Superior Objectivist Poem Essay Examples

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A Literary Analysis of the Epic Poem Beowulf (970 words, 2 pages)

The epic poem Beowulf describes the most heroic man of the Anglo-Saxon times. The hero, Beowulf, is a seemingly invincible person with all the extraordinary traits required of a hero. He is able to use his super-human physical strength and courage to put his people before himself. He encounters hideous ... Read More

An Analysis of To the Reader, a Poem by Baudelaire (414 words, 1 pages)

Baudelaire published his first poem book in 1839. This date is encounters the first movements of modernist period. The philosophy of the time affected Baudelaires style. People was tired of the strict, disciplined, and excessively reason based rules of the time and the acceptation of the reality of human desires ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Poem Christabel by Coleridge (700 words, 2 pages)

HOW TO READ THE POEM "CHRISTABEL" by Coleridge How the poem withdraws possibility of straight-forward reading 1. finished or fragment 2. Narration 3. Reflexivity all characters read "Geraldine" A POEM ABOUT THE UNCONSCIOUS 1. Freudian Slips 2. Proposal - the poem slips, moves into dangerous territory and recovers in Part ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Poem on the Power of Words (387 words, 1 pages)

The poem is about the power of words, though in this case a destructive power. To me this is a very direct poem. Words are like axes, powerful and sharp, loud, emitting echoes, everyone can hear them, everyone can see their effect. Words can be like axes, if they are ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Waiting by Arthur Nortjes (1090 words, 2 pages)

I believe that Arthur Nortjes poem, Waiting, is about the speakers struggle to find meaning and purpose in his life when confronted by a hole in the minds foundation- the possible decimation of all that he believed to be true about the anti apartheid struggle on which he has based ... Read More

An Overview of the Poem Together (308 words, 2 pages)

Together They say we shouldn't be together, We're as different as night and day. You seem to like to talk a lot, And I really just don't care. You spend time at you sporting events, While I just seem to play. I go out with friends and such, You stay ... Read More

The Nature of God in the Poems of William Blake (721 words, 1 pages)

God's Nature. Blake published two very famous books of poems, "Songs of Experience" and "Song of Innocence". The poems from "Songs of Experience" are all about God who brought the evil and suffering into the world. The "Songs of the Innocence" are talking about the redemptive God of the New ... Read More

An Examination of the Poem, Daddy by Sylvia Plath (1404 words, 2 pages)

The poem "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath is a dramatic and allegoric scene of suffering and turmoil endured by Plath's character while fighting against the destructive forces embodied in her vampire-father and vampire-husband. Axel catalogues the character as the replica of a person who suffered the Elektra complex "Here is a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Two Features in the Poems (1501 words, 2 pages)

Upon looking at e. e. cummingss poem, in Just-,perhaps, two features immediately become apparent the use of white space between some words and lines, and the multiple use of a single word supporting an entire line. To a lesser degree, the poems visual also features the boys and girls names ... Read More

An Analysis of the Description of Nature in a Poem by Wordsworth (398 words, 1 pages)

When describing nature, one must look at the speakers past experiences. The speaker talks about his past experiences of the "deep rivers," "lonely streams," and large "mountains." He rather carefully describes the process of his seeing as it unfolds, like the "landscape to a blind man's eye". He put into ... Read More

An Analysis of the Themes of Superiority in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (774 words, 1 pages)

Throughout Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe there is a recurring theme of superiority. During his stay on the island, Robinson Crusoe seems to be preoccupied with making the island his and changing it to his own wants and desires. He frequently calls it his island and refers to himself as King ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Dover Beach (797 words, 2 pages)

DOVER BEACH Dover Beach is a very 'mood' evoking poem . We are first met with an appreciation for the sea and different emotions that is draws to the observer. However as the poem progresses we are gradually introduced to a large metaphor for love and like the sea is ... Read More

An Analysis of Chinese Books and Poems (3335 words, 4 pages)

Dignity and the Ability to Survive The book and the poems we had to read for our first Chinese paper were interesting to read. The book was The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Hsun. The poems were The Lady of Wen-chi Recruiting Officer at Shih-hao Village by Du ... Read More

Simplicity in the Poems of Robert Frost (381 words, 1 pages)

Simplicity is what makes Robert Frosts poetry so extraordinary. His choice words to describe nature, people, and every day situations is what benchmarked his place in modern literature. Although his words may be simplistic, beneath the surface the reader feels and visualizes every emotion. Desert Places is no exception. Throughout ... Read More

Literary Analysis of the Epic Poem Beowulf (1445 words, 2 pages)

Composed in Anglo-Saxon England, the epic poem "Beowulf" deals with the adventures of a hero battling the forces of evil in the world. The monsters in "Beowulf" personify this evil. The universal literary theme of good vs. evil, found in many epic poems, climates in the various battles between Beowulf ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Chicago by Carl Sandburg (745 words, 1 pages)

In 1914, a man named Carl Sandburg, born in 1878, wrote the poem entitled "Chicago". When it was written, this became one of the most important poems of the first half of the century. Even though the author was not originally from the city of Chicago, but from Galesburg, Illinois, ... Read More

The Journey Through Racism and the Feeling of Being Superior (2085 words, 3 pages)

This novel opened my eyes to things I could never imagine. Some of the encounters that Griffin had, I honestly believed only happened on The Jerry Springer Show. I, being too young to have experienced segregation, have never known anyone to cat in such hypocritical ways. This book truly enlightened ... Read More

An Analysis of the Epic of the Poem Beowulf (601 words, 1 pages)

Beowulf There are many morals in the epic poem Beowulf to be learned and understood. These morals are explained very briefly with little detail thus not being able to be completely understood. All these morals are intertwined into lessons about good and evil in a thrilling story of a hero. ... Read More

A Comparison of Three Poems (961 words, 2 pages)

Comparison of Three Poems The three poems that I am going to compare are 1A speech of Henry V before the battle of Harfleur William Shakespeare 2'The Charge of The Light Brigade' Alfred, Lord Tennyson 3'Dolce Et Decorum Est' Wilfred Owen Each of these poems were written in different centuries ... Read More

A Review of the Poem, The Flea by John Donnes (448 words, 1 pages)

John Donnes' The Flea I found John Donnes,' The Flea, to be one of the most hilarious poems I have ever read. To utilize a flea to try and have a woman sleep with you is one of the most creative and original ideas I've heard in a long time. ... Read More

An Examination of the Poem, The Tyger by William Blake (621 words, 1 pages)

Are things always what they seem? Is our first impression always right? In "The Tiger" William Blake uses tone, theme, and rhyme to make the point that there are two sides to everything. If you came face-to-face with a tiger you would probably be afraid. But if you put your ... Read More

An Analysis of the Use of Metaphors in Poems (499 words, 1 pages)

The purpose begins to be explained, right from the beginning. December the planets perfectly rehearsed (2, 3). This is a metaphor for boys practicing hockey, preparing for the big game. The earths shadow cast against the night sky like the outline of a hand projected onto a screen (4, 5, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem The Passage by Ernesto Gallarzo (1074 words, 2 pages)

Human beings spend a great portion of their lives learning. We sit in classrooms, we listen, we observe, and all the while there is always someone there for us, someone to clarify, to teach, and to guide. There is no doubt that teachers are an integral part of a persons ... Read More

An Introduction to the Objectivist Ethics (843 words, 1 pages)

Selfishness, Bad or Good? When someone calls another person selfish, it is usually taken in a negative sense. But why? Is it truly bad to be concerned with yourself before anyone else? If Im crossing the street with my friend and I see a car coming at us, would I ... Read More

A Summary of Poems by Various Authors (1798 words, 3 pages)

Poem summarizations The Ride by Richard Wilbur, uses poetical devices such as rhyming. The first line and third line rhyme, while the second and fourth line rhyme with each other in each stanza. Also the writer uses many of the same vowel sounds such as seemed and dreamed, and thanks ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Pied Beauty (663 words, 1 pages)

Pied Beauty The poem Pied Beauty begins by praising God for all the colorful and diverse things in nature. The speaker is thankful for everything with dots, circles, different colors, etc. He seems to be fond of nature and the great outdoors. Many of the images in the poem made ... Read More

An Analysis of 732, a Poem by Emily Dickinson (730 words, 1 pages)

Emily Dickinsons poem 732 I feel is about a man and woman who is married, but the man has lost the love for his wife. In the beginning of the marriage the wife seems to do everything to make her husband happy. After time the husband loses the feelings for ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem of Emily Dickinson (725 words, 1 pages)

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 Dickinson wrote both poems, their ideas about what lies after death differ. In one, there ... Read More

An Analysis of Cherokee Formula Poems (635 words, 1 pages)

Cherokee Formula Poems Cherokee formula poems were considered to be useful to a person's life. They were meant to make a person's life easier by making another person fall in love with them or to a certain extent to kill someone else. Obviously the person with the misfortune to die ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem, Beowulf (1498 words, 2 pages)

Beowulf is a poem with stirring history. Its origin is the warrior-prince legend, which developed in Germany during prehistoric, pre-Christian times. The work is anonymous, but generally it is considered that it was composed by a monk, who was the only member of Anglo-Saxon society with a good level of ... Read More