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The Theme in Carver’s Poem “The Window” (952 words, 2 pages)

Many times, the sensuality of life is lost because of technology. It seems that as a result of technology, life is seen differently through human eyes. Many times visions of life and its beauties are altered by technology and a shadow is placed upon all things through this vision. Often ... Read More

A Report on The Odyssey, a Major Ancient Greek Epic Poem Attributed to Homer (606 words, 1 pages)

The Odyssey is the story of the homecoming of another of the great Greek heroes at Troy, Odysseus. Unlike Achilles, Odysseus is not famous for his great strength or bravery, but for his ability to deceive and trick (it is Odysseus's idea to take Troy by offering the citizens a ... Read More

The Description of D.H. Lawrence’s Childhood Memories in the Poem “Piano” (894 words, 2 pages)

The poem Piano, by D. H. Lawrence describes his memories of childhood. Hearing a woman singing takes him to the time when his mother played piano on Sunday evenings. In the present, this woman is singing and playing the piano with great passion. However, the passionate music is not effecting ... Read More

The Homeric Poems Have Been Passed Down through an Oral and Written Tradition (1065 words, 2 pages)

Homer. A name synonomous with Greek literature and poetry. Some call him the most famous and greatest poet of the Greek society. Known for his "masterpieces" of western literature the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer's poems have been passed down through generations and studied by many. But how did the ... Read More

An Overview and Assessment of C.K. William’s and Ted Hughes’s Poems (2018 words, 3 pages)

C.K. Williams Ted HughesAn Overview and AssessmentThere are few positive views of life to be found in C.K. Williams The Vigil. His poetry does not present a necessarily negative life-view, but rather sees the world as most others do. He calls out commonplace people, places, and times in the same ... Read More

An Analysis of the Speaker in the Old English Poem The Seafarer (1496 words, 3 pages)

The Two Voices of The SeafarerThere is much argument in the literary field as to whether there is more than one speaker in the Old English poem The Seafarer. In this brief essay we will look at some of the previous criticisms of the last two centuries, and through them ... Read More

An Analysis of Robert Frost’s Empathy for Early American Society’s Values in His Poems “The Road Not Taken” and “Neither Out Far Nor In Deep” (1821 words, 3 pages)

Robert FrostThe Road Not Taken Neither Out Far Nor In DeepRobert Lee Frost is an American poet who is known for his verse concerning nature and New England life. He was born in San Francisco in 1874. When his father died in 1885, his mother moved the family to Lawrence, ... Read More

An Assessment of Coleridge’s Different Point of Views in Writing Poems (2238 words, 3 pages)

The poet Coleridge appropriately described the character of Iago as being one of "motiveless malignity." Throughout the play Iagos motives are secondary to, and seem only to serve as justification for, his actions. Iago is driven by his nature of character. To discuss Coleridges assessment we must look at Iagos ... Read More

An Explication of the Poem London by William Blake (1528 words, 3 pages)

Explication of William Blakes LondonWilliam Blakes poem London takes a complex look at life in London, England during the late seventeen hundreds into the early eighteen hundreds as he lived and experienced it. Blakes use of ambiguous and double meaning words makes this poem both complex and interesting. Through the ... Read More

An Analysis of The Mending Wall, a Poem by Robert Frost (1798 words, 6 pages)

Walking Along Robert Frost's "The Mending Wall"Robert Frost was not just a writer. Frost was, more importantly, an American writerwhose works epitomized the Modernist literary movement, and in turn represented the moodand minds of a nation. Frost remains emblematic of a specific time in our country. Through thewords of the ... Read More

The Description of Death in William Cullen Bryant’s Poem “Thanatopsis” (1629 words, 5 pages)

The poem, "Thanatopsis," written by William Cullen Bryant, is a wonderful literarywork which explores the often controversial questions of death. William Cullen Bryant wrote Thanatopsis when he was seventeen years of age. Thanatopsis was written in blank verse. Within his well written lines Bryant attempts to show the relationship between ... Read More

The Themes of Selfishness and Possesiveness in John Updike’s Short Story The A&P and Robert Browning’s Poem Porphyria’s Lover (1556 words, 3 pages)

In John Updikes short story, The AP, he writes of an eighteen-year-old cashier who is infatuated with three girls that enter the store and in Robert Brownings poem, Porphyrias Lover, He writes of a mans intense passion for his lover. Even thought these two works are different in context, they ... Read More

The Diverse Life of James Dickey and Diversity in His Poems (1723 words, 2 pages)

James Dickey was an American Poet whose life has been very diverse, and in his poetry that diversity is shown. He has a lifestyle that most poets do not get to experience. He has lived in many states and countries. That gives me the reason to think that his poetry ... Read More

An Analysis of Poe’s Mesmerizing Poem “Israfel” (1737 words, 3 pages)

Israfel An Analysis"Israfel" is a mesmerizing poem, the beginning of which was first set down by Poe during his days at West Point College.(Allen 233) The poem itself is a direct contrast to Poe's usual poetry, which usually deal with death and dark thoughts or other melancholy, Gothic ideas. Poe's ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Odysseus in the Epic Poem Odyssey by Homer (1569 words, 3 pages)

World LitNovember 16, 2000Odysseus a Strong Man or Just Supported by GodsOdysseus is the main character in an epic poem called the Odyssey. In the poem Odysseus has had some bad luck getting home, with some of the gods helping him and some hindering him his journey towards home is ... Read More

An Analysis and a Comparison of the Poems Venus&Adonis and Hero&Leander (1457 words, 2 pages)

The poems Venus Adonis and Hero Leander have many similarities. Venus Adonis, written by William Shakespeare (1593), is the story of lovesick Venus and innocent Adonis. Venus attempts to convince Adonis to have intimate relations with her. In the poem Hero Leander, written by Christopher Marlowe (1598), Leander convinces the ... Read More

An Analysis of Blake’s Poems: The Little Girl Lost and the Little Girl Found (1168 words, 2 pages)

The Little Girl Lost The Little Girl FoundV. Propps essay Morphology of the Folktale (Rivkin Ryan, p. 28) is perfectly suitable when analyzing Blakes poems, The Little Girl Lost and The Little Girl Found. Propp discusses the function of the dramatic personae and its applicability to stories that run their ... Read More

An Analysis of the Metaphors in the Poem Wishing Africa (1143 words, 4 pages)

Wishing Africa is a poem in which many thought provoking metaphors are used to make it come alive by giving the reader great illustrations. First of all what is a metaphor? A metaphor is a figure of speech that make comparison between two unlike things, without using the words like ... Read More

An Analysis of John Donne’s Love Poem The Indifference (1354 words, 2 pages)

John Donne's "The Indifference" is a love poem that can be interpreted in a number of ways. Not only is the meaning of the text debatable, but the audience for which the poem was intended can be argued as well. The language Donne uses leaves room for the reader's imagination ... Read More

Difference and Similarities of 18th Century Literature and Romantic Poems (1298 words, 6 pages)

The differences between eighteenth-century literature and romantic poems, with respect to history is constituted here. This is seen through the influential works of John Keats and Alexander Pope. These works are acknowledged as, "The Rape of Lock" and "The Eve of St. Agnes." Alexander Pope takes his readers on a ... Read More

A Comparison of the Elements of My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover, Two Poems by Robert Browning (1284 words, 2 pages)

"My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover." Robert Browning wrote the two poems, "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover." Both poems convey an thoughtful, examination profound commentary about the concept of love.communicates two interpretations concerning Both poems describe the behavior of people who are in loving, romantic relationships. There are several ... Read More

A Lamenting Poem in Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson (1244 words, 2 pages)

Alferd Tennysonss Ulysses Alfred Tennysons Ulysses is both a lament and an inspiring poem. Even modern readers who are not so familiar with the classics, can visualize the heroic legend of Ulysses, and so is not prepared for what he finds in the poem not Ulysses the hero but Ulysses ... Read More

Faith – A Fine Invention Poem by Emily Dickenson (1341 words, 2 pages)

Dickinson's use of humour While much of Emily Dickinson's poetry has been described as sad or morose, the poetess did use humor and irony in many of her poems. This essay will address the humor and or irony found in five of Dickinson's poems "Faith" is a Fine Invention, I'm ... Read More

An Analysis of the Life Problems of Edgar Allan Poe and Their Impact on His Short Stories and Poems (1188 words, 2 pages)

Edgar Allen Poe's life problems had a profound impact on his various short stories and poems. Poe's problems started seemingly right after birth. His biological father, David Poe, Jr., was an alcoholic and often abused Poe (Encyclopedia Americana, 274-275). Shortly after the age of two, Poe's mother died. He only ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Ebbey by William Wordsworth (1043 words, 2 pages)

Past, Present, and Future Finding Life Through Nature William Wordsworth poem Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey was included as the last item in his Lyrical Ballads. The general meaning of the poem relates to his having lost the inspiration nature provided him in childhood. Nature seems to ... Read More

A Biography of Emily Dickenson and the Theme of Her Poems (1131 words, 7 pages)

The Life of Emily DickensonEmily 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 ... Read More

An Analysis of John Donne’s Poem “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” (1054 words, 4 pages)

ValedictionForbidding Mourning Although the subject matter of A Valediction ForbiddingMourning could be applied to any couple pending separation, John Donne wrote his poem for hiswife on the eve of his departure for France in 1611.In the poem, the speaker pleads with his ladyto accept his departure. The speaker defines and ... Read More

An Analysis on Interaction between Men and Women Illustrated in the Poem Christabel (1173 words, 3 pages)

Christabel is a dark poem which tells the story of a baron, his daughter, and a seductress known as Geraldine. Christabel has usually been associated and interpreted according to its supernatural and mystical qualities. However, there are also aspects of the story that allow the possibility of analyzing Christabel according ... Read More

An Analysis of William Blake’s Use of Children in His Poems “The Lamb”, “The Little Black Boy”, and “The Chimney Sweeper” (1187 words, 3 pages)

Children in Blakes PoetryThe use of children is a prominent theme in a number of William Blakes poems. It is apparent in reading such poems as, The Lamb, The Little Black Boy, and The Chimney Sweeper, that Blake sees the world through the eyes of a child and embraces the ... Read More

The Theme of Death in Various Poems (1117 words, 3 pages)

Raised fists and a fading smile usually follow the confrontation of death as we experience the first stages of denial in the grieving process. We not only grieve at the loss of a loved one, but at the loss of our own life as well. When death rears its ugly ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013