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Comparing poems by Atwood and Smith

also differences in style. Smith, for example, uses less alliteration than Atwood, and his short, clipped lines emphasize and isol...

Death and the Works of Emily Dickinson

Donoghue has aptly observed that "of her religious faith virtually anything may be said, with some show of evidence. She may be r...

Imagination and Love in On Love by Alain de Botton and Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

In twenty four pages this report contrasts and compares the themes of love and imagination as depicted in these works and also com...

Emily Dickinson's Life and Influences oh Her Poetry

This paper looks at ways in which Dickinson defined life through her poetry. The author identifies common themes in her work and ...

Narrative of 'Mending Wall' by Robert Frost

In five pages this paper presents a brief biography of Robert Frost and then presents an analysis of the narrative poem 'Mending W...

'The Odyssey' by Homer, the Book of Genesis, Retribution and Faith

In a paper consisting of six pages this paper examines how the themes of faith anf retribution are reprsented in the 'Noah and the...

Comparison of Poems 'To the Evening Star' by William Blake and 'It is a Beauteous Evening' by William Wordsworth

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these poems in an analysis of each poet's voice and how it is influenced by imager...

The Theme of Identity in Derek Walcott's Omeros

the chariot that Hector bought. . . . Each row was a divan of furred leopardskin. . . . te...

'Yvain, the Knight of the Lion' by Chretien de Troyes and Reciprocal Relationships

the time when the Christian movement was beginning to gain headway in England. Most of the rural areas were still pagan believing ...

Robert Frost's Poem 'The Death of the Hired Man'

An analytic interpretation of this poem is presented in five pages with a discussion of loneliness and home themes that are featur...

Love in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Parliament of Fowles' and 'The Book of the Duchesse'

terrible punishment, as they shall "alwey whirle aboute therthe in peyne" (line 80) and they shall not be forgiven for their wicke...

Printing Company's Complex Financial Decisions

long term may also be considered, allowing for the ease with which a new long term income generation may be developed and replace ...

The Dead and the Living by Sharon Olds

suggests, there is often a political context to Olds observations. For example, in "The Death of Marilyn Monroe," Olds suggests ...

Hayden, Roethke, and Silverstein Compared

the euphemism waltz to indicate the routine beatings which occurred. Lastly, in Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden, another t...

John Keats' 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'

the viewer. The next stanzas, however, bring the reader and the viewer, a more sobering message. In comparison to the characters ...

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...

Human Conflict and Faith in William Blake's 'Introduction,' William Wordsworth's 'Tintern Abbey' and Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'

poetic boundaries; not only does the reader surmise that the author is wholly attentive to his craft, but he also is privy to the ...

Literary Aspects in Frost's Death of the Hired Man, and Home Burial

This paper analyzes the use of theme, imagery, tone, and subject matter in these two poems by Frost. This six page paper has seve...

'Growing Old' by Matthew Arnold

In four pages this poem is analyzed in terms of tone, theme, setting, and voice. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

George Herbert's Poetry and Religious Message

across and give his readers food for thought. In a reading provided by a student, Helen Vaudler suggests that Herberts poetry is i...

Derek Walcott's Poetry

In six pages this paper examines 2 poems by Derek Walcott, 'Nearing Forty' and 'The Virgins' in a contrast and comparison the the ...

An Analysis of Robert Frost's Stopping By Woods

This paper analyzes one of Frost's most famous works, which many critics interpret as Frost's own longing for death. However the ...

'My Life Had Stood - A Loaded Gun' by Emily Dickinson

In five pages the theme, tone, meter, rhythm, form, and imagery of Dickinson's poetry structure in poem 754 are examined. There a...

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...

Ronald Koertge's 'Gretel'

in fact present an intriguing message to both female and male audiences alike. Indeed, Koertges choice of subject matter is intrig...

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...

Symbolism, Theme and Perspective in Two Poems

has grown deep like rivers" (line 4). Setting the line off by itself emphasizes its significance, as it ties the narrator directly...

"Helas" and the Victorian Hypocrisy

by comparing his own life to a "twice-written scroll", bearing marks from both a pursuit of intellectual virtues, and a pursuit of...

Goblin Market - Found Poem

In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at found poetry. Rossetti's "Goblin Market" is used to construct a found poem with fem...