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An Analysis of the Anglo-Saxon Poems Beowulf, The Seafarer, and The Wanderer (1989 words, 3 pages)

"Do help your son if you can! Go to Olympus, pray to Zeus if you have ever pleased him and served him by word or deed!...See if he will help the Trojans and drive the Achaians back to their ships with m slaughter!" (The Iliad pg. 18) Homer composed the ... Read More

A Biography of Stephen Crane and an Analysis of the Themes of Religion and Moral Values in His Poems “A God in Wrath”, “The Tree in the Garden Rained Flowers” and “A Man Said to the Universe” (1629 words, 2 pages)

Reading selected poems of Stephen Crane brings to light the unique perspectives this young writer had on religion and moral values. In a quest to more fully understand Crane and his ideas, beginning with a brief biographical sketch is appropriate. Born November 1, 1871, in Newark, New Jersey, Stephen Crane ... 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

I Had a Dream of Crosses Poem Should Be One of the Top Poems Studied in Poetry Classes in United States (477 words, 3 pages)

I had a Dream of Crosses I had a dream the other night, I was entering a room, I stood upon its threshold, It was quiet as a tomb. It was large and filled with crosses, Like the one, on which Christ died, Some stood alone, erect and tall, Others ... Read More

The Theme of Happines in the Solution of Death in Dorothy Parker’s Poems “Resume” and “Symptom Recital” (1245 words, 2 pages)

Can one find happiness in a solution of death? Throughout two poems this question is pondered. The solution of death not only pertains to the ending of ones physical life, but that if their emotional being. Dorothy Parkers poems Resume and Symptom Recital express these themes through its words. The ... 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 Comparison of the Setting, Plot and Irony in the Poems the Ruin and Ozymandias (825 words, 1 pages)

Mans Creation Cannot Last Forever. In about 450 B.C., the city of Olympia -- where the first Olympic games were held in 776 B.C. -- built a temple to honor the god Zeus. Many considered the Doric-style temple too simple, so a lavish 40-foot statue of Zeus was commissioned for ... Read More

These two epic poems by The Father of Modern Poetry T.S. Eliot, are comparable and similar when their styles, contents and themes are scrutinized. Additionally, each of these poems exemplifies the quirky mastery of Eliot's contributions to the literary world. Although each poem focuses around timeless themes and subjects, the ... Read More

A Comparison of Two Poems: Do Not Get Gentle into That Good Night and the Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower (587 words, 1 pages)

While reading the poems Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night and The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower, I noticed some similarities and many differences. I will attempt to bring some of these under higher scrutiny, and try to explain them as best I can. ... 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

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

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 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

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

An Analysis of Bruce Dawes Poems and the Society Around Him (550 words, 1 pages)

Bruce Dawes Poems and the Society around him Through Bruce Dawes poems, he has commented on the society around him, through the three poems, The flashing of Badges, Enter Without So Much as Knocking and Life-cycle. In his poem, The Flashing of Badges, he talked about a derelict that lived ... Read More

The Worldly View of the Original Epic Poems Beowulf and Grendel (2310 words, 4 pages)

Beowulf and Grendel The original Epic was obviously Paganistic due to the time period of its creation. But, as time wore on, the rewriting and touching up of the manuscripts by various sources including religious monks, caused the characters to have slight Christian characteristics. These Christian themes have become very ... Read More

Authors’ Investigation of Anonymous Surfaces of Life in a Cryptic Manner in Both Edwin Arlington Robinson and Paul Simon’s Poems (900 words, 2 pages)

In both Edwin Arlington Robinson and Paul Simons versions of the poem Richard Cory the author investigates the supposedly anonymous surfaces of life in a peculiar and rather cryptic manner. These men both describe through the use of one man, Richard Cory, and his experiences to view the contrast between ... Read More

An Analysis of Some of Sandra Cisneros Poems (4089 words, 5 pages)

"BREAD" SANDRA CISNEROS I question whether these two people in the story are having an affair, back together after a divorce, or whatever? Something as simple as bread can lead to that answer. The bread is much like their relationship, actually exactly like it. "We were hungry. We went into ... Read More

An Analysis of the Sexuality in the Poems the Shrouded Stranger and Howl by Allen Ginsberg (1052 words, 2 pages)

Allen Ginsberg?s ?The Shrouded Stranger? (1949) and ?Howl? (1955-56) have very similar themes, but their style and structure are very different. They both have very sexual parts to them, not necessarily homosexual, but just a general sexuality. Both poems make mention of homelessness and poverty numerous times. There are mythological ... Read More

An Analysis of the Differences Between Eighteenth Century Literature and Romantic Poems (1301 words, 4 pages)

18th Century Poem Analysis- 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 ... Read More

A Comparison of Different American Poems (435 words, 1 pages)

Comparison of American Poems America is a melting pot of people and ideas that indirectly shape the youth of this country. Childhood proves to be the time in a persons life where they learn the most about themselves. Once they learn, they live and love by it. Aurora Levins Moraless ... Read More

An Analysis of the Illusions in Poems by Wilfred Owens (616 words, 1 pages)

QuestionIn what specific ways do Wilfred Owens poems attempt to dispel the illusions about the war represented in the art on pages 367-368? As the First World War raged through Europe many of the countries involved used posters to draw people to the cause. The posters located in the Human ... Read More

An Analysis of Remorse in Two Poems by Victor Hugo: Once More to Thee and Regret (1320 words, 2 pages)

Victor Hugo is a French Romanticist poet. He has written numerous dramatic plays, books, and romantic poems. His poetry is best known and appreciated in France. In France Hugo is haled as the leader of the French Romanticism Movement. Victor Hugos poems Once More to Thee and Regret reflect Hugos ... Read More

The Nature in William Wordsworth’s The Lucy Poems (1411 words, 3 pages)

The Nature of Lucy William Wordsworth is a revered romantic poet who believed that the meaning of romanticism is best illustrated when using everyday life events and familiar speech. Wordsworths explicit love of nature and mastery of the language allowed him to bring such emotion and power into each poem ... Read More

William Wordsworth Infuses Sense of Humanism in His Poems (622 words, 1 pages)

Sense of Humanism in Wordsworth's Poems One might say that the great guiding principle of the Romantic revolt was reinvigorated humanism, which was greater than any since the Renaissance. The principle dealt greatly with individualism. Humanism affected every cycle politics, philosophy, religion and arts. Generally, Wordworth is considered a poet ... Read More

An Analysis of the Use of Descriptive Words in the Poems “Lineage” by Margaret Walker and “Courage” by Edna St. Vincent Millay (468 words, 1 pages)

Poem Comparison Essay Hove you ever wondered how it would feel to have the courage of your ancestors? In the two poems "Lineage" and "Courage" the authors Margret Walker and Edna St. Vincent Millay uses descriptive words to describe their ancestor's abilities. There are several similarities and differences contained in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Themes of Death and Eternity in Most of Emily Dickinson’s Poems (1578 words, 6 pages)

Abstract Death and eternity are the major themes in most of Emily Dickinson's poems." Because I could not stop for death "is one of her classic poems. Through the analysis, this essay clarifies infinite conceptions by the dialectical relationship between reality and imagination, the known and the unknown. And it ... Read More

The Theme of Loneliness in Poems by H.W. Longfellow and Elisavietta Ritchie (647 words, 1 pages)

In The Cross of Snow by H.W. Longfellow, and in Sorting Laundry by Elisavietta Ritchie, there is a common theme loneliness. Longfellows poem reflects his loneliness after his wifes death in the fire of their house and Ritchies poem first describes how she needs and loves her lover. Afterwards, she ... Read More

Imagery Metaphors and Personification in Murray’s Poems (661 words, 2 pages)

In The poems "The Burning Truck" and "Widower in the Country" Murray uses imagery, metaphors and personification to enhance the impact of the poems on the reader. "The Burning Truck". The Poem is about war and shows how it can bring out the most primitive emotions out of people. The ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013