Academic papers on Poetry

Poetry, Change, and European Thought
A 5 page paper which examines the poetry of several individuals and discusses changes in European, as well as American thought. The poets examined are Dickinson, Keats, Wordsworth, and Baudelaire. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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The Poetry Of Derek Walcott
Poets can be seen as conduits for beautiful ideas and language, and as those who use concrete images to suggest metaphysical concepts. Poetry can suggest how to live as well as to help humans save their souls. This 5 page paper compares and...
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Robert Frost/Desert Places
A 5 page analysis of Robert Frost's poem "Desert Places," in which the writer explores the idea that Frost's poetry is antipathetic to the notion that the universe is inherently good or delightful or hospitable. The writer shows how this statement...
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Poetry of Emily Dickinson
A 5 page paper discussing voice, imagery and theme in "Tell all the Truth but tell it slant" as the primary work, then comparing to and integrating with "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died" and "After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes." Voice and...
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Irony in Jonathan Swift's "Directions for a Birth-Day Song"
A 5 page paper which discusses and illustrates the use of irony in Jonathan Swift's "Directions for a Birth-Day Song." Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
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Metaphor in Poetry
A 5 page research paper that examines three poems looking at the role of metaphor in conveying meaning in poetry. The writer analyzes the statement that poetry if the "bread of faithful speech." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Audre Lorde/Black Unicorn
An 8 page research paper that examines several poems by African American poet Audre Lorde. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Love and Fame in the Poetry of Lord Byron
This 5 page paper provide an overview of the use of metaphors in the poetry of Lord Byron to represent love and fame. This paper demonstrates the way in which Lord Byron uses similar symbols to represent different themes in two of his poems,...
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Ovid And Catullus, Erotic Poetry
Ovid and Catullus were contemporaries who wrote poetry as 'before Christ' became 'after Christ', two thousand years ago. This 5 page paper argues that the main difference between Ovid and Catullus is the use of poetic voice. Bibliography lists...
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Interpreting Five Poems
A 5 page analysis of 5 poems: Dejection: an Ode, Coleridge; Among School Children, Yeats; Autumn Song, Auden; Do not go gentle into that good night, Thomas; The Chinal Plate, Graves. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Emily Dickinson/Poems on Death and Self
A 5 page analysis of several of Dickinson's poems pertaining the subjects of death and the self. The writer discusses Dickinson's style as well as the meanings conveyed by these poems. Featured are poems 280, 712, 288, 303 and 435. No additional...
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Ted Hughes and the Poetry of Death
An 8 page paper which examines how Ted Hughes is a poet of death. The paper examines how he is not a celebrant of death but an adversary. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Browning's My Last Duchess
This 7 page paper provides a pragmatic criticism of Robert Browning's poem, The Last Duchess, from a feminist perspective. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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"The Road Not Taken"
A 5 page paper which examines Robert Frost's poem "the Road Not Taken" and argues that it is a very universal and powerful poem that many can relate to. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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TUTORIAL: ANALYIS OF IRONY IN BLAKE
Examines the concept of irony in this particular Blake poem, which describes the pathos and gloom of the life of a child chimney sweep. Also touches a little on the history of the chimney sweep in order to better bring out the concept of irony....
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