Academic papers on Poetry

My Last Duchess by Browning: Materialism and Jealousy
A 10 page paper which analyzes Robert Browning's poem My Last Duchess as it involves materialism and jealousy. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Blake, Giovanni & Soto/3 Poems
A 4 page essay that contrasts and compares poems by eighteenth century poet William Blake and modern poets Nikki Giovanni and Gary Soto. Examination of a representative poem from Blake, Giovanni and Soto shows that each of these poets, in his or her...
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Frank O'Hara's Poetry
A 6 page paper which examines and analyzes two of Frank O'Hara's poems: Personal Poem and The Day Lady Died. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
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Interpretation of Piercy's A Work of Artifice
This 5 page paper provides a feminist interpretation of this poem by author Marge Piercy. An outline is included. No additional sources cited.
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"A Far Cry from Africa" by Derek Walcott
A 3 page analysis of Derek Walcott's poem "A Far Cry from Africa." No additional sources cited.
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Robert Frost's Boundless Moment
A 5 page paper which analyzes Robert Frost's poem "Boundless Moment." No additional sources cited.
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Comparative Analysis of Carol Ann Duffy
A 4 page paper which examines the validity of one critic
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Iambic Meter
A 5 page research paper that examines poetic meter and looks at the mechanics of rhythm, how this is analyzed, and how rhythm and meter can add to the poetic purpose of the work. This information is then applied to scanning and interpreting how...
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Poetic Analysis of Joanna Baillie
A 6 page paper which analyzes the poem, its form and language, and considers how meaning is achieved through an examination of rhyme, rhythm, metaphor, imagery, tone, word order, alliteration, and point of view. No additional sources are used.
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Earle Birney/Bushed
A 3 page explication of Earle Birney's poem "Bushed." The writer argues that as Thoreau demonstrated when he secluded himself in the woods and wrote Walden, nature holds many secrets to the human heart and finding a relationship with nature can open...
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The Vietnam War: Lessons from the World Wide Web
A 7 page review of six WWW sites providing information on the Vietnam War. The author of this paper provides a brief description of these sites and notes that they all teach one very important lesson: there is no one story of Vietnam. ...
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Alcock and Wordsworth
A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts Mary Alcock's "Instructions Supposed to be Written in Paris, for the Mob in England" and William Wordsworth's lines 38-82 of Book Tenth of the Prelude. No additional sources cited.
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Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess"
A 5 page paper which analyzes Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Andalusian and Asian Poetry
A 3 page comparison and contrast of Andalusian and Asian poetry. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Robert Frost: Works
A 4 page paper which examines 4 poems of Robert Frost. The poems examined are "Mending Wall," "Fire and Ice," "Road Not Taken," and "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening." Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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