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A Look Into Life and Music of Adam De La Halle (562 words, 1 pages)

Adam De La Halle Ars Antiqua Time Period Life Summary aboutblank Adam de la Halle is often referred to as the greatest of the long succession of post Medieval musicians. He was a poet, musician and innovator of the earliest French theater. He became famous for his use of polyphony ... Read More

An Analysis of the Works of Hughes, Hill and Harisson (940 words, 2 pages)

Theology, September song, and National Trust are works of Hughes, Hill and Harrison, which all speak of situations in the past that have affected society to the present day. As for other works of these poets such as Examination at the Womb Dorr, In Memory of Jane Fraiser, and Book ... Read More

An Analysis of Literary Criticism in the Works of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson (1615 words, 3 pages)

Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson have often been contrasted in literary criticism. Both poets are credited with an expansive body of work that is both ambitious and provocative. Dickinson has been characterized as the aristocracy to Whitman's democracy, the seclusion to his crowd, her doubt opposite his certainty. (Sherman3) Dickinson ... Read More

A Biography of Alfred Edward Housman (2659 words, 4 pages)

A.E. Housman was a human figure whose life and career were often moving as well as extraordinary. The melancholy and pessimism in Housmans poems capture the attention of readers and is perhaps the reason why his poetry is still read and studied today! Alfred Edward Housman, a classical scholar and ... Read More

A Biography of William Wallace (464 words, 1 pages)

William Wallace William Wallace is perhaps the greatest hero of the Scottish people. His legend inspired 100,000 people to gather on June 24, 1861, 556 years after his death, at the opening ceremony of the 300-foot National Monument in Stirling that continues to honor his memory. It was here Wallace ... Read More

A Review of the Poem One Art (925 words, 2 pages)

After quick scan of the poem "One Art", the reader should recognize the poem as having the closed form. The poem is regular, symmetrical, and falls into stanzas. The first five stanzas have three lines and the last stanza contains four lines. A longer peruse of "One Art" will help ... Read More

A Review of Sonnets by Spenser and Wyatt (1022 words, 3 pages)

Within the sonnets written by Spenser and Wyatt, there is something called unattainable love. The poet Petrarch first used this in one of his sonnets. Unattainable love is a love that a person cannot have for a particular reason. This love is very strong between the two people, yet they ... Read More

Pablo Neruda’s Tonight I Can Write (668 words, 1 pages)

"Tonight I can write" "Though this be the last pain that she makes me suffer". Pablo Neruda meant that he was not going to be hurt by these feelings any more. Neruda's pain was like a stab in the heart, a wound that will never heal. He wrote this poem ... Read More

An Analysis of the Sunne Rising by John Donnes (1808 words, 3 pages)

Upon first reading of John Donnes The Sunne Rising (Leonard 1998463), it is obvious the poem is a love poem and it appears that the concerns of the poet are to show the speakers love for his mistress. Showing this them of love was obviously one of the poets concerns ... Read More

The Symbolic Use of Hunger in Literature (1807 words, 3 pages)

the symbolic use of hunger in literature Throughout history, both men and women have struggled trying to achieve unattainable goals in the face of close-minded societies. Authors have often used this theme to develop stories of characters that face obstacles and are sometimes unable to overcome the stigma that is ... Read More

Civil Rights Movement Prominent in He Sixties (2336 words, 4 pages)

The Sixties was a time when corruption and cultural conflict were prominent in society. One source states that it was also a decade that was defined by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, riots, and assassinations. This tumultuous decade is expressed through the music. John Orman author of The ... Read More

Comparison of the Writing Styles of William Shakespeare, J. D. Salinger and Edgar Allen Poe (432 words, 1 pages)

For this paper, I had to choose three writers that I have read in your class, so I choose William Shakespeare, J. D. (Jerome David) Salinger, and Edgar Allen Poe and compare and contrast their writing styles. William Shakespeare, was one of the greatest, romantic poets of all time, no ... Read More

A Study of Soren Kierkegaard’s Existentialism (1125 words, 2 pages)

Kierkegaard's Existentialism I chose this theme because existentialism was a way of thinking in which so many philosophers, writers and poets subscribed to, that it warranted further study. Existentialism is a philosophical movement or tendency that emphasizes individual existence, freedom and choice. Existentialism places an emphasis on the individual. Human ... Read More

An Analysis of the Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (807 words, 1 pages)

Explication of The Road Not Taken Robert Frost, a poet from the early Twentieth Century, is well known not only for his elegant style, but for his use of great symbolism throughout his works. In The Road Not Taken, he depicted his theme and meaning through a four stanza poem ... Read More

Ideology of Fascism and Its Effects in Italy during World War II (485 words, 1 pages)

Extra Credit Book Form 1.Title Fascism 2.Author Richard Tames 3.Publisher Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers 4.Copyright Date 2001 5.Number of Pages 64 6.How long did it take to read the book? 1 day 7.Why did you choose this book? I wanted to get a better understanding of fascism. 8.What is the main ... Read More

The Origin of Constellations (686 words, 1 pages)

Every culture known to history and anthropology has seen in the heavens distinctive patterns, called constellations, and formed by the stars. Constellations are usually comprised of bright stars that appear close to each other. Oriental cultures (the ancient Chinese, for example) formed intricate patterns from some of the faintest stars, ... Read More

A Biography of Allen Ginsberg (2826 words, 4 pages)

Allen Ginsberg and HOWL Analysis and Response Throughout the ages of poetry, there is a poet who stands alone, a prominent figure who represents the beliefs and mors of the time. During the 1950's and 1960's, the Beatnik era in America brought forth poets who wrote vivid, realistic poetry in ... Read More

A Comparison on Joining the Colours by Katherine Tynan and The Send Off by Wilfred Owen (1771 words, 2 pages)

A Comparison of two Poems about Soldiers Leaving Britain to Fight in The First World War Essay written by kylie coulter The two poems I am comparing are "Joining The Colours" by Katherine Tynan and "The Send Off" by Wilfred Owen. " Joining The Colours" is about a regiment of ... Read More

A Book Report of Sylvia Plath’s Bell Jar (569 words, 1 pages)

The book starts with the setting in New York as the main character is pondering the execution of the Rosenbergs. Esther the main character is in New York because of contest held by a fashion magazine. While in New York Esther tells about her life by the encounters she's had. ... Read More

A Brief Analysis of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 87 (442 words, 1 pages)

Shakespearean sonnets contain three four-line stanzas which are called quatrains followed by a rhyming couplet. Shakespeare uses the first twelve lines to present a problem, idea, or situation and then resolves or emphasizes it in the final couplet. In Shakespeare's "Sonnet 87" he stays true to this form. In the ... Read More

Biography of Homer (1144 words, 2 pages)

One of the most famous Greek poets of all time is Homer. He was the inventor of the Homeric simile. He is the writer of two well known epic poems "Iliad" and "Odyssey". His work has been preserved orally for many generations until it was finally written down. He was ... Read More

A Review of Theodor Roethke’s Novel My Papa’s Waltz (1077 words, 2 pages)

In Theodor Roethke's 'My Papa's waltz' the reader finds a horrid experiance, the beating of a child by his father, which is told in a way of a romantic and beutifull dance - the waltz. The feeling one get from reading this poem is that the narrator, at least at ... Read More

A Review of the Poem Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas (613 words, 1 pages)

Review Do not go gentle into that good night The poem, Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas is, in my opinion, an excellent poem. While having the ordinary structure of a villanelle, this poem is in many ways a unique poem. It uses the qualities ... Read More

Analysis of Irving Layton’s Staggered-Structured Poem The Human Cry (468 words, 1 pages)

Being one of most famous Canadian poets, Irving Layton wrote the poem "The Human Cry" in order to honor the past. In addition, he literarily stated the human nature that people express themselves freely when then are young, tend to hide or romanticize their true feelings as growing up, but ... Read More

The Theme of Love in the Works of James Agee, the American Author, Poet and Journalist (2671 words, 3 pages)

James Agee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1909, the son of a postal worker who was killed in an automobile accident. The loss of his father marked James Agee both short term and long term(James Agee p.30). Thirty years later it would form the basis of the novel which ... Read More

A Comparison of the Schoolboy by William Blake and Byron’s Extract of Don Juan (1649 words, 3 pages)

Both Blake's poem The Schoolboy and Byron's extract from Don Juan explore the theme of education and the consequences of this type of infringement upon the child who is receiving the education. However, they way that both poets communicate their views is very distinct. In Blake's The Schoolboy we are ... Read More

A Biography of William Wordsworth (1291 words, 2 pages)

Through the many works of William Wordsworth is found a vast correlation in his poetry and the experiences which he went through as an early child and throughout the rest of his life. These experiences carved themselves into Wordsworth's mind giving him a favorable ability to put his experiences and ... Read More

An Analysis of Two Poems by William Blake (645 words, 1 pages)

William Blake, artist and poet of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, lived in a time when there were no child labor or abuse laws in London. William Blake wrote his poems on Chimneysweepers, or in other terms, child slaves, who were forced up chimneys to clean. As an ... Read More

A Biography of Wilfred Owen (566 words, 1 pages)

Wilfred Owen was born into a middle class English family in eighteen ninety-three. He was the eldest child in the family of four children, he was the son of a railway official named Tom Owen. He aspired to win two scholarships but was unsuccessful both times so he consequently moved ... Read More

A Review of Auden’s Poem Spain (1165 words, 2 pages)

Apart from renowned for his literary genius, Auden has been credited for his ability to locate his poetry within the realities of the times, confronting them with a sense of responsibility as an artist, as well as with a sense of hope as an individual. He was able to impact ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013