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A Literary Analysis of the Poetry by Randall Jarrell (10982 words, 39 pages)

Randall JarrellThe poem's first sentence, "He saw her from the bottom ofthe stairs Before she saw him," implies what the poem very soon states that,knowing herself seen, she would have acted differentlyshe has two sorts of behavior,behavior for him to observe and spontaneous immediate behavior "She was startingdown, Looking back ... Read More

An Introduction to the Narratives of 20th Century American Poetry in the 21st Century (1247 words, 8 pages)

Marsha Bryant, University of FloridaE-mail mbryantenglish.ufl.eduMy Homepage www.clas.ufl.eduusersmbryantMAPS site www.english.uiuc.edumapsDESCRIPTIONThis course will assess the competing narratives and cultural constructs that frame 20thcentury American poetry in the 21st century. Besides asking what makes a poem,we will also ask how poetry has been used in American culture during the last hundredyears. Our ... Read More

An Introduction to the Literary Analysis of from Modern to Contemporary: American Poetry by James E. Breslin (4922 words, 20 pages)

Reprinted from the book, FROM MODERN TO CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY 1945-1965 by James E. Breslin published by the University of Chicago Press, copyright 1983, 1994 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. This text may be used and shared in accordance with the fair use provisions of US and ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life and Poetry by Adrienne Rich a Poet and Theorist (1382 words, 6 pages)

Deborah PopeThere is no writer of comparable influence and achievement in somany areas of the contemporary women's movement as the poet and theorist Adrienne Rich.Over the years, hers has become one of the most eloquent, provocative voices on thepolitics of sexuality, race, language, power, and women's culture. There is scarcely ... Read More

The Formal Qualities of Bishop’s Poetry in The Armadillo (2550 words, 11 pages)

Penelope LaurensA well-modulated lyric like "The Armadillo"demonstrates how the formal qualities of Bishop's poetry help to hold the reader'semotional response in check. "The Armadillo" meditates on the Brazilian customof floating celebratory fire balloons on saints' days and festival days. It depicts thealmost unearthly beauty of these fragile, dangerous objects which ... Read More

The Correlation of Law and Poetry (1772 words, 8 pages)

MARKANDERSON Tell me about the connections for you between the law and poetry.What's yourlegal background?You write oflegal language often being used "not to clarify but to control." That would be,from most people's perspective, the definition of all legal language. Look at PresidentClinton's recent testimony the epitome of evasion.What are theproblems ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the American Poetry and Being an American Poet (455 words, 2 pages)

W.S. MerwinBefore I was twenty I used to ponder, sometimes, what it meant to be an American poet,what would make a poet, meaning me, an American poet. Some of the senior figures to whom Ilooked up at the beginning had considered that question with urgency and pertinenceEliotand Pound while becoming ... Read More

The Poetry Society in London (355 words, 2 pages)

Mark DotyIn recent years I've been lucky enough to travel to Britain a number of times forliterary events. My conversations with poetsand readers there have led me to think more about what it means to be an American writersomethingthat we don't consider so carefully, I suppose, until we're confronted with ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poetry of the Body by Whitman (313 words, 2 pages)

M. Jimmie KillingsworthThe speakers encouraging disposition . . . seems addressed to a female audienceof unwilling participants in sexual activity "Touch me," commands the Adamicfigure in "As Adam Early in the Morning", "touch the palm of your hand tomy body as I pass, Be not afraid of my body." The ... Read More

An Introduction to the Essay on the Topic of Poetry (1321 words, 5 pages)

As we come more into touch with our own ancient, non-europeanconsciousness of living as a situation to be experienced and interacted with, we learnmore and more to cherish our feelings, and to respect those hidden sources of our powerfrom where true knowledge and, therefore, lasting action comes.. . . I ... Read More

A Look into Poetry of Charles Wright (766 words, 4 pages)

Calvin BedientAfter T. S. Eliot, Charles Wright has been the modern poet inEnglish most afflicted and gifted by a sense of his own insufficiency before theabsolute--that "black moth the light burns up in," as he put it in"Death" in China Trace (1977). His sensibility itself has seemed like agorgeous insect ... Read More

A Review of the Poetry of Anne Sexton (2682 words, 11 pages)

Alicia OstrikerTo penetrate the invisible veil between us all was Anne Sexton'sliterary calling, much as the justification of God's ways to men was Milton's, thearticulation of the true voice of feeling was Keats's, or the recovery of the tale of thetribe was Pound's. The poetic program Sexton announced in her ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of Robinson’s Poetry (1683 words, 7 pages)

Radcliffe SquiresMucb of Robinson's poetry contemplates the problem of how the self might separateitself from a rigid society, yet remain as a tutelary spirit. In the end Robinson'sdecision would seem to have been that this could best be done by eschewing the dramaticcatastrophes--vengeance, martyrdom--and offering instead temperate ironies, coolunderstatements and ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life and Poetry by Bob Kaufman (4435 words, 22 pages)

Kathryne V. LindbergPoet, prose poet, jazz performance artist, satirist, manifestowriter, and legendary figure in the Beat movement, Bob Kaufman successfully promoted bothanonymity and myths of his racial identity and class origins. While romanticizedbiographies ascribe to him such epithets as griot, shaman, saint, and prophet ofCaribbean, African, Native American, Catholic, andor ... Read More

A Biography and Poetry by Violet Kazue de Cristoforo, a Japanese American Poet (966 words, 6 pages)

Violet Kazue de CristoforoKaiko, the modern, free-style haiko, was developed by the Tokyo poets IppekiroNakatsuka and Kawahigashi Hekigodo in 1915. For these masters, the substance of haiku isthat it reduces a thought-picture to its most beautiful essence with a minimum number ofwords which seem to flow "from heart to heart." ... Read More

An Introduction to the Literature and Poetry by Emily Dickinson (5996 words, 23 pages)

Adrienne RichThere is one poem which is the real "onlie begetter" ofmy thoughts here about Dickinson a poem I have mused over, repeated to myself, taken intomyself over many years. I think it is a poem about possession by the daemon, about thedangers and risks of such possession if you ... Read More

The Critiques of Emily Dickinson’s Poetry (4511 words, 18 pages)

YVOR WINTERSThe problem of judging Emily Dickinson's better poems is much of the time a subtleone. Her meter, at its worstthat is, most of the timeis a kind of stiffsing-song her diction, at its worst, is a kind of poetic nursery jargon and there is aremarkable continuity of manner, of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poetry of Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren (6062 words, 23 pages)

Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren"After great pain, a formal feeling comes" is obviously an attempt tocommunicate to the reader the nature of the experience which comes "after greatpain." The poet is using the imagery for this purpose, and the first line of thepoem, which states the subject of the ... Read More

A Comparison Between Milton and Pope of the Pre-Romantic and Romantic Poetry (560 words, 1 pages)

In this essay I will attempt to contrast the type of society that would create a Milton to a society that would create a Pope. Although you may be able to understand what I'm saying from my essay, the depth of what I want to say can not be put ... Read More

Buddhism and the Poetry of Jack Kerouac (2194 words, 9 pages)

Buddhism and the Poetry of Jack KerouacFor we all go backwhere we came from, Gods Lit Brain, his Transcendent Eyeof WisdomAnd theres your bloody circlecalled Samsara by the ignorant Buddhists, who willstill be funny Masters up there, bless em. Jack Kerouac -from HeavenJack Kerouac spent his creative years writing in ... Read More

The Inspirations and Truthfulness in the Poetry of Bruce Dawe (2218 words, 5 pages)

The poets role is to challenge the world the see around them. How far is this true for the poetry of Bruce Dawe? How (ie through what techniques) Does Dawe achieve this? Discuss a maximum of 2 poems.Bruce Dawe is one of the most inspirational and truthful poets of our ... Read More

The Genesis and History of the Metaphysical Poetry (3043 words, 6 pages)

Metaphysical poetry was originally a style of poetry to describe the poet John Donne's work, but then later extended to a school of 17th century poets. The verse deals with the use of philosophy to explain the human drama in the universe. Their poetic style and method is what linked ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poetry of Robert Frost, an American Poet (991 words, 2 pages)

Many individuals have a direct vision on life. Robert Frost, an American poet, was born in San Francisco, California, on March 26, 1874. During his youth he attended respectively, the Universities of Dartmouth and Harvard, but never obtained a degree. In 1912, Frost moved his family to England because of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poetry by Carol Ann Duffy (1134 words, 2 pages)

Discuss ways in which memory is exploredMean time is, in essence, a collection of poems concerned with history and memory throughout the anthology. Carol Ann Duffy uses many literary and thematic devices to explore the theme of memory such as the dramatic monologue which enables the socialisation of self who ... Read More

An Analysis of the History of Poetry and Definition of a Poet (1324 words, 3 pages)

A poet is that which the Greeks called a maker his Artan art of imitation, of faining expressing the life of man infit measure, numbers, and harmony, according to AristotleA poetwrites things like the Truth.1.The metaphorical marvel that is Craig Raines A Martian Sends a Postcard Home specific purpose is ... Read More

An Argument in Favor of Poetry and Its Significance for the Youth (530 words, 1 pages)

I never believed that life could be so strange. Now, I am sure that there is no stranger than life. I never believed in love, at least on Hollywood style. Now, I am living a love story. I know it sounds contradictory, but I fell in love with a man ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Poetry by Wordsworth (629 words, 1 pages)

Wandering Through Wordsworths PoemWilliam Wordsworth is a famous Romantic English poet known for his imagery. In his poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud," we can see his use of imagery and emotion at its best. This also happens to be one of my favorite poems.This poem's plot is simple. ... Read More

A Comparison of William Wordsworth’s and Gerald Hopkins’ Poetry (1023 words, 1 pages)

"Where do you want to go today?". We all know this slogan of the most advanced software company in the world, Microsoft. The question we will soon have to answer is were we can't go today. William Wordsworth, a quaint man from the late 18th century and early 19th century, ... Read More

Comparing and Contrasting the Poetry Styles of Robert Frost and Wilfred Owen (816 words, 2 pages)

Poetry is most commonly known as expressing oneself through the art of writing. There are many techniques poets use to make their poem a success. Two of these techniques are imagery and symbols. Comprehension of symbols when they are by themselves is not easy when put with their poem they ... Read More

The Images of Elegance, Beauty and Sophistication That Characterized the Tenth-Century Japan (1389 words, 2 pages)

Tenth-century Japan is characterized by images of elegance, beauty, and sophistication. Ritual and ceremony seem to shape nearly every aspect of life during this time. Throughout The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon there are several examples of how everyday lifestyles are shaped through these mediums. Politics, religion, self-image, and interpersonal ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013