shakespeare

A poetic analysis of 'Sonnet 146' by William Shakespeare focuses upon similes, metaphors, tone, and meaning in five pages. Five s...

'Prayer' by George Herbert, Structure and Metaphor

In 5 pages this paper examines the sonnet structure of this 17th century poem and considers its use of religious metaphor. There ...

Mary Robinson, Charlotte Smith, and Jane Austen on Romantic Love

In twenty pages this paper examines how female authors portrayed romantic love in the late 18th century in a consideration of Robi...

'Sonnet 75' from Amoretti by Edmund Spencer

original, so much so, that he invented his own rhyming scheme, hence this sonnet is typical of the "Spencerian" form. It is one of...

Sonnet 87 and Othello by William Shakespeare

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares relationship emotions as featured in 'Farewell, thou art too dear' sonnet and in Othe...

Appetites in Sonnet 118 by William Shakespeare

Shakespeares poetry demands nothing of his readers, the poetry is diminished in proportion to how much less the reader asks of him...

Analysis of the Poem 'Surprised by Joy' by William Wordsworth

In five pages this paper discusses the sonnet form of this poem, who it is addressed to, meaning through division of octave and se...

Gender Roles and the Petrachan Sonnets of Philip Sidney and Lady Mary Wroth

This paper considers gender role concepts featured in the Petrachan sonnets 'Pamphilia to Amphilanthus' by Lady Mary Wroth and 'As...

Poetry Presentations

In five pages this paper informs as to how to have fun with poetic presentations of Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress,' John D...

Sonnets of William Shakespeare and Sexuality

In five pages this paper analyzes the sexuality featured in the sonnets of William Shakespeare. Five sources are cited in the bib...

Gwen Harwood's 'Suburban Sonnet'

one original thought or idea. This is an apt description for the language of Harwoods Suburban Sonnet, for in this work she prese...

Sonnets of George Eliot

In six pages this essay considers the series of poems in Brother and Sister by George Eliot in a discussion of two sonnets feature...

Poetically Viewing Women

In five pages Matthew Arnold's poem Dover Beach is compared with James Joyce's Araby and Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 to disccus the co...

'Suburban Sonnet' by Gwen Harwood

In 5 pages the author's use of language in this sonnet is examined in terms of texture and surface. There are no other sources li...

Sonnets 128 and 130 of William Shakespeare Compared

Imagery, content, and structure are the criteria used to contrast and compare these two sonnets by William Shakespeare in five pag...

Love and Death in 'Sonnet 130' and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

see the beauty of love, for at their tender ages, they have yet to become cynical, although the volatile Romeo is depressed by his...

'Sonnet 31' by Sir Philip Sidney

moons course through the sky and the act of falling in love. The tone includes a bit of sarcasm or perhaps cynicism in the love t...

Beloved Dismemberment in Poetry

particular woman but does not possess her. Another may clearly see that the woman he describes is his. Regardless, however, of whe...

Love Poetically Approached by John Donne

for a spiritual thinker, body and soul. In "The Good Morrow," Donne immediately established what critic Susannah B. Mintz refers ...

Historical Importance of William Shakespeare's Works

book (Rubinstein 28). He apparently married Anne Hathaway in 1582, and their surviving children, both girls, were illiterate (Rub...

Sonnet 147 by William Shakespeare

condition, maintaining his extended metaphor. "My reason, the physician to my love,/ Angry that his prescriptions are not kept, / ...