Academic papers on Poetry

Notley's 'Alette' / A Feminist Epic
A 5 page paper on this groundbreaking poetic work. Alice Notley's 'The Descent of Alette' traces its narrator's metaphoric journey to the depths of modern hell. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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An Explication of Merwin's 'The Paper'
A 1 page discussion of the themes and images in Merwin's poem. It concludes that although the poet seems to conclude that poetry isn't worth either reading or writing because it doesn't contain the original experience, the fact that the poet wrote...
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Comparing Dickinson And Whitman
Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman were contemporaries in time and space but worlds apart in experience. This 5 page paper argues that the poems, A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman and A Spider Sewed At Night by Emily Dickinson are both...
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William Wordsworth's 'Drowned Man of Esthwaite'
A 6 page paper on one episode described in William Wordsworth's long poem The Prelude. The paper notes how the episode of the drowned man, which the poet actually experienced as a boy, helped him come to terms with death and loss. Bibliography lists...
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Emily Dickinson's 'Apparently With No Surprise'
A 1 page essay on theme, imagery, and symbolic expression in this work by Dickinson. The writer also evaluates her technique and use of allusion. No Bibliography.
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Langston Hughes' 'Dream Deferred'
A 1 page analysis of Hughes' infamous poem entitled 'What Happens to a Dream Deferred ?' (a.k.a. Harlem). The writer discusses the meaning behind this poem and its unavoidable sociopolitical context. Specifically examined is what the poet meant by...
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Yeats and Dove
A 5 page comparison and contrast of
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Richard Cory
A 3 page paper discussing the poem
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Dreams
A 5 page paper discussing the poem
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Walcott and Eliot: The Role of Tradition
A 5 page paper examining the role of tradition versus innovation in various works by T.S. Eliot and Derek Walcott. Works mentioned are Eliot
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Sappho and the Female Relationship
A 2 page paper looking at Sappho
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Milton and Lanyer and The Fall of Man
A 2 page paper contrasting John Milton
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The Little Black Boy
A 3 page paper discussing the poem of the same title by William Blake. In the examination of this poem we illustrate three separate themes within the poem. These themes are innocence, faith, and lack of worth. By illustrating these themes we...
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Imagery :
A 5 page paper which examines the use of imagery in the works titled
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Hallmarks of Romanticism in Wordsworth
A 5 page paper defining the influence of Romanticism in Wordsworth
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