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18th Century Education and Samuel Johnson's Poem 'The Vanity of Human Wishes'

Lines 135 through 177 are the focus of this poetic explication of 'The Vanity of Human Wishes' by Samuel Johnson consisting of fiv...

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...

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. ...

Canterbury Tales Contemporary Poems

In 4 pages this paper examines how two Canterbury Tales' pilgrims are presented in 2 contemporary poems. There are no sources in ...

Explication of the Poem 'The Angel' by William Blake

In three pages an explication of William Blake's 1789 poem 'The Angel' is presented in three pages. There are no other sources li...

John Milton's and George Herbert's Christmas Poems

In a paper consisting of 7 pages Milton's 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity' is compared with 'Christmas' by Herbert. There ar...

Two Poems of Stevens and Eliot

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the poems Comedian as Letter C by Wallace Stevens and The Journey of the Magi by T.S. Eli...

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...

Alfred Lord Tennyson and His Poems on Death

In five pages Tennyson's views of death are considered with an examination of his poems 'Charge of the Light Brigade' and 'Ulysses...

Analysis of the Poem 'Lob' by Edward Thomas

In five pages this paper examines how lines thirteen to twenty represent Edward Thomas' poem 'Lob' and also analyzes poetic devisi...

Two Poems Featuring Women by William Carlos Williams

American women's social roles are considered in William Carlos Williams' poems 'Portrait of a Lady' and 'The Young Housewife' in a...

The Use of Allegory and Symbolism in the Epic Poem Beowulf

Goldsmith, who sees Beowulf as being addressed to the "powerful" and designed to "warn them of the dangers attendant upon power" (...

Personal Undertones in Frost's Poem, Fire and Ice

This paper examines Frost's short poem, Fire and Ice. The author examines themes of alienation and destruction, and argues that t...

Dickinson's Poem 'A Clock Stopped'

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Emily Dickinson's poem in terms of the poet's attitudes and feelings about time are analyzed. Th...

Analysis of the Poem 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost

one as far as I could / To where it bent in the undergrowth; / Then took the other, as just as fair, / And having perhaps the bett...

E.M. Forster's Novel A Passage to India and Walt Whitman's Poem 'Passage to India' Analyzed

or sex. Thanks to technology, Whitman waxed poetic about an inspirational East-West cultural and intellectual exchange, with both...

A Review of the Poem Aunt Jennifer's Tigers

A 5 page examination of the Adrienne Rich poem. The experience of marriage as it is affected by constriction, theme, tone, narrat...

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....

Poems by Sylvia Plath and Emily Dickinson

In six pages this paper compares the influences and poetry styles of Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath. Six sources are cited in t...

British Poet Philip Larkin and 3 of His Poems

In five pages this essay analyzes the theme of loneliness as it is presented in 'The Whitsun Weddings,' 'Toad's Revisited,' and 'M...

2 Poems by Langston Hughes

In five pages 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers' and 'Dream Deferred' poems of Langston Hughes are compared in a discussion of brutal re...

Life and Poems of Emily Dickinson

In ten pages this paper considers the poet and her poetry in terms of her preferred themes and life as a recluse. Ten sources are...

'Coloredness' in the Poem Theme for English B by Langston Hughes

In five pages a poetic explication of Theme for English B examines how 'coloredness' is represented by poet Langston Hughes. Two ...

Three Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks

In five pages a trio of poems by Gwendolyn Brooks including 'Corners on the Curving Sky,' 'When you have forgotten Sunday: The Lov...

'Book of the Duchesse' Poem by Geoffrey Chaucer

In seven pages the chess symbolism presented in the description of the game in lines 618 to 678 are considered particularly as the...

History and the Epic Poems of Homer

In five pages this essay examines what is revealed about ancient Greek history in Homer's poetic epics 'The Iliad' and 'The Odysse...

An Overview of the Epic Poem Beowulf

The writer of this paper first gives an overview of the poem Beowulf, which was written in Old English, and then relates it to con...

Comparative Analysis of the 'Poem of the Cid' Epic and Anthony Mann's 1961 Film El Cid

In three pages this paper discusses an epic in terms of characteristics and how thee are expressed in literature and on film in a ...

2 Poems by Emily Dickinson

In five pages pain is examined within the context of the metaphors featured in Emily Dickinson's poems 'There is a pain so utter' ...

6 Poems and the 'Divided Self' of Poet Robert Frost

In nine pages this paper discusses individual divisiveness as it is featured in 6 of Robert Frost's poems. There are 4 sources ci...