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The Life and Education of Alfred Nobel (1801 words, 8 pages)

Alfred NobelBorn in Stockholm in 1833 of Swedish parents, Alfred Nobel moved with his familyto St. Petersburg, then the capital of Russia, at the age of nine. There hisenergetic and inventive father soon acquired a strong and respected position asan inventor and industrialist. Nobel subsequently lived in several countries andultimately ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Filling Station by Elizabeth Bishop (1033 words, 4 pages)

Elizabeth Bishop and Her Poem "Filling Station" Elizabeth Bishop's skill as a poet can be clearly seen in the thought-provoking poem entitled Filling Station. She paints the different languagelevels of poetry with the skill of an artist-- she seems to have an eye fordetail as she contrasts the dark and ... Read More

The Unconventional Use of the Theme of Death by Emily Dickinson (645 words, 4 pages)

Emily Dickenson And the Theme of DeathBy Luke PalmerEmily Dickenson, an unconventional 19th century poet, used death as thetheme for many of her poems. Dickenson's poems offer a creative andrefreshingly different perspective on death and its effects on others. InDickenson's poems, death is often personified, and is also assigned topersonalities ... Read More

The Life and Poetry of Emily Dickinson (1830 words, 10 pages)

Emily Dickinson Life and Her Works Emily Dickinson made a large influence on poetry, she is known as one ofAmerica's most famous poets. With close to two thousand different poems and onethousand of her letters to her friends that survived her death Emily Dickinsonshowed that she was a truly dedicated ... Read More

An Analysis of Love and Death in the Soldier by Rupert Brooke (513 words, 2 pages)

Analysis of the Poem "The Soldier" by Rupert BrookeI am analyzing the poem "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke. This poem isabout a man who loves his country dearly. The country is England. He believesthat if he should die in a far away battle field that people should remember ofhim only ... Read More

The Life and Literary Influences of Emily Dickinson (791 words, 4 pages)

The Life of Emily DickinsonAlthough she lived a seemingly secluded life, Emily Dickinson's manyencounters with death influenced many of her poems and letters. Perhaps one ofthe most ground breaking and inventive poets in American history, Dickinson hasbecome as well known for her bizarre and eccentric life as for her incrediblepoems ... Read More

A Comparison of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman (458 words, 2 pages)

Dickinson vs. Whitman After receiving five years of schooling, Walt Whitman spent four yearslearning the printing trade Emily Dickinson returned home after receivingschooling to be with her family and never really had a job. Walt Whitman spentmost of his time observing people and New York City. Dickinson rarely left herhouse ... Read More

Irony, Images and Illusions in Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold (491 words, 2 pages)

"Dover Beach" by Arnold Irony, Images, and Illusions In the poem "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold there is a lot of irony,appeal to the auditory and visual sense, and illusions. The tone in this poem isvery sad and dismal, but he shows us how to keep faith and hope in ... Read More

A Biography of Dante Alighieri a Writer (1646 words, 8 pages)

Dante Alighieri A Poetic Descent into Metaphorical Hell"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"Only through a journey into hell can we hope to attain paradise...His Early LifeDante Alighieri was born under the sign of Gemini, he was thought to beborn on May 29, but this is not certain. He was ... Read More

The Contrast Between Disjunction and Communion in Short Stories by Raymond Carver (3875 words, 17 pages)

Disjunction vs. Communion in Raymond Carver's Short Stories Raymond Carver, poet, essayist, and short story writer, was verydifferent from some other writers in that he clipped his writing until only theessential remained. " Carver not only acknowledged the effect that fictioncould have on readers, he proclaimed that it should affect ... Read More

Contrasting Poets Lawrence and Shapiro in Their Views of Nature (1392 words, 8 pages)

Contrasting Poets Lawrence and Shapiro in Their Views of NatureJulie Gibson Throughout the history of literature, poetic views of nature has evolvedthrough time. One of the most differing eras is the twentieth century. With it'snon-classical views, the twentieth century is one of the most influential eras.While the Victorian era practiced ... Read More

A Comparison of Dead Poets Society and Day of the Last Rock Fight (505 words, 2 pages)

Compare and Contrast "Dead Poets Society" and "Day of the Last Rock Fight"Richard GustMs. FinkThe two stories Dead Poets Society and Day of the Last Rock Fighthave many similarities and differences as do cows and horses. They both walk onfour legs, they are both mammals, and they both live on ... Read More

Similarities in "Miss Jean Brodie", "Dead Poets Society", and "The Trial andDeath of Socrates"Paul B. CampanoThese three works share numerous similarities. The most obvious ofthese is their character's desire and commitment to instructing and teachingyouth. Miss Jean Brodie dedicated a major part of her life to "her girls". Shewould have ... Read More

A Biography of Carl Sandburg a Winner of Pulitzer Prize for His Biography of Abraham Lincoln (482 words, 2 pages)

A Biography on Carl SandburgCarl Sandburg was a great man. His life was one of fame, once he beganwriting. He inspired many people. He also became an American Marvel. His worksstill remain read even today, 30 years after his death.His life was an interesting one. His parents immigrated to the ... Read More

The Works of Carl Sandburg and Its Effect on American Poetry (1878 words, 8 pages)

The Works of Poet Carl Sandburg and His Effect on American Poetry The beloved poet, Carl Sandburg, changed the course of American poetry.He was a poet, novelist, journalist, and songwriter, yet the influence of hisworks have not always been acknowledged. Carl Sandburg's evocations of Americanurban and rural life, compassion for ... Read More

A Summary of the Stories Inside “The Canterbury Tales” by Geoffrey Chaucer (1365 words, 6 pages)

Summary of The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories set within a framingstory of a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral, the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket. The poet joins a band of pilgrims, vividly described in the GeneralPrologue, who assemble at the Tabard Inn outside London for ... Read More

The Life and Literary Contributions of Fredric Ogden Nash (503 words, 3 pages)

Biography of Ogden NashFredric Ogden Nash was an American humorist who lived from 1902 to 1971.He was born in 1902 in Rye, New York, where he grew up with well educatedparents. Microsoft Encarta 95 said that his parents names were Edmund StrudwickNash and Mattie Nash. During his childhood years, Nash ... Read More

The Life and Literary Works of Guy De Maupassant (399 words, 2 pages)

Biography on Guy de MaupassantGuy de Maupassant was born on August 5, 1850 at Chateau de Miromesnil inFrance. He was a descendent of a very old French family. As a boy, Maupassantwent to school at Yvetot in Normandy, and then attended Lycee at Rouen. Duringhis childhood and youth in Normandy, ... Read More

A Prose Analysis on John Milton’s Sonnet Xix (1165 words, 5 pages)

A Prose Analysis on Milton's "Sonnet XIX"John Milton, a poet who was completely blind in 1651 wrote "Sonnet XIX"in 1652 this sonnet is his response to his loss of sight. The theme of thesonnet is the loss and regain of primacy of experience. Milton offers hisphilosophical view on animism and ... Read More

A Biography and Work of Poet and Philosopher Archibald Lampman (1772 words, 9 pages)

The Work of Poet and Philosoher Archibald Lampman Poet and philosopher Archibald Lampman (1861-1899) led not a life of hisown, but an existance forced upon him by peers and an unfeeling and cold society. Dying far before his time, Lampman led a life of misery. He was supported onlyby a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Themes in The Age of Anxiety by W. H. Auden (2729 words, 15 pages)

Analysis of "The Age of Anxiety" by W.H. AudenThe themes and ideas in Auden's "The Age of Anxiety" reflect his belief thatman's quest for self actualization is in vain. I. Auden's backgroundA. As a 1930's poet1. Views of Society2. Diagnosis of the industrial societyB. Major conflicts of his works II. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Heretical Elements in the Poetry of Anne Bradstreet (2121 words, 11 pages)

Anne Bradstreet The Heretical PoetGreg SaxonThe purpose of this research is to discuss heretical elements in thepoetry of Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672). This is not to imply that Bradstreet wasa heretic in the sense that American religious reformer Anne Hutchinson was.Hutchinson (1591-1643) emigrated to Boston in 1634 and preached a doctrine ... Read More

A Biography of an American Poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1583 words, 9 pages)

Paul Laurence Dunbarby English 102August 4, 1995OutlineThesis The major accomplishments of Paul Laurence Dunbar's life during 1872 to1938 label him as being an American poet, short story writer, and novelist.I. Introduction II. American poetA. Literary EnglishB. Dialect poet1. "Oak and Ivy"2. "Majors and Minors"3. "Lyrics of Lowly Life"4. "Lyrics of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Images in Emily Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” (2008 words, 8 pages)

Analysis of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"The poets of the nineteenth century wrote on a variety of topics. Oneoften used topic is that of death. The theme of death has been approached inmany different ways. Emily Dickinson is one of the numerous poets who usesdeath as the subject ... Read More

The Definition of a Term, Allegory (313 words, 2 pages)

AllegoryALLEGORY, pronounced AL uh gawr ee, is a story with more than one meaning. Mostallegories have moral or religious meanings. Famous allegories include thefables attributed to Aesop, an ancient Greek writer. Aesop's fables seem todescribe the adventures of animals and human beings. But the author actuallywanted to teach his readers ... Read More

A Review of Alfred Tennyson’s Literary Works (946 words, 5 pages)

Alfred Tennyson and His Work Alfred Tennyson was born on August 6th, 1809, at Somersby, Lincolnshire,fourth of twelve children of George and Elizabeth Tennyson. Tennyson, said tobe the best poet of the Victorian era and his poetry will be discussed in thisessay.Tennyson had a lifelong fear of mental illness, because ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens (576 words, 3 pages)

Analysis of "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird by Wallace Stevens is a poemabout what it means to really know something. In this poem, Stevens shows thisconnection by writing a first person poem about a poet's observation andcontemplation's when viewing a blackbird. He ... Read More

A Comprehensive Analysis of the Hollow Men by T. S. Eliot (1317 words, 5 pages)

T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men"Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri of New Englanddescent, on Sept. 26, 1888. He entered Harvard University in 1906, completedhis courses in three years and earned a master's degree the next year. After ayear at the Sorbonne in Paris, he returned to ... Read More

The Symbols in The Glass Menagerie, a Play by Tennessee Willaims (727 words, 3 pages)

The Glass Menagerie SymbolsThe play The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, Williams uses many symbolswhich represent many different things. Many of the symbols used in the play tryto symbolize some form of escape or difference between reality and illusion.The first symbol, presented in the first scene, is the fire escape. ... Read More

An Overview of the Paradise Lost and John Milton’s Approach to Lust, Sex and Violence (2932 words, 13 pages)

Paradise Lost Milton's Approach To Lust, Sex, and ViolenceThere is no reason to apply modern theories to Milton if we do not care whetherMilton remains alive. However, if we wish him to be more than a historicalartifact, we must do more than just study him against the background of his ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013