Academic papers on Poetry

Maura Stanton/"Good People"
A 5 page essay that examines the poem "Good People" by Maura Stanton. The writer argues that throughout the vast majority of human history and human experience, people have been tied to one specific place. Born into a culture, they lived their lives...
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Oral Tradition of Poetry: Epic Form
A 7 page paper which discusses the oral tradition of poetry as it involves the epic poem. The primary focus of the paper is on Beowulf, which serves as the classic epic poem. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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The Negro Speaks of Rivers
A 5 page paper which discusses the poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes. Themes, meaning, and structure are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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"What My Lips Have Kissed, and Where, and Why"
A 5 page paper which discusses Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem "What My Lips Have Kissed, and Where, and Why." Theme, meaning, and structure are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
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John Donne & Andrew Marvell on Love
A 5 page essay that contrasts and compares John Donne's "A Nocturnal upon Saint Lucy's Day, Being the Shortest Day," and Andrew Marvell's "The Definition of Love." The writer argues that while both poems deal with the loss of a love, Donne's poem is...
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"Aunt Jennifer's Tigers"
A 5 page paper which examines Adrienne Rich's poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers." The paper discusses how the poem addresses the experience of marriage in the midst of constriction. Also discusses is the theme, tone, speaker, and imagery. No...
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William Wordsworth/Form in his Poetry
A 5 page essay that addresses the form and substance of Wordsworth's poetry using his poem "The World is Too Much With Us, Late and Soon" as an example that is representative of his work. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Nature of Contemplation, As Expressed in Alfred, Lord Tennyson
A 7 page paper which examines how nature inspires contemplation, as each interior monologue ponders memories of the past, the meaning of life and man
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Robert Frost on Nature
A 7 page paper that analyzes the nature poetry of Robert Frost. The writer looks at three representative poems and argues that scholarly opinion substantiates the position that Frost's poetry the beauty and mystery of nature, but in doing so it...
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Joseph Bruchac
Multiculturalism has a funny way of becoming obvious in some of the least obvious of places. This 6 page paper explores the poem, Ellis Island by Joseph Bruchac in terms of the idea of multiculturalism. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Meaning in Four Classics of Poetry
A 5 page essay that looks at four poems and analyzes them according to the poet's meaning and purpose. These are Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess,' 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' translated by Edward Fitzgerald; 'Ulysses' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson; and...
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The Elements that Make Poe's Poems Classics
A 6 page paper which discusses the elements that make Poe's poems so great, making them classics. The paper discusses the man himself, as he relates to his poems, and also analyzes particular poems in further examining what makes them such...
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Chilean Poets Compared
This 5 page paper compares and contrasts two works, an untitled poem by Pablo Neruda and a poem entitled "Down the the Dregs" by Cesar Vallejo. The poems are analyzed for content and style. The authors' lives are examined. Bibliography lists 10...
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Galway Kinnell's "The Book Of Nightmares" And Rainer Rilke's "Duino Elegies"
5 pages in length. The writer discusses the relationship between person and world as it exists in Kinnell's poem, as well as the relationship between the hero and the child in Rilke's poem. No additional sources cited.
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"Mending Wall" by Robert Frost
(5 pp) The imagery in Robert Frost's poem "Mending Wall" is the major topic of this discussion. Incorporating the title into any of Frost's work is an essential bit of word distillation. From this title we know that the images will be...
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