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A Comparison of the Similarities and Differences Between the American Poets Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson (971 words, 3 pages)

Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were two very contrasting poets that wrote during the writing period of the American Renaissance between 1830 and 1865. This period happened around the end of the Civil War, and many of Whitmans writings had to do with it, such ... Read More

The Life and Poetry of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1145 words, 4 pages)

Biography of Johann Wolfgang von GoetheGoethe could be considered Germanys most famous poet. He was born into a rich family from Frankfurt, though being one of few children that managed to live past infancy, along with his younger sister. For most of his life he studied with a private tutor ... Read More

An Analysis of the Writing Style of Robert Frost, an American Poet (1762 words, 6 pages)

Style Analysis There are very few people who have not heard of the poet Robert Frost. He is mentioned in English classes from the elementary to the college level. Every student at Miami University has seen his quote calling their campus, the most beautiful that there ever was. (Frost) Only ... Read More

The History and Literary Works of Romantic Poets During the Romantic Era (2065 words, 5 pages)

Romantic era was a literary, intellectual and artistic movement started as a reaction against neoclassicism and industrial revolution which rejected all the classical norms and traditions in literature. It started by the mid eighteenth century and remained till the mid nineteenth century. It all started with the French revolution. The ... Read More

Wilfred Owen’s Perspective on Human Conflict as Conveyed in His Poetry (1181 words, 2 pages)

Discuss how Owens perspective on human conflict is conveyed in his poetry.Wilfred Owens personal experience at war is reflected in his poetry, depicting the brutality of war and conflict. He portrays his perspective about human conflicts in his poetry and effectively conveys the truth about the agony of war in ... Read More

A Critical View of the Relationship between Emily Dickinson’s Psychological Trauma and Her Poetry (1160 words, 5 pages)

Introduction - Dickinson viewed poetry as a release from pain and something that had a very powerful influence on people, although some critics believed she suffered from psychological issues due to her isolation. Other critics believed she was an inspiration.Emily Dickinson, a name most would recognize as a famous poet. ... Read More

The Poetic Devices Used in Fire and Ice, a Poem by Robert Frost (303 words, 1 pages)

The poem Fire and Ice, by Robert Frost, and its talking about the world ending in either Fire or Ice. The speaker says, that some would prefer the world to end in fire, and others in ice. The speaker concludes that the world must end in fire, after their personal ... Read More

A Review of Annotated Bibliographies on the Therapeutic Effects of Poetry (407 words, 2 pages)

Kelly, Rachel. "How Poetry Helped Me Recover from Depression." The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, 12 May 2014. Web. 05 Nov. 2015.This is a firsthand account of a story of how this woman who was bed ridden from depression, had poetry help her recover. The mixture of the antidepressants plus the ... Read More

Comparing the Differences in the Representation of Love and Hope Between The Great Gatsby and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Poetry (2307 words, 7 pages)

Texts reflect concerns and values of their composers. Discuss the differences in the representation of love and hope that arise from the contexts of The Great Gatsby and Barrett Brownings poetry.The treatment of themes by composers is influenced by their personal, social and historical background. By comparing the differing attitudes ... Read More

The Redefinition of Self-Identity in the Poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson (1202 words, 4 pages)

Re-Defining Poetry Whitman and DickinsonIn the discussion of literary trailblazers in America's shallow history, poets Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman are seldom left behind. Whitman and Dickinson are often tagged by their ability to fuse form and content as they made huge risks and created revolutionary work. They produced poetry ... Read More

The Character of Huckleberry Finn as the Poet Described in The Poet, an Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1121 words, 4 pages)

The Poet, by Ralph Waldo Emerson, is a short essay describing Emersons thoughts on what he believes makes up a poet both in character and in his place in society. Rather than describe a man who simply has the talent for writing poems, Emerson takes the idea of a poet ... Read More

The Poetry of Sylvia Plath: To Eva Descending the Stair and Edge (945 words, 4 pages)

Poetry of Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath was an extremely passionate writer and poet. She was often completely candid and open in her poetry, with them being intensely autobiographical. Her experiences and the emotions that she felt because of these experiences that she went through in life directly translated in the poetry ... Read More

Metaphors, Imagery, and Irony in Introduction to Poetry, a Poem by Billy Collins (582 words, 3 pages)

Irony in Introduction to PoetryIn Billy Collins poem Introduction to poetry, the speaker is assuming the role of a teacher whos tasked with teaching poetry to unwilling students. Collins attempts to convince the audience that poetry is not such a difficult part of literature to understand, and reminds them of ... Read More

Modernist Poetry in A Dream of Death and The Song of the Old Mother by William Butler Yeats (1489 words, 5 pages)

Modernist Poetry Modernist Literature was predominately an English genre of fiction writing. New technology and the events of both World Wars, mainly World War I, made many people question the future of humanity. William Butler Yeats started out as a late Romantic poet but later became a modernist poet. Modernist ... Read More

The Lessons of Mr. Keating in Dead Poets Society, a Movie by Peter Weir (601 words, 2 pages)

Dead Poets SocietyDead Poets Society is a movie about a group of young boys that go to Welton Academy, a boarding school in New England. Welton gets a new English teacher, John Keating. Mr. Keating is an alumni from Welton who teaches in a very unorthodox way. He believes that ... Read More

The Life and Literary Works of the Chilean Poet and Politician, Pablo Neruda (1350 words, 6 pages)

Pablo Neruda Thesis Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, stands as one of the most famous and widely read poets throughout the world today. His most famous book, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, which portrays his love of women, was translated in over twenty languages and, like much of ... Read More

An Analysis of October Mourning a Poetry Collection by Leslea Newman (446 words, 2 pages)

Analysis of October MourningLesla Newmans poetry collection seems to use an almost musical quality to show respect to the suffering and injustice of Matthew Shepards tragic death. While fiction is always a good choice for telling a story, there is reason in choosing poetry instead comparing, for example, the emotionally ... Read More

Lucille Clifton, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath: Challenging Sexist Stereotypes Through Poetry (973 words, 4 pages)

Subverting Sexist Stereotypes Through out history, men dominated the literary world. Born during times of overwhelming patriarchal oppression, past female poets had very little opportunity to break into the canon, which is the circle of established poets who are acknowledged as the literary elite. Within recent times, women have begun ... Read More

Poetic Vision of Robert Hass, Carolyn Forche and Claribel Alegria (472 words, 2 pages)

Poetic VisionAs both a poet and translator, Robert Hass vision is to capture beauty and emotion. Through translating Japanese haiku, such as Bashs and Issas works, he aims to encourage readers to celebrate the beauty in the world around us. As haiku are traditionally short, Hass focuses on attempting to ... Read More

The Life and Poetry of Jimmy Santiago Baca (670 words, 3 pages)

Jimmy Santiago BacaHaving studied so many brilliant poets works and lives in the past few weeks, Bacas story was definitely one that stuck with me more significantly than expected. What I found most surprising about his life were the facts that he spent five years in jail and spent his ... Read More

The Biography and Most Important Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American Poet (524 words, 3 pages)

Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow was considered one of the worlds most influential and read poets, until a turn of events left him forgotten in the modern day. Having released nearly 20 books of poetry in his lifetime, Longfellows sphere of influence and his contributions to both poetry and American ... Read More

The Significance of the Girdle in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a Verse by Pearl Poet (976 words, 3 pages)

The Girdles SignificanceIn the Pearl Poets Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, after two failed attempts at seducing Gawain, Lady Bertilak grants the knight a gift in response to his disinterest and inability to give her a keepsake of any sort. As Gawain refuses the gift of the exquisite, red ... Read More

Annotated Bibliographies on Graveyard Poets and the Topic of Death (668 words, 3 pages)

The Graveyard Poets and the Morbid Transcendence of DeathAnnotated Bibliography"An excerpt from Edward Young." Twayne Publishers, Inc, 1969. 111-148. Rpt. in Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800. Ed. Jelena O. Krstovic. Vol. 40. Detroit Gale, 1998. Literature Resource Center. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.This piece serves as a summarization and analysis ... Read More

The Different Graveyard Poets of the 18th Century (2586 words, 11 pages)

The Graveyard Poets of the 18th CenturyGraveyard poetry was a movement that occurred during the 18th century, originating from a collective of British poets. This type of poetry mainly concentrated upon topics of death and bereavement (Graveyard School) as well as mortality and religion, and explored the concept of death ... Read More

The Life of a Spider and the Soul of the Poet in A Noiseless Patient Spider, a Poem by Walt Whitman (451 words, 2 pages)

Explication of A Noiseless Patient SpiderThe poem, A Noiseless Patient Spider, connects the life of a spider to the soul of the poet. The speaker talks about a spider on a high peak above a body of water trying to create a web. When the spider attempts to create a ... Read More

The Life and Literary Works of the English Poet, Anne Bradstreet (1375 words, 6 pages)

Anne BradstreetThe Eloquent New World PoetImagine a new world, a place where very little is known. Set out on a voyage to this untouched land, see what life has in store. Death and ailments litter the path ahead, but strive for the hope of a new tomorrow. This is exactly ... Read More

A Biography of Ariwara no Narihira , One of the Six Poet Geniuses of Ninth Century Japan (1839 words, 8 pages)

With the passage of time comes the passing of passages. During this period many mishaps are bound to occur misplacement or vitiating of works, urban myths are created while legends are lost. A lot can transpire over the span of hundreds of years. Even in a matter of seconds history ... Read More

Anglo-Saxon Poetry in the Poems The Wanderer and The Seafarer (839 words, 3 pages)

Anglo-Saxon poetry is most known for its regard to the timely darkness of the world they were written in. Both from the Anglo-Saxon period, The Wanderer and The Seafarer exhibit strong characteristics of literature of the time. Accompanied by a strong relationship in theme and purpose of the two poems, ... Read More

Comparison of Poetry in Taoism and Confucianism in Li Po’s Poem, “Sitting Alone by Ching-T’ng Mountain”, and Tu Fu’s “Spending the Night in a Tower by the River” (400 words, 1 pages)

Tang Poetry CompareContrastTaoism and Confucianism have a few similarities but are very different. Although they both were ruling philosophies during the Tang Dynasty, their differences were noticeable in the poetry of the time. Through Li Pos poem, Sitting Alone by Ching-ting Mountain, and through Tu Fus Spending the Night in ... Read More

The Views of the Poets Countee Cullen and Julian Curry on the Significance of the Word Nigger (794 words, 3 pages)

During the 1800s, the word nigger was used to recognize slaved and enslaved African Americans. It is a derogatory termname for a black person that derived out of the Civil war. The word is attached to a depressing period of time for black folks. It represents racism and ignorance towards ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013