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Romantic English Poet William Blake

This paper analyzes the Romantic aspects of William Blake's 19th century poetry in a discussion of Songs of Innocence poems 'The C...

Poems That Reveal Joy Harjo's Life and Art

Reservation in Oklahoma. Harjo has retained the storytelling brilliance of her ancestors in her spiritually moving works, and t...

Paradox and Metaphor in 'Batter My Heart' by John Donne

In five pages this paper considers paradox and metaphor as each is represented in this poem by John Donne. There are no other sou...

Trope of Song in Derek Walcott's Works

of its visual potential. He paints with words. Not only is Walcott intensely visual, he is often relaxed and playful, blending h...

Narration in 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

In six pages this paper discuses how the narrator and the speaking eye impact the poem 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman. There ar...

American Celebration in 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

feeling his relationship with all other Americans. Uniquely American Most of Whitmans poetry illustrates what can be accu...

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison and Quest

This paper examines how the 'quest' novel criteria is satisfied by Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon in six pages. There are no oth...

T.S. Eliot, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Modernism

In 7 pages the evolution of modernism is chronicled in an analysis of 'On the Genealogy of Morals' by Nietzsche; 'Civilization and...

Tutorial on Plato and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages the individual is defined as revealed in The Republic by Plato and in Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson with the ...

Critically Comparing t.s. eliot and Ezra Pound

In this paper consisting of five pages critical opinions are explored as they pertain to eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufro...

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...

Elements of Short Stories

Short story success is based on a variety of factors, and this paper examines those elements. For example, the use of surprise an...

'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 ...

'Dream' Speech of Martin Luther King Jr.

In five pages this paper examines the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 in terms of its m...

Candide by Voltaire and the Travelers in Nature

In five pages this paper assesses the relationship between the travelers and nature in the satirical Candide by Voltaire in an ana...

Social Justice and the Performing Arts in Appalachia

In ten pages the impact of geographical isolation on Appalachia's system of social justice and performing arts and includes a regi...

Book of Urizen and William Blake's 'America: A Prophecy'

In ten pages this paper examines the intent of biblical metaphors in these works and the goals they attempt to achieve. Nine sour...

20th Century Literature and Self Determination

In 6 pages this paper examines how self determination is thematically portrayed in 'The Red Wheelbarrow' by William Carlos William...

1970s, Drugs, and Rock 'N Roll

Multiply these intersections by their possible locations -- hotels, bars, clubs, arenas, modes of transportation, parties, or rehe...

Albert Camus' The Plague, Rats, and Fascism

In eight pages this paper comprised of 3 sections discusses how Camus' work is an indictment aganst fascist totalitarianism with t...

Literary Analysis of 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell

art is directed at a woman with whom he so desires to have a romantic affair. In his attempts to persuade her to consent, he pain...

Four Poems by A.R. Ammons

In this essay containing five pages the symbolism and imagery similarities in Ammons' poems The Damned, Anxiety's Prosody, Kind, a...

Metaphor in the Work of E. E. Cummings

This essay provides a reading of the classic Cummings' poem, "somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond." The aut...

Life and Death According to 2 Artistic Interpretations

The Eric Clapton and Will Jennings' song Tears in Heaven is contrasted and compared with Dylan Thomas' poem Do Not Go Gentle Into ...

The Social Construction of Gender in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper examines Shelley's novel as a metaphor for social issues of the nineteenth century. This five page paper has one sourc...

Music Lyrics and Violence

In six pages this research paper discusses the violence report by the FTC, entertainment industry marketing regarding children and...

In the Jungle by Annie Dillard and Writing Style

In five pages this work is analyzed in terms of the writer's stylistic use of allusions, repetition, similes, metaphors, and langu...

Metaphor and Imagery in 'My Papa's Waltz' by Theodore Roethke

In six pages this report analyzes the metaphor and imagery featured in 'My Papa's Waltz' by poet Theodore Roethke. Three sources ...

Rise and Fall of China's Song Dynasty

In seven pages the stagnation that resulted from certain developments of the northern and southern Song dynasties between 960 and ...