Academic papers on Poetry

Poetic Analysis of William Wordsworth's "Surprised By Joy"
A 5 page poetic analysis which considers who the poem is addressed to, why the sonnet is an appropriate form for this poem, how the poet exploits the division between the octave and sestet to convey his meaning, how the special effects of caesura...
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Death in Tennyson Poems
A 5 page paper which discusses the attitude of death as portrayed in two poems by Tennyson. The poems are "Ulysses" and "Charge of the Light Brigade." No additional sources cited.
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Poetic Analysis of Edward Thomas' "Lob"
A 5 page paper which examines the poetic devices used as imagery, sound repetitions, internal meaning, theme, and considers lines 13-20 relates to the poem as a whole. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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How William Wordsworth Educates His Readers in "The Prelude:" Books 9, 10 and 13
A 5 page paper which examines how Wordsworth was inspired by historical events that teach mankind to learn from history in order to avoid making the same mistakes, as evidenced in three books from his epic poem. No additional sources are used.
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Marvell's To His Coy Mistress
This 7 page paper presents a line by line explication of Andrew Marvell's poem, To His Coy Mistress. No additional sources are listed.
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Ode to a Grecian Urn
A 5 page paper which discusses the poem "Ode to a Reaction Earned" by John Keats. The paper discusses the tone, figures of speech, images, symbols, and the narrator. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
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William Carlos Williams/2 poems on women
An 8 page essay that analyzes two poems by American poet William Carlos Williams. In two of his poems, "The Young Housewife" and "Portrait of a Lady," Williams addressed the inconsistencies in the positions occupied by women in contemporary American...
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Symbolism in William Butler Yeats' Poem, "The Second Coming"
A 5 page paper which examines the role of symbolism, and how it can be used for poetic interpretation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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James Dickey
Known best by his novel, Deliverance, which became a widely acclaimed movie, James Dickey was first and foremost a poet. This 7 page paper explores his life, style of writing and the critics' response. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Renaissance Love Poetry: Aphra Behn
Poetry, in general, went through a time of transition during the Renaissance. This 5 page paper argues that the overriding difference between the love poems of Aphra Behn and other poets of the Renaissance era is that she alludes to physical...
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How the Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman Look Toward the Twentieth Century
A 5 page paper which examines how their works not only envisioned the next century, but how their poetry contributed to the writings of other twentieth-century poets. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Presentation Of Poetry
There's a secret to presentations: have fun and the audience will have fun with you. This 5 page paper presents information for a presentation on John Milton's On Shakespeare, Robert Herrick's Upon Julia's Clothes, Sonnet Number 10 by John Donne...
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Nature in the Poetry of Frost and Wordsworth
This 6 page paper looks at two poems by Robert Frost
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A Comparison of Two Poems
This 6 page paper compares two poems-Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Monadnoc" and John Greenleaf Whittier's "Among the Hills"
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James Dickey
A 6 page discussion of the poem
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