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An Overview of Dream Deferred Poem by Langston Hughes (570 words, 1 pages)

Dream Deferred is a stimulating poem that addresses the possible consequences that could result from deferring a dream. The author explores what might happen through highly effective visual similes and metaphors. The importance of this short poem relates to the time it was written (1951) and the ethnic background of ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem Aunt Jennifer S Tigers by Adrienne Rich (1084 words, 2 pages)

The mid twentieth century American poet Adrienne Rich was a product of a conservative Southern family. Rich s poem, Aunt Jennifer s Tigers clearly reflects this gender struggle, for it is evident that it is a feminist poem in which the poet criticizes the male-dominated world for frightening and oppressing ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem the Raven by Edgar Allen Poe (649 words, 1 pages)

Edgar Allen PoeEdgar Allen Poe uses his stories to instill a single emotion into the reader. He uses many different aspects of the story to do this, including setting, characters, and action. For example, in the poems, "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" he instills the emotions of despair and loneliness. ... Read More

An Analysis of The Convergence of the Twain, a Poem by Thomas Hardy (909 words, 2 pages)

The Convergence of the TwainThomas Hardy wrote this poem with a very evident chronological disruption midway through the poem. Unlike most poets who keep their poems in sequential order to maintain suspense throughout the poem, Hardy seemed to believe that the subject of the Titanic was so well known that ... Read More

An Analysis of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, a Poem by T. S. Eliot (879 words, 2 pages)

. Alfred Prufrock constantly lived in fear, in fear of life and death. T. S. Eliot divided his classic poem into three equally important sections. Each division provided the reader with insight into the mental structure of J. Alfred Prufrock. In actuality, Prufrock maintained a good heart and a worthy ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem The Flea by John Donne (479 words, 1 pages)

"The Flea" a poem by John Donne, is one young man's struggle to get a girl into bed. He uses a simple flea to sell his argument. The speaker, stanza by stanza, goes from rationalizing, to desperately grasping for a hold to his argument, and then trying to salvage what's ... Read More

An Analysis of the Death of a Groundhog in the Poem The Groundhog by Richard Eberhart (671 words, 1 pages)

The GroundhogIn Richard Eberhart s poem The Groundhog, the speaker analyzes the death of a groundhog. The groundhog, described as lying dead and maggots eating away at its flesh, is used by the speaker to show an understanding of life. Through the metamorphosis of the dead groundhog, the speaker portrays ... Read More

A Comparison of the Poem Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen and the Song One by Thrash Metal Band Metallica (923 words, 2 pages)

Owen and Metallica Worlds Apart but Message The SameFor my paper, I chose to compare and contrast Wilfred Owen s poem, "Dulce Et Decorum Est" and Metallica s song "One." Although Owen died before the members of Metallica were even born, they both share the same message in these two ... Read More

An Overview of the Poem Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson (661 words, 3 pages)

The poem "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson, is a poem that shows that people cannot determine another person s happiness by their appearance. The author uses the setting, imagery, and symbolism to illustrate this. Robinsons poem is about a rich man that commits suicide, and the thoughts of the ... Read More

An Analysis of If, a Poem by Rudyard Kipling (378 words, 1 pages)

If AnalysisIn the poem If , Rudyard Kipling deals with the misunderstandings and public pressures that confronted the statesmen of the Victorian era, the ability to master one s dreams and thoughts, and the ability to take triumphs and loses in stride without complaining. Also, Kipling brings up many moral ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Keeping Things Whole (539 words, 1 pages)

Although its not a lengthy poem, the few words and their layout in "Keeping Things Whole" certainly possess great significance. This poem is centered on the idea that the narrators life is lacking purpose. In exploring the meaning of his existence, he determined that his reason for living was to ... Read More

A Comparison Between the Poems of E.J. Pratt and Henry Thomas Thoreau (1033 words, 2 pages)

COMPARISON ESSAY"For on carved instant as they flew", from the poem Seagulls , by E.J. Pratt, two poets, E.J. Pratt and Henry David Thoreau, were almost one in the same. Both of them wrote about things that interested them, such as technology in the mid-nineteenth century and nature, these things, ... Read More

An Analysis of The Road Not Taken, a Poem by Robert Frost (1035 words, 1 pages)

Robert FrostWhen I was in English 251, my professor told us that Frost s poem The Road Not Taken was frequently misunderstood. The only foreknowledge of the poem that I had was that one of my companions on my mission loved it, and he would recite it quite often. Then ... Read More

The Theme of Maturity in The Odyssey, an Epic Poem by Homer (591 words, 1 pages)

Man or Boy? Telemakhos Can't DecideMany boys who grow up without a father lack the direction and insight gained only through having a masculine role model. Such a boy is introduced in Homers' epic tale The Odyssey as Telemakhos, Odysseus' son. In the beginning of the story, Homer portrays Telemakhos ... Read More

Comparing the Poems Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit and Stewart Lemoine’s Evelyn Stanger (556 words, 1 pages)

Blithe SpiritNeil ChisteThe two plays I will be comparing in this essay are Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit and Stewart Lemoine s Evelyn Strange , both put on at the New Varscona Theater. Both were very good plays, and the enjoyment factor for everyone in the theater was high, but both ... Read More

An Analysis of Two Poems: Concerning Kinship of Cat and Bird and Einstein’s Brain (454 words, 1 pages)

Jeffrey T. Fields Pretty Happy Literature Form and FunctionConcerning Kinship of Cat and Bird- This is the first poem I choose to write about. Briefly, it describes a cat (I think) devouring a bird that it has captured. And then talks about how the birds always fall for the cats ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Home Burial, a Poem by Robert Frost (390 words, 1 pages)

Home BurialThe theme of Home Burial by Robert Frost is the missunderstanding between a husband and a wife. The wife can t handle the way that her husband has dealt with the death of their baby. The wife feels that her husband doesn t even care about the death of ... Read More

An Analysis of Traveling Through the Dark, a Poem by William Stafford (743 words, 2 pages)

Traveling Through the DarkStafford furtively conceals the profound meaning of his poem behind a story of the narrator, who stops alongside the road to care for a deer. The genius behind poem is better understood when the superficial meaning is expressed deeply.Driving down a narrow mountain road, traveling through the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Abstract and the Tangible in John Keats’s Poem Ode on a Grecian Urn (1440 words, 2 pages)

THE ABSTRACT AND THE TANGIBLEin JOHN KEATS'S 'ODE ON A GRECIAN URN'John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a poem that rests largely on the author's powerful imagination, and therefore his extensive use of imagery is one of the most attractive elements of the poem. Keats seems to be ... Read More

An Analysis of the Meaning of Inferno, an Epic Poem by Dante Alighieri (2449 words, 4 pages)

The Meaning of Dante s InfernoDante s Inferno is a poem that is not easy to understand. The Inferno opens itself up to many questions, as well as, complicated interpretation. Metaphors and symbolism are found in every line, and to give a complete description of all the interpretations that have ... Read More

An Analysis of the Similarities in the Two Poems My Mistress Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun by William Shakespeare and A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning by John Donne (847 words, 2 pages)

Oh Contriere There are several similarities and differences in William Shakespeare s My Mistress Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun, and John Donne s A Valediction Forbidding Mourning. Theses two poems discuss and dissect relationships on two basic levels one level deals with love, and the other level makes strong ... Read More

An Analysis of Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, a Poem by Dylan Thomas (3206 words, 5 pages)

In Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," he depicts the inevitability of death through repetition and diction. Furthermore, he portrays the stages of man's life in his comparison to "good men, "wild men," and grave men." Finally, Thomas' medium of poetic expression presents itself in the villanelle.The ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of Beowulf in an Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem (645 words, 1 pages)

A writers mind is very intellectual, they tend to have an unparalleled vision within their sense of understanding. The differences of this vision, compared to the levels of understanding, shows itself transversely throughout the novel Grendel and the epic poem Beowulf. Both forms of literature are distinct in the plot ... Read More

An Analysis of a Poem Variation on the Word Sleep By Margaret Atwood (958 words, 2 pages)

February 19, 2000Essay 2 Analyzing a PoemVariation on the Word Sleep by Margret AtwoodThis is a poem about going into a dream. The speaker wants to sleep with a loved one and go into their dream and protect them from the subconscious fears. The speaker also wants to bring the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Themes in Ode on a Grecian Urn, a Poem by John Keats (741 words, 2 pages)

What is the first word that pops into your head when you hear the word Urn? Some might think of death, pottery or some people just might not know what an urn is. For John Keats an urn is a beautiful piece of art and love, and just a pinch ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Character in the Odyssey, an Epic Poem by Homer (1095 words, 2 pages)

Throughout the Odyssey , Homer s main character, Odysseus undergoes various changes with himself and his surroundings. He partakes in many adventures that usually have a symbolic meaning to them. In book IX, X, and XI of the Odyssey, Odysseus experiences a symbolic death and rebirth. There are other scenes ... Read More

An Analysis of the Status of Women in The Odyssey, an Epic Poem by Homer (1609 words, 3 pages)

Frieda Torgueman March 14, 2001The Odyssey of HomerRegardless of the way an individual describes society in a given time period, women, over the course of the years, have always been an important issue to focus on. Rarely are they treated as true equals neither in reality nor in the writing. ... Read More

An Analysis of Those Winter Sundays Poem by Robert Hayden (1183 words, 3 pages)

Analysis of "Those Winter Sundays" The poem " Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden is my favorite poem. It is full of deep affections not only in its words but also in the visual structure of the stanzas. In this particular poem, Hayden recounts that in winter Sunday mornings, his ... Read More

An Analysis of the Themes in Bury Me in a Free Land, a Poem by Francis Harper (654 words, 2 pages)

Fully explicate one of Francis Harpers poems. Include explanations of the Themes she attempts to convey.Bury Me in a Free Land Francis HarperThe ultimate theme of this poem was stated in the title. Francis Harper wanted to see slavery go away before her death. The haunting lines of text she ... Read More

An Analysis of Beowulf, an Epic Poem of the Anglo-Saxon Era (563 words, 1 pages)

The epic poem Beowulf describes the noblest king of the Anglo-Saxon times, Beowulf. Beowulf is a man who demonstrates all the good qualities of a king, this can be seen by just looking at what he has accomplished. Beowulf is a man who was loyal, powerful, and charitable. Beowulf was ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013