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An Analysis of the Poems Recalling War by Robert Graves and Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen (1080 words, 3 pages)

Robert Graves And Wilfred OwenAlthough the poems "Recalling War" by Robert Graves and "MentalCases" by Wilfred Owen are both concerned with the damage that war does tothe soldiers involved, they are different in almost every other respect. Owen'spoem examines the physical and mental effects of war in a very personal ... Read More

A Comparison of the Poems Recalling War by Robert Graves and Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen (1039 words, 2 pages)

Robert GravesAlthough the poems Recalling War by Robert Graves and Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen are both concerned with the damage that war does to the soldiers involved, they are different in almost every other respect. Owen's poem examines the physical and mental effects of war in a very personal ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poetry in Robert Frost’s Poems (247 words, 1 pages)

Robert Frosts PoemsRobert Frost takes our imagination to a journey through wintertime with his twopoems "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." Frostcomes from a New England background and these two poems reflect the beautifulscenery that is present in our part of the country. Even though these ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poems Desert Places and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (1046 words, 2 pages)

Robert Frost takes our imaginations to a journey through wintertime with his two poems Desert Places and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Frost comes from a New England background and these two poems reflect the beautiful scenery that is present in that part of the country. Even though ... Read More

A Comparison of the Poems “My Last Duchess” and “Musee des Beaux” (1429 words, 4 pages)

My Last Duchess And Musee Des Beaux ArtsThe Poems "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning and "Musee des BeauxArts" by W.H. Auden describes how people don't care about each other andthat world is cruel. In "My Last Duchess" the guy is talking the messengerfrom the duchess about how he killed ... Read More

Millay Hughes YoungWhile reading the poems of Millay, Hughes, and Young two similarities jumped outof the text. Between "God's World," "As I grew Older," and "ForPoets" the theme of enjoying life became very evident. The other theme thatjumps out falls along the lines of looking to nature for happiness andinspiration. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Nature in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and the Poems by Langston Hughes (281 words, 1 pages)

Meghan ReidProfessor ZimmermanHonors EnglishDecember 1, 1998Nature and the Human Soul The Shackles of FreedomLangston Hughes and Kate Chopin use nature in several dimensions to demonstrate the powerful struggles and burdens of human life. Throughout Kate Chopin's The Awakening and several of Langston Hughes' poems, the sweeping imagery of the beauty ... Read More

The Common Aspects of Chopin’s “The Awakening” and Langston Hughes’ Poems (1897 words, 5 pages)

LangstonHughes And Kate ChopinLangston Hughes and Kate Chopin use nature in several dimensions to demonstratethe powerful struggles and burdens of human life. Throughout Kate Chopins TheAwakening and several of Langston Hughes poems, the sweeping imagery of thebeauty and power of nature demonstrates the struggles the characters confront,and their eventual freedom ... Read More

Nature in the Poems of Robert Frost (450 words, 2 pages)

Frost, Robert Poems Robert frost has many themes in his poetry. One of the main themesthat is always repeated, is nature. He always discusses how beautifulnature is or how distructive it can be. Frost always discusses naturein his poems. First, in the poem Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy ... Read More

An Examination of the Four Father Poems (1264 words, 2 pages)

Father PeomsFather PoemsIn examining the four father poems, I chose to talk about Breakings, Black Walnuts, and My Papa's Waltz. In each of the three poems the speaker reminisces about memories he has with his father that take place when the speaker was young. The three texts discuss the father's ... Read More

Sex, Madness, Morbidity and Obscurity in the Poems of Sylvia Plath (1059 words, 2 pages)

Even in her earlier poems, Sylvia Plath displays an unhealthy preoccupation with sex, madness, morbidity and obscurity.Discuss.There seem to be a number of common themes running through all of Plath's poems, which encapsulate her personal attitudes and feelings of life at the time she wrote them. Of these themes, the ... Read More

An Analysis of Emily Dickinson’s Death Poems (305 words, 1 pages)

Emily Dickinson's Death PoemsEmily Dickinson's world was her father's home and garden in a small New England town. She lived most of her life within this private world. Her romantic visions and emotional intensity kept her from making all but a few friends. Because of this life of solitude, she ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Emily Dickinson Poems on Drugs (346 words, 1 pages)

Emily Dickinson On Drugs? Emily Dickinson's poems often make me ponder her mentalstability. Sometimes I wonder if she was psychotic or on somekind of mind-altering drugs. In Dickinson's poems "I felt afuneral in my brain," "My life closed twice before its close,"and "Because I could not stop for Death," we ... Read More

Comparing and Contrasting Two Emily Dickinson’s Poems (628 words, 2 pages)

Dickinson, Emily Two PoemsTwo Poems. Two Ideas. One AuthorTwo of Emily Dickinson's poems, "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" and "I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died," are both about one of life's few certainties death. However, that is where the similarities end. Although both poems were created less ... Read More

Humor and Irony in Five Emily Dickinson’s Poems (1089 words, 2 pages)

Dickinson Five Poems Compared In Comedic ToneWhile 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 ... Read More

A Comparison of Poems by Charles Baudelaire and Paul Verlaine in Its Themes of Nature (1208 words, 2 pages)

A Comparison And Contrast Of NatureA Comparison and Contrast of NatureProfessor Liberman 4-02-99In the Nineteenth century Realism, Naturalism, and Symbolism were popular modes of expression by writers of that era. Such modes of expression were the use of nature in their writings. Two poets that really stand out among the ... Read More

Death in Emily Dickinson’s Poems, Because I Could Not Stop for Death, I Heard a Fly Buzz-When I Died and I Felt a Funeral in My Brain (1241 words, 2 pages)

Emily Dickinson's poems "Because I Could Not Stop for Death", "I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died", and "I Felt A Funeral In My Brain" all deal with one of life's few certainties, death. Dickinson's intense curiosity towards mortality was present in much of her work, and is her legacy ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the war Related Poems (1518 words, 3 pages)

Creative Analysis of Two War Related Poems Creative Analysis of Two War Related PoemsJust north of the Danube River, west of Chartres, the earth is scarred with the trenches of the most vile and destructive conflict anyone has ever witnessed, or experienced. The earth, viewed from the heavens, has been ... Read More

A Comparison of Because I Could Not Stop for Death and I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died, Two Poems by Emily Dickinson (633 words, 1 pages)

Comparison of Two Poems by Emily Dickinson About Death Two Poems, Two Ideas, One Author.Two of Emily Dickinson's poems, "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" and "I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died," are both about one of life's few certainties death. However, that is where the similarities end. ... Read More

A Report on Six Poems About War (949 words, 2 pages)

A popular theme for poets in the last century was war. Many famous poems were written about the two world wars, as well as the Korean and Vietnam wars. For my report I have chosen six poems, three by Wilfred Owen and three by Australian poets. Anthem for Doomed Youth, ... Read More

A Description of Poems Using Figurative or Descriptive Language in a Deliberate Attempt To Help the Reader To See Things in a New Way (690 words, 1 pages)

Poets use figurative or descriptive language in a deliberate attempt to help the reader to see things in a new way. Discuss the use of imagery in at least three of the poems you have studied this semester, indicating how the poet uses imagery to propel the readers attention to ... Read More

An Analysis of Langston Hughes’ Poems, Childrens Rhymes, Cross and Dream Deferred (625 words, 2 pages)

The poetry of Langston Hughes was a great inspiration to people everywhere. It publicized a hunger for freedom in the hearts of many Americans who had been oppressed by the government. Through his poetry he gave people the courage to stand up for their rights. African Americans could finally take ... Read More

A Response to Emily Dickinson Regarding Selections from The Complete Poems (271 words, 1 pages)

Response to Emily Dickinson, Selections from The Complete PoemsI found Emily Dickinson to be a wonderful poet. Her way with words is astounding and timeless. To be so full of creative energy to write thousands of poems is almost incomprehensible. Although we covered several poems during class I think this ... Read More

A Comparison of the Two Poems “Colored People” and “Women” (397 words, 1 pages)

Colored people and women in this two poems are compared equally too each other and placed as a race in which men have to control over them and treat them how he wants too. Women during the eighteenth century no matter if she was independent and wealthy, if she wanted ... Read More

Learning About Romanticism in Four Poems (1094 words, 2 pages)

Throughout the past month or so, I have had the pleasure of learning about Romanticism and in what ways it can be expressed. Romanticism is a type of poetry, which is usually expressed through writing. Most of Romantic Poets are close to nature, and have a unique style to which ... Read More

A Different Outlook of Robert Frost Through His Poems (836 words, 2 pages)

Robert Frost A Different OutlookThis has got to be among the best-known, most-often-misunderstood poems on the planet. It seems as if "The Road Not Taken" gets memorized without really being read. This is a type of poem that needs to be read with accuracy, not imagination. If you read the ... Read More

Revision in Adrienne Rich’s Life and Poems (919 words, 2 pages)

RevisionA Form Of EvolutionRevision is a type of evolution. For Adrienne Richs life and poems this is true. Three of her poems, Aunt Jennifers Tigers, Snapshots of a Daughter-In-Law, and Planetarium were written at different spans of her life. Each poem is reflective of the era of its conception. The ... Read More

An Essay on Dylan Thomas’ Selected Poems (2651 words, 5 pages)

Poetry - Dylan ThomasDylan Thomas's poems are exuberant, often florid and occasionally obscure".a)How far do you agree with the above assessment of the collection in "Selected Poems"?Dylan Thomas's "Selected Poems" offers a wide magnitude of poetry, ranging from poems that are filled with exuberant, elaborate, florid words to poems that ... Read More

The Strengths of Women Through the Poems “Looking Glass” and “Phenomenon Woman” (1124 words, 2 pages)

Strengths of a Woman Through the Looking Glass with Maya Angelous Poem Phenomenal Woman.As we go through life, we have many experiences such as reading poetry. It may not be fun all the time, but it is one of those things that, whether we can admit it or not, is ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, an American Poet (725 words, 2 pages)

Best known for his poems and short fiction. Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous American poets. He deserves most credit for short suspenseful mysteries and he perfected the area of horror stories. He wrote many famous poems like "The Raven" and "The Bells". Poe was a genius ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013