Academic papers on Poetry

Wroth And Sydney: The Petrarchan Sonnet
This 12 page paper explores the idea of gender roles within the sonnet cycles: Astrophel and Stella by Philip Sidney and Pamphilia To Amphilanthus by Lady Mary Wroth in terms of the role of the sonnet in Renaissance society. Bibliography lists...
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Whitman's Song of Myself
This 6 page paper explicates part 47 and provides insight into the meaning conveyed. The use of symbolism is discussed. No additional sources cited.
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E. E. Cummings/use of metaphor
A 5 page essay that analyzes one of the Cummings' most beautiful poems, "somewhere I have never travelled,gladly beyond," as representative of this poet's use of metaphor to convey his themes, which are also delineated. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Conundrum of Choice
(5 pp.) Conundrum is a fifty-cent word, which means "riddle." That is often what a choice is. It involves information, intuition and risk; sometimes it appears that spitting into the wind has as much possibility as the productivity of...
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Philip Larkin/Whitsun Weddings
A 5 page essay that examines three poems by British poet Philip Larkin. The writer argue that a frequent theme addressed by Larkin is loneliness and that this theme is demonstrates in Larkin's poems "Mr. Bleaney," "Toad's Revisited," and "The...
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Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Dylan Thomas began writing in a time when poetry was a popular form of literary style, which meant that the expectations of the audience included form and content, as well as emotional appeal and quality of imagery. This 7 page paper provides a...
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Adrienne Rich's Midnight Salvage
This 6 page paper focuses on this book that presents poetry from this political activist's point of view. Politics and poetry are discussed as they relate to one another. Rich's intent is also a part of the paper. Some of her poems are...
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Analysis of Robert Browning
A 5 page paper which examines how the poem has all the makings of a classic Greek tragedy. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Robert Frost
This 5 page report discusses the poem
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Andrew Marvell/"Coy Mistress" & "The Garden"
A 10 page research paper that contrasts and compares seventeenth century poet Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" with "The Garden." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Emily Dickinson's Views of Death
A 6 page research paper that examines Emily Dickinson's 'death' poetry, specifically concentrating on 'Because I Could Not Stop for Death.' The writer offers several critical responses to this poem before offering a personal interpretation....
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Ammons & Roethke/A Comparison
A 5 page essay that compares and contrasts 2 poems by A. A. Ammons ("The Damned" and "Anxiety's Prosody") and 2 by Theodore Roethke ("I Knew a Woman" and "The Waking"). The writer argues that while both poets have a "conversational" style, they...
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The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
(5 pp.) The theme of the age-old story of Tristan and Iseut is that of duty versus desire. The classic version involves a love triangle, one in which unplanned love occurs and challenges the existing love created by duty. This has been...
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The Battle of the Sexes, As Explored in Robert Lowell
A 13 page paper which examines gendered conflicts from both male and female perspectives, considering how the era in which they were written influenced the poems. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Poetry as a Reflection of Faith
A 5 page essay that examines how the poetry of Thomas Hardy, Rupert Brooke and T.S. Eliot each represents the historical period in which it was written. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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