Academic papers on Poetry

A.E. Houseman & His Poetry
A 3 page essay comparing the lyrical beauty of I Hoed and Trenched and Weeded with the emotional assault and incoherence of Terrence, This is Stupid Stuff. The writer focuses on poetic technique. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Epigrams in Hellenistic Poetry
The first Hellenistic poets began to rediscover an earlier tradition and adopted the same themes and style of older Greek lyric masters. This 6 page essay examines the use of wit, sarcasm, and so forth in classic Hellenistic poems. The writer...
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Anne Bradstreet's Poetry / Neoclassical Or Metaphysical?
A 3 page paper examining the work of this early American poet. The paper looks at both the Neoclassical school of poetry and the Metaphysical movement in order to determine in which camp Bradstreet fits, and concludes that abundant evidence proves...
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Ezra Pound's 'The River-Merchant's Wife'
A 5 page essay on the story, imagined story, and unanswered story in Pound's poem. The writer proposes several interpretations of text, subtext and symbolism which discuss love and marriage between humans, souls, and life. Bibliography lists 1...
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The Modernist Epic / Paterson & Cantos
An 8 page analysis of these two works by William Carlos Williams and Ezra Pound, respectively. The paper seeks to define modernism and show how each of these works both deviate from and uphold the original definition. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Black Poetry & Literature -- A Reflection Through the Ages
A 5 page paper comparing today's black literature and poetry to poems of the days of slavery. The writer discusses contemporary authors and ways in which their works still reflect the themes and issues of the old poems & chants of slavery. ...
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The Persona Of Paul Laurence Dunbar
An 8 page research paper on this black poet of the late nineteenth century. The writer analyzes his reasons for writing dialect verse; the subliminal messages expressed by that type of verse; and how he became trapped in a persona he could not...
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Comparison Of The Works Of Phillis Wheatley & Paul Laurence Dunbar
A 10 page paper comparing the work and the outlook of the two authors. Phillis Wheatley traditionally is considered to be the first black American poet. Though Paul Laurence Dunbar was born nearly a century after Wheatley's death, the two share...
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Gwendolyn Brooks' 'Kitchenette Building' / Meter
A 5 page paper on Gwendolyn Brooks' short poem, looking at the tone, dramatic situation, and particularly the meter. The paper asserts that Brooks uses meter to emphasize the poem's point: that traditional poetic techniques, as both styles and as...
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Bob Kaufman and Beat Generation Poetry
This 8 page paper discusses the African- American, Jewish, 'Beat Generation' poet Bob Kaufman. Critics and many of his fellow poets thought he was the most talented of the 'Beat' poets but certainly one of the least recognized and least well-known....
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Federico Garcia Lorca / His Poetry and Life
A 7 page paper discussing the works of this twentieth century Spanish poet. The paper gives a short description of his life, then discusses two of his poems in depth, showing how they expressed his feelings in a unique and impressionistic way. Poems...
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John Dryden's 'Mac Flecknoe' -- How It Relates To Thomas Shadwell
A 5 page paper that compares Dryden's development of the character of Mac Flecnoe which is a devastating attack on Thomas Shadwell, one of Dryden's contemporaries. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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'The Unities' Examined
A 5 page paper which explains the importance and significance of 'The Unities' in the development of literary structure, as interpreted by Aristotle and John Dryden and its implications as to how people may read literature in the future. ...
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Lucille Clifton's 'Homage To My Hips'
This 4 page essay deals with Lucille Clifton and her changing body--her hips in particular and what that really means. No additional sources cited.
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Elizabeth Bishop's 'The Fish'
This 4 page paper provides an analysis of Elizabeth Bishop's The Fish. The thesis is that the poem was clearly intended to represent man's unfair domination over animals and nothing more. No additional sources cited.
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