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A Look at the Successes of Poet Emily Dickinson (1514 words, 4 pages)

Emily DickinsonA century ago only a few recognized Wordworth as a discoverer of a new vein of poetry. Most people considered his philosophical poems obscure and his nature poems low. Today we cant imagine a time when nature was considered to be beneath a poets notice. But when Emily Dickinson ... Read More

A Look at the Early Life and Literary Career of Emily Dickinson (1128 words, 2 pages)

Emily Dickinson was raised in a traditional New England home in the mid 1800's. Her father along with the rest of the family had become Christians and she alone decided to rebel against that and reject the Church. She like many of her contemporaries had rejected the traditional views in ... Read More

An Evaluation of the Imagery Used in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry (500 words, 1 pages)

Emily Dickinson dresses the scene such that mental pictures of sight, feeling, and soundcome to life. The imagery begins the moment Dickinson invites Her reader into the"Carriage." Death "slowly" takes the readers on a sight seeing trip where they see thestages of life. The first site "We" passed was the ... Read More

The Concept of Death in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry (715 words, 2 pages)

The concept of death to some is a sad incident. For Emily Dickenson it was the only way to escape her feelings of hurt, loss and lonliness. And based on her religous beliefs, Emily found in spirituaul death the transfer to the perfect world so she could retrieve her lover, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, an American Poet (824 words, 2 pages)

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Mass. Her father, Edward Dickinson, was a lawyer and leading citizen of Amherst. Her mother was Emily Norcross Dickinson. Emily had an older brother, William Austin, and a younger sister, Lavinia. Emily Dickinson had more formal education than most ... Read More

A Review of Emily Dickinson’s Emotional Poem “I Cannot Live with You” (1140 words, 4 pages)

Poem 640 interpretationEssay written by Romina FerranteI cannot live with YouIt would be LifeAnd Life is over thereBehind the ShelfThe Sexton keeps the Key toPutting upOur lifeHis PorcelainLike a CupDiscarded of the HousewifeQuaintor BrokeA newer Sevres pleasesOld Ones crackI could not diewith YouFor One must waitTo shut the Others Gaze ... Read More

An Analysis of Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson (962 words, 4 pages)

ENC 1102-007January 20, 2000 Word count 708 Because I Could Not Stop for DeathFor as long as history has been recorded and probably for much longer, manhas always been at odds with the idea of his own death. Even those of us whohave accepted death graciously, have at least in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Love Theme in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry (689 words, 3 pages)

Love Theme's in Emily Dickinson's PoetryIn evaluating Emily Dickinson's biography and poems, I surmised that excluding the love of father, brother, and her deceased nephew, Emily's knowledge of romantic love, by first-hand experience, is questionable. The pure-of-mind reader may believe that what familiarity she had about love matters might have ... Read More

A Comparison of the Literary Works of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson (630 words, 2 pages)

Two Poets, Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are probably two of the most influential people in American poetry. They are regarded as the founders modern American poetry. Walt Whitman (1819-1892), for the time was breaking new ground with his diverse, energetic verse with regards to subject matter, form and style ... Read More

A Review of Emily Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” (891 words, 2 pages)

Roberto Blackmanccsu8354earthlink.net"Emily Dickinson's 'Because I ...'"Roberto Blackman102798analysis of Dickinsons poem,"Because I could not stop for Death."Eternal CreativityEmily Dickinsons "Because I could not stop for Death" is a remarkable masterpiece that exercises thought between the known and the unknown. Critics call Emily Dickinsons poem a masterpiece with strange "haunting power." In ... Read More

An Analysis of the Artistic Creation in Emily Dickinson’s Poem Because I Could Not Stop for Death (1047 words, 2 pages)

Emily Dickinsons poem, Because I could not stop for Death has been refered to as a remarkable masterpiece that exercises thought between the known and the unknown by symbolicailly and metaphoricailly taking the reader through the journey of creation, life and ultimatly death. In this poem, Dickinson portrays a strange ... Read More

A Review of Emily Dickinson’s Poem “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass” (970 words, 3 pages)

The poem, "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass," by Emily Dickinson is a collaboration of fear and intrigue. The poem is presented through a young boy as he makes his way through cool and damp grassland during the afternoon. The issue the young boy must deal with is the unwelcome ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (663 words, 2 pages)

Decisions, Decisions, DecisionsPeople make decisions every single day, even if they know it or not. Whether it is an important decision as in buying the right car, or a little decision as in deciding what to eat for lunch. No matter what the decision maybe, one has to make choices ... Read More

A Description of Robert Frost as the Greatest American Poet (1256 words, 2 pages)

Robert Frost, perhaps the greatest American poet of the twentieth century, has brought himself great recognition. Many critics have tried to find a faulty side to his writing, but they have had a difficult time because his writing "romanticizes the rural simplicity that he loved while probing into the mysteries ... Read More

An Analysis of Ironic Realism and Death in “The Blue Hotel” by Stephen Crane (663 words, 1 pages)

Stephen Crane is a well-known author of variety of short stories. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of a Methodist minister. After schooling at Lafayette College and Syracuse University, he worked in New York as a freelance journalist. His short stories and experimental poetry, also, anticipate the ... Read More

Emily Dickinson: A Fascination in Nature and in Death (1126 words, 2 pages)

Emily Dickinson was raised in a traditional New England home in the mid 1800's. Her father along with the rest of the family had become Christians and she alone decided to rebel against hat and reject the Church. She like many of her contemporaries had rejected the traditional views in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topics of the Birches by Robert Frost, an American Poet (900 words, 2 pages)

After reading this poem, I believe that it can be divided into three specific parts. The scientific explanation for the appearance of birches, Frost's boyhood fanatasy about their appearance, and his present day interpretation of their appearance.In the first section, Frost explains the birches appearances scientifically. He implys that natural ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Carl Sandburg, an American Poet (1144 words, 2 pages)

Carl Sandburg was an American poet born in 1878 in Galesburg, IL. He was a great poet as his work showed great emotion and feeling. People have been enjoying Sandburgs wonderful poetry for some time now. He has written over 150 poems in his time, and all are considered to ... Read More

The History and Poetry of Edward Estlin Cummings (1390 words, 2 pages)

The Poetry of E. E. Cummings E. E. Cummings, who was born in 1894 and died in 1962, wrote many poems with unconventional punctuation and capitalization, and unusual line, word, and even letter placements - namely, ideograms. Cummings' most difficult form of prose is probably the ideogram it is extremely ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Briar Rose by Anne Sexton (839 words, 8 pages)

"Briar Rose" is the classic fairytale of Sleeping Beauty come to life. And what a life it is taken from her family, hidden way from her destine. Only for fate to come and intervene. The story tells of fairies and prophecies. The author Anne Sexton, speaks of an insomniac laying ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Fire by William Carpenter (827 words, 3 pages)

Burn Your House DownWhile I was scanning our literature book in search of a poem that was to my liking, I came across William Carpenters Fire. At first I thought that I should try to find a shorter poem to write a paper on, but I decided to go ahead ... Read More

The Powerful Use of Language in “First They Slaughtered the Angels” (1864 words, 3 pages)

A Powerful Use of Language in First They Slaughtered the Angels Who barbecues the lamb of god? (Kandel ll. 21) Who raped St. Mary with a plastic dildo stamped with the Good Housekeeping seal of approval? (ll. 24-25) These statements taken out of the context of Lenore Kandels First They ... Read More

A Biography of Stephen Crane and His Achievements as an Author (617 words, 1 pages)

Stephen Crane was the youngest of fourteen children. His father was a strict Methodist minister, who died in 1880, leaving his devout, strong mother to raise the rest of the family. Crane lasted through preparatory school, but spent less than two years in college, excelling at Syracuse in baseball and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Interview of Robert Frost and a Life Left Unexamined (353 words, 1 pages)

In an interview once, Robert Frost said, A life left unexamined is not worth living. When performing a marriage ceremony of two people which help others examine their lives, it brings to focus why we are here. We are here this evening to confirm and ratify a process that perhaps ... Read More

The Life and Literary Accomplishments of Anne Sexton (1259 words, 2 pages)

Anne SextonThe third decade of the twentieth century brought on more explicit writers than ever before, but none were as expressive as Anne Sexton. Her style of writing, her works, the image that she created, and the crazy life that she led are all prime examples of this. Known as ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking by Walt Whitman (1983 words, 4 pages)

Wonderful Causing TearsThe ability to pinpoint the birth or beginning of the poet lifestyle is rare. It is rare for the observer as it is for the writer. The Walt Whitman poem Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking is looked at by most as just that. It is a documentation, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim by Walt Whitman (1335 words, 3 pages)

Walt Whitmans poem A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim, sets the picture of a solider camp near a battlefield. (This was probably around the time when he served as a volunteer nurse and comforter in the army.) In line two Whitman wakes up early due to ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Theme of Heartache in the Poem Home Burial by Robert Frost (389 words, 1 pages)

The poem, Home Burial by Robert Frost, tells of a child that was buried not long in the past and of the sorrow of the wife and husband. The husbands grief is not as apparent as the wifes heartache. The husband has become accustomed to his feeling, but the wife ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Narrow Fellow in the Grass by Emily Dickinson (840 words, 2 pages)

Geoffrey TobeyShelley ReesEnglish 1320March 8, 2000Emily Dickinsons A Narrow Fellow in the GrassA long time ago, before women had many of the rights that they do now, an author wrote a series of poems that shocked the public. This poem startled the readers when they found out that the author ... Read More

The Life and Works of E. E. Cummings (739 words, 4 pages)

E. E. Cummings, who was born in 1894 and died in 1962, wrote many poems with unconventional punctuation and capitalization, and unusual line, word, and even letter placements - namely, ideograms. Cummings' most difficult form of prose is probably the ideogram it is extremely terse and it combines both visual ... Read More

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