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An Analysis of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein (836 words, 2 pages)

Intorduction Mary Shelley was brought up in radical surroundings. Throughout her life she was dominated by writers and poets. She had a very intellectual and opinionated family her mother was a campaigner for women's equal rights and her father was a political free thinker. Chapter 5 reveals that Mary Shelley ... Read More

Edwin Morgan’s Use of Imagery Gave More Depth to Each Scene (738 words, 2 pages)

A poem in which an incident is vividly described is the poem Glasgow 5th March 1971 by Edwin Morgan. The incident is described using a variety of techniques such as imagery and word choice. The poem shows a number of points including that life today has not progressed from 1971 ... Read More

A Biography of Giovanni Boccaccio a Writer (334 words, 1 pages)

Giovanni Boccaccio Boccaccio was born in Paris, in 1313, the illegitimate son of a Florentine merchant and a French noblewoman. Reared in Florence, he was sent to study accounting in Naples around 1323. He abandoned accounting for canon law and gave that up for classical and scientific studies. He took ... Read More

An Analysis of The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1277 words, 2 pages)

Faces of the Diamond - Essay on The Diamond as big as the Ritz Diamond was designed utterly for my own amusement. I was in a mood characterized by a perfect craving for luxury, and the story began as an attempt to feed that craving on imaginary foods. Craving is ... Read More

The Different Approaches to War in Poems of Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen (3003 words, 5 pages)

Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen are poets who fought for England in the First World War. Both poets depict the same topic of war, but through different views and opinions. Despite them pertaining to the similarly themed subject, their language and tone invoke contrasting feelings in readers and affects their ... Read More

A Discussion of the Effects of Troubadours and Courtly Love Practices on Women of the High Middle Ages in Medieval Europe (1534 words, 2 pages)

This is an essay for my Women's History in Medieval Europe sophomore-level course. It discusses the effect of troubadours and courtly love practices on women of the High Middle Ages. Women were both empowered by these practices and also were made vulnerable. References to texts used in the course are ... Read More

A Biography of the Life and Works of Edward Estlin Cummings as an American Poet (1143 words, 2 pages)

Edward Estlin Cummings was an American poet, who was one of the most radically experimental and inventive writers of the 20th century. Some distinctive feature of Cummings's poetry is the abandonment of uppercase letters and his use of grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation. He had his own unique style of ... Read More

Interpreting the Symbolism of Our Dreams (1311 words, 2 pages)

Dreams play a large role in many people's lives. They can reflect and pertain to all aspects of life, and can have a deeper meaning than might immediately be realized. Learning about the effect of dreams and sleep is very important. Following the stages of sleep is an easy way ... Read More

A Biography of Poet Matthew Arnold and an Overview of Dover Beach Poem (857 words, 2 pages)

"Dover Beach" Before we can discuss Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach," a brief biography of the poet will help us understand the poem and the mood he is in while writing it. The reader should know that Matthew Arnold married Fanny Lucy Wightman at Dover, despite her father's disapproval. Wightman's father ... Read More

The Use of Imagery and Symbols in the Play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (1521 words, 3 pages)

Tennessee Williams' states, through the character of Tom, that he has "a poet's weakness for symbols" and this is especially evident in The Glass Menagerie, his first commercial success. As a playwright, Williams' faces the challenge of introducing imagery that is either viable or audible to the audience. He achieves ... Read More

A Description Of How Did Homer Create His Poems “Iliad” and “Odyssey” (1664 words, 2 pages)

Details of Homeric Poems The origin of the Homeric poems "The Iliad" and the "Odyssey" are a partial mystery. To recent day knowledge historians know of Homer and that he composed these epic poems. The great mystery of these poems and the poet is that there are no historical implications ... Read More

A Biography of the Caribbean Poet, Derek Alton Walcott (1555 words, 2 pages)

Derek Walcott The Caribbean Poet. Derek Alton Walcott was born in St. Lucia, a small island in the West Indies, in 1930. His parents were middle-class Protestants in a society of predominantly poor Catholics. He studied literature at St. Mary's College in St. Lucia and at the University of the ... Read More

How Death Is an Interesting and Compelling Used Among Poets (1652 words, 2 pages)

Death has been and always will be an interesting and compelling topic among poets and authors alike. Death sheds a mysterious vale over life and is often avoided or dreaded within people causing diversity among the reactions of modern poetry and thought. Mortality can be treated as a crisis, a ... Read More

A Viewer’s First Imspiration from Watching a Film (859 words, 2 pages)

After watching this film, my very first impression was it was inspiring. Both the elegance and disgrace were clearly distinguished. Different settings combined and the visually well-seen themes added life to the already magnificent film. The year is 1959 and the place, Welton Academy, one of the best schools in ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of the Tino Villanuevas Poem Day-Long Day (1928 words, 10 pages)

Jesus Castro Eng 1102J Dr. Prinsky 5 May 2000 Day-Long Day Title Day-Long Day Abstract This paper is a critical analysis of Tino Villanuevas poem, Day-Long Day. It examines the work with regard to its diction, syntax, denotation and connotation, imagery, metaphor and simile, tone, rhyme and meter, allusion, and ... Read More

An Analysis of Symbolism of Hell in Inferno by Dante (614 words, 1 pages)

Dante's Inferno Many descriptions have been given of hell however, Dante's portrayal of this pit of anguish puts hell into a different perspective for myself. The separating of levels or degrees, the personification of the sinners, and the comparison to what I have learned in the past makes Dante's Inferno ... Read More

The Influence of Dante Alighieri on Italian Culture (874 words, 2 pages)

Dantes Influence on Italian Culture Dante Alighieri was a very well known and influential poet in early literature. He was not only a poet, he was also a philosophical thinker, an active politician, and a religious visionary (Holmes 1). Dante was born in Florence in 1265, into the Guelph political ... Read More

A History of Troubadours in Middle Ages (1767 words, 3 pages)

Between the twelfth and fifteenth century, the form of the lyric was founded in and became very popular within England. Few of the lyrics that were composed remain in existance today. This is mainly due to the fact that these lyrics were transferred orally. This meant they were never printed ... Read More

An Analysis of 15 Poems from McClures Magazine (1879 words, 3 pages)

Final Out of Class Paper I choose topic one for the final paper. I picked 15 poems from McClures Magazine from the years of 1918 and 1920. Some quick generalizations about the published poems are that they are rather short compared to the literary work in the Norton Anthology. Another ... Read More

Comparison of Shakespeare’s Masterpiece in Macbeth and Othello (1403 words, 3 pages)

Todays Sin Leads to Tomorrows Sorrow A masterful playwright and poet named William Shakespeare in the Seventeenth century wrote both the tragedies Macbeth and Othello. In William Shakespeares Macbeth, the idea of one character becoming both victim and villain is introduced. Macbeth falls prey to others deception, and is supplanted ... Read More

An Analysis of Poems “Not Waving but Drowning” and Song” (881 words, 2 pages)

In this assignment I am going to talk about two poems, the first one is "Not waving but Drowning" and the second one is "Song". After that, I am going to compare and contrast between these two poems. "Not waving but Drowning" by Stevie Smith was written in 1957. I ... Read More

An Analysis of Phillis Wheatley to the Right Honourable William, Earl of Darthouth and Equaianos Selections from the Life of Gustavus Vassa (739 words, 1 pages)

The Middle Passage was a dreadful journey of vessels that carried slaves and went from Africa to other European colonies. Two Slaves who went through this voyage from their homeland recollect their experience. Phillis Wheatley and Olaudah Equiano were two slaves who were kidnapped from Africa at a young age. ... Read More

A Comparison of the Loss of Childhood in the Poems: Nutting by Wordsworth and Blackberry Picking by Heaney (2319 words, 3 pages)

Discuss the loss of childhood and the awakening into the adult world in 2 poems you have studied (you should look at three poems). The title of Wordsworth's poem, "nutting" Wordsworth was born in Cumberland in 1770 and went on to establish himself as a great poet, and also to ... Read More

A Comparison of Poems: An Advancement of Learning and Churning Day by Heaney and Roe-Deer by Ted Hughes (2636 words, 3 pages)

Heaney's 'An Advancement of Learning' and 'Churning Day', and Ted Hughes' 'Roe-Deer', all use language and structure to enhance the meaning of the poem. Heaney's style of poetry tends to be much more personal as it clearly reverts to his own life experiences. Thus, the types of themes present in ... Read More

The Differences in Perception of London Between Poets William Blake and William Wordsworth (909 words, 2 pages)

The two poets William Blake and William Wordsworth poets who lived roughly in the same time period give or take 10 years or so, but it is ironic how different their perception and portrayal of London is, Blakes poem is his view on London from most of his Life as ... Read More

A Comparison of Two Films: Vivre Sa Vie (My Life to Live) and Emporte-Moi (Set Me Free) (2103 words, 3 pages)

The films Vivre Sa Vie (My Life to Live) and Emporte-Moi (Set Me Free), are very similar when looking at the two main characters of the films, Nana and Hanna. However, the events and people surrounding the characters are different, to catch these similarities and differences throughout the second film ... Read More

The Different Image of London in the Poems of William Blake and William Wordsworth (1226 words, 3 pages)

Compare and Contrast the Impression given by Blake and Wordsworth's London and Composed on Westminster Bridge to show how the Poets have communicated their Meanings to you The two poems give a excellent visual description of London in very different ways in Blakes poem he describes the city as a ... Read More

A Comparison of Interpretations of Beauty in Shakespeare’s My Mistress Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun and Lord Byron’s She Walks in Beauty (893 words, 1 pages)

Compare and Contrast My Mistress Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun She Walks In Beauty Time has seen an infinite amount of beauty in its long existence. Nature has produced so many wonderful scenes and objects that we cannot collect it all even in one life. We ourselves are keepers ... Read More

Shakespeare’s Breakaway form the Traditional Poetic Themes of Elizabethan England (1024 words, 2 pages)

In Elizabethan England, sonnets were extremely fashionable amongst poets, and it was common for poets to write customary love poems concentrating solely on the subject's positive aspects. Shakespeare broke away from the Renaissance tradition by forming his own methods, and by writing about a range of highly diverse concepts and ... Read More

An Understanding of the Concept of Journey from the Poems This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison and Frost at Midnight (3581 words, 5 pages)

How has your understanding of the concept of Journey been shaped by the two poems This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison, Frost at Midnight and the techniques used by the composer? The concept of journey is one which is easily generalized, and can be easily manipulated to be revealed in a ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013