Academic papers on Poetry

John Donne's 'Batter My Heart'
A 5 page paper discussing how John Donne's poem, 'Batter My Heart' reinforces or qualifies the view of love put forth by Donne in his poem A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning. Bibliography lists no sources.
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John Donne's 'The Anagram'
This 2 page essay discusses poet John Donne's 'The Anagram' and explores the ways in which it relates to Donne's ideas of female beauty and language. No bibliography.
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Use Of Logic To Seduce Women In John Donne's 'The Flea' And Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress'
6 pages in length. It is a paltry attempt to employ the use of logic in both John Donne's The Flea and Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress; however, despite the lack of ingenuity on their parts, the men have somewhat successfully achieved this...
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Works of Derek Walcott / Investigating the Trope of Song
In 5 pages, the author investigates the trope of song in the works of Derek Walcott. Several passages are taken from Walcott's writing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Derek Walcott's 'Omeros' vs. Homer's 'Iliad' / Brothers In Verse
A 5 page paper comparing Derek Walcott's poem 'Omeros' to Homer's works, particularly the Iliad, and comparing Homer himself to Walcott's personification of him, the blind fisherman Seven Seas. The paper concludes that both personas exhibit an...
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Edna St. Vincent Millay / Dualism In Her Sonnet 'For The Harp - Weaver'
A 5 page paper that posits that in the duality of her terminology and placement of lines in prose, Edna St. Vincent Millay underscores the workings of a 'heart's' reaction to an impending separation from a lover. She at once makes it clear that she...
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The Nature of Opposition in P. K. Page's 'Stories of Snow' and Gretel Ehrlich's 'The Smooth Skull of Winter'
This 5 page paper considers the nature of opposition as it is presented in two works, P.K. Page's 'Stories of Snow' and Gretel Ehrlich's essay 'The Smooth Skull of Winter.' This paper considers components of each work, including the focus of each...
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Sappho - My Tongue Is Broken
A 5 page paper comparing and contrasting Sappho's 'My Tongue is Broken' with the artistic interpretation of the poem written by M. Barnard. No additional sources cited.
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Aristotle, Sidney, Shelley, Aquinas & Boccaccio / Use Of The Poetic Metaphor
A 12 page paper that considers the topic of the poetic metaphor as considered in the writings of these five great minds. This paper suggests that within each of these authors' writings, there is evidence to support the value of the poetic metaphor....
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Sex and God in 'In the Bank of Beautiful Sins'
A 5 page paper showing how the Biblical allusions in this poem by Robert Wrigley cast additional light on the themes of sexuality and sin. Bibliography lists two sources.
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Wrigley's 'Angels' / Symbolism
A 5 page look at Robert Wrigley's deeply evocative poem from this 1995 collection. The paper looks at a number of symbols used in the poem and relates them to sexuality. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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An Analysis Of Life And Art: Three Poems By Joy Harjo
This 5 page paper considers two poems by writer Joy Harjo which relate her life as a Native American and demonstrate a number of the contemporary problems facing Native American communities. This paper reflects upon the poems as they are a product...
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Three Poets View Their Origins
A 5 page analysis of three poems, William Blake's 'London,' Maya Angelou's 'My Arkansas,' and Carl Sandburg's 'Chicago.' Concentrating primarily on 'London' and 'Chicago,' the writer shows how two poets in two different ages looked on similar...
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Jane Gentry Vance's 'Washing Sheets In July'/ The Lure Of Domesticity
A 5 page explication of this poem by Jane Gentry Vance. The paper argues that while it is completely possible to write a profound and moving poem out of material as humble as washing sheets, the poet shows that a complete immersion in domestic...
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'The Meal' & 'My Father in the Navy'/ Childhood Memories
A 5 page paper discussing and comparing the two poems 'The Meal' by John Berger and 'My Father in the Navy; A Childhood Memory' by Judith Ortiz Cofer. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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