Robert Frost's 'The Road Not Taken' # 2
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A 5 page paper discussing Robert Frost's famous poem, written in 1915, 'The Road Not Taken.' For the past eighty years, this poem has served as the mantra of people seeking to deviate from their 'expected' roles and their pre-ordained choices. Bibliography lists six sources.
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Robert Frost's 'The Road Not Taken' / A Very Personal Journey
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A 5 page paper giving a personal response to Frost's poem through tying the theme of the poem to an experience in the student's own life. The paper argues that everyone can find a point in his life at which his own life paths diverged, and he took the path 'less traveled by', the path that had no easy social or cultural map to follow. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Robert Frost's Divided Self / A Discussion of Six Poems
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A 9 page paper on the poetry of Robert Frost. The paper argues that the pervasive sense of divisiveness in Frost's poems reflects the poet's lack of 'fit' in his own world. Bibliography lists four sources.
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Robert Frost's Own Life Reflected In His Works
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This 5 page paper explores the life and work of poet Robert Frost, and how one influenced the other. Also provided is a critical analysis the setting, form and structure of his most memorable poems. Works cited page lists 5 sources. Free outline included.
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The Darker Poetry of Robert Frost
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Many of Frost's poems include an element of melancholy or regret; sadness or longing that reflects what might be called the 'darker' side of the poet. Considering the difficult childhood and life that he experienced, it is logical to surmise that these poems were an outlet for his darker emotions - mostly of loneliness and loss. This 13 page paper looks at six poems reviewed and, or, critiqued by six different critics in order to explore a myriad of perspectives. Bibliography lists 7 sources. (poems are included for referencing).
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The Road Less Traveled: An Analysis
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This five-page-paper discusses the true meaning behind the words of Robert Frost's , 'The Road Less Traveled.' Life choices and wistful hindsight are all discussed. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: CWfrostr.rtf

The Role of Outside Sources in Understanding Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”
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An 8 page paper looking at Robert Frost’s classic poem as explicated by a number of critical sources. The paper shows how the use of outside sources can give the reader a deeper understanding of the subject material. Bibliography lists seven sources.
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Theme and Technique in Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”
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A three page look at Robert Frost’s famous poem. The paper shows how Frost incorporated recognized literary techniques into an extremely understated style, and used them to illustrate a central dilemma in his own life: the need to make unorthodox life choices. No additional sources.
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Themes of Robert Frost
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A 5 page research paper discussing how Frost perennially uses the themes of nature and farming as the basis for the majority of his poetry. A number of poems are included to illustrate points and to validate the writers thesis. Bibliography lists five critical sources.
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Alfred Tennyson's 'In Memoriam ' / Wedding Motif
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A 5 page paper showing how Tennyson used the unusual analogy of a bride leaving her parents' home to reflect on the death of a friend. The paper also shows how this section of the poem (Section 40) fits in with the rest of the work as a whole. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Alfred Tennyson's 'The Lotos-Eaters'
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A 10 page analysis of the poem in relationship to the Romantic period and Tennyson's personal relationship to his art. Although Tennyson dealt with romantic views of war and heroes, in contrast to other writers of his day, he felt that poetry should reflect a certain formality borrowed from Greek tragedy literature. In 'The Lotos-Eaters,' Tennyson was true to his heart. As such, the poem reflects the ideals of the imperialism and his own personal goals--war begets heroes, and heroes in death go to a glorious afterlife. However, although he borrowed from biblical and Greek-tragedy sources, his characters and nature are also contemporary, and transcend all the realms together. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Death in Donne’s 'Holy Sonnet #10' and Tennyson’s 'Song'
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A five page comparison of these two poems, which are on the same topic but which are very different thematically. The paper observes that Tennyson’s view of death is limited by his despair, while Donne’s is expanded by his faith. No additional sources.
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Ezra Pound's 'The River-Merchant's Wife'
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A 5 page essay on the story, imagined story, and unanswered story in Pound's poem. The writer proposes several interpretations of text, subtext and symbolism which discuss love and marriage between humans, souls, and life. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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The Modernist Epic / Paterson & Cantos
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An 8 page analysis of these two works by William Carlos Williams and Ezra Pound, respectively. The paper seeks to define modernism and show how each of these works both deviate from and uphold the original definition. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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William Wordsworth's 'Drowned Man of Esthwaite'
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A 6 page paper on one episode described in William Wordsworth's long poem The Prelude. The paper notes how the episode of the drowned man, which the poet actually experienced as a boy, helped him come to terms with death and loss. Bibliography lists one additional source.
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Iranian Poet / Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-1967)
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An 8 page paper on this Iranian woman who is considered the most popular -- and probably the best -- poet in Iranian history. This paper examines one of her poems, 'Border Walls,' in light of the environment of social restraint and taboo against which Farrokhzad wrote, and analyzes her influence in the world today. Biblioraphy lists 4 additional sources. A copy of the poem is included.
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Wharton, Plath, and Allison / Mothers & Daughters
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A 5 page paper on the mother-daughter relationship as developed in Edith Wharton's A Mother's Recompense, Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, and Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out Of Carolina. The paper analyzes what happens when a woman's expectations for her child or parent becomes hopelessly entangled with her own sense of identity. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Edgar Allan Poe / How His Life Is Reflected In His Works
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A 7 page paper on the personality of Edgar Allan Poe, and how his life experiences fit into his work -- particularly his poems. The writers argues that Poe's obsession with death was simply endemic in the young man's disturbed personality, and his writings are simply a reflection of an emotional problem he'd always had. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Edgar Allan Poe / Melancholy In His Poetry
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A 5 page paper discussing the evolution of melancholy in two of Poe's poems, The Raven, and Annabel Lee. Discusses Poe's life, as background to understanding his works. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Edgar Allan Poe's 'Annabel Lee'
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A 5 page paper that provides an explication of Poe's poem, while also demonstrating the way he utilizes form to support the themes of love and loss. No additional sources cited.
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Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Haunted Palace'
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In 6 pages, the writer analyzes, 'The Haunted Palace' by Edgar Allan Poe as a poetic tragedy of grotesque implications. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven'
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A 7 page explication of Edgar Allan Poe's immortal poem. The paper shows how all the poem's elements -- rhyme, meter, word choice, imagery, and metaphor -- all work together to create an atmosphere of doom. Four sources including poem.
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Edgar Allan Poe's Poetry / Influenced By The Death Around Him
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This 6 page essay discusses how the deaths of Poe's mother, stepmother, and wife affected him and were all reflected in his poetry. Specific examples from 'To Helen,' 'Annabel Lee,' 'The Raven,' and 'Lenore' are provided to illustrate this thesis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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John Keats' 'Negative Capability' in Poetry Analyzed
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This 2 page research paper examines British romantic poet John Keats' concept of negative capability and the ways it is reflected in major poetic works. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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'A Thing of Beauty' / A Comparison Of Four Keats' Poems
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A 6 page paper discussing four of John Keats'best known poems -- The Eve of St Agnes, Endymion, Ode to a Grecian Urn, and Ode to a Nightingale. Bibliography lists several critical sources other than the poems themselves.
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A Comparison Between Keats and Browning
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A 7 page paper that compares Keats' 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' with Browning's 'Fra Lippo Lippi' in terms of their representation of Romantic and Victorian poetics. It is the premise of this paper that while Keats and Browning appear to be representative poets of their cultural eras, that these two poems demonstrate the utilizaton of characteristics from both eras. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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John Keats and The Theory of Negative Capability
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A 5 page research paper on Keats and his theory. The writer points to numerous examples of negative capability as it exists in Keats' poems and also discussed his vivid use of imagery as well. Additional focus is upon Keats' fascination with man and his relationship with nature. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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John Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale' & Percy Bysshe Shelley's 'To a Skylark' / Imagery
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This 5 page research paper analyzes and draws comparisons and contrasts between John Keats' 1818 poem 'Ode to a Nightingale' and Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1820(?) poem, 'To a Skylark.' Also examined are the similarities and differences between other Keats/Shelley romantic poetry. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Keats' 'Ode To A Nightingale,' & The Validity Of Dream State
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A 5 page essay that posits that contrary to Keats' critics at the time, Keats was not lost in the romantic dream state, but was fully aware of the aesthetic artifice of his poetry. The writer explores both sides of the argument through myriad examples from within the poem itself. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Odes of Keats and Shelley
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A five page paper comparing three odes by John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley. The paper defines the ode, then looks at Keats “Ode on a Grecian Urn” and “Ode to a Nightingale”, and Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind,” discussing form, structure, and imagery. One additional source.
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The Imagery of Joy in Coleridge and Keats
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A five page paper comparing Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and John Keats “Ode to a Nightingale” in terms of the way their imagery reflects the poet’s understanding of joy. The paper concludes that joy is spiritual rather than merely emotional, and thus Coleridge is able to tap into this faculty while Keats is not. No additional sources.
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The Theme of Lawlessness in the Works of Keats
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8 pages analyzing the theme of lawlessness in the poems of Keats; and particularly in his work entitled 'Robin Hood.' The writer discusses how events in Keats' own personal life influenced his writing on this particular theme. Bibliography cites 5 supporting critical sources.
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Childhood Revisited In Thomas' 'Fern Hill'
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A 5 page analysis of this famous poem by Dylan Thomas. The paper looks at the symbolism, theme, and meaning of Thomas' poem, and explains the reasoning behind his complex use of imagery. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Debunking Myths in Cope and Thomas
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An eight page paper looking at two villanelles by Dylan Thomas and Wendy Cope, showing how they debunk myths we hold about love and death. The two poems discussed are Cope's 'Lonely Hearts' and Thomas' 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.' Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Dylan Thomas' 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'
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A 4 page paper analyzing, in detail, Dylan Thomas' great work, which has been called 'the finest villanelle ever written.' No additional works cited.
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Dylan Thomas' 'Do Not Go Gently Into.... ' / Rage Against the Loss of Light
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A 4 page paper arguing that Dylan Thomas' 'Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night' has various meanings about grieving and the fight for life, which are brought to light by Thomas through the use of adjectives, specific verbs, phraseology, and counter-terminology. 'Light' is not only a reference to the burning intelligence and gift of wise men, but also in reference to the body that houses that light. Thomas rages against the loss of light, of life--for his father and all good men. No additional sources cited.
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Dylan Thomas' 'Under Milk Wood'/ Analysis
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A 3 page account of the death of innocence, inevitability of death and cycle of life, and love of women in Under Milk Wood as it relates to Dylan's personal outlook on life. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Thomas, Roethke, & Rich / Theme Of Struggle In Poetry
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A 6 page paper arguing that struggle and its resulting helplessness has value for both the observer and the participant as seen from the viewpoint of Dylan Thomas in 'Do not go..,' Roethke in 'My Papa's Waltz,' and Rich in '...Woman Mourned....' The paper discusses death, the dance of struggle, will(power), and helplessness as they relate to these three poems. No additional sources cited.
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'The Unities' Examined
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A 5 page paper which explains the importance and significance of 'The Unities' in the development of literary structure, as interpreted by Aristotle and John Dryden and its implications as to how people may read literature in the future. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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John Dryden's 'Mac Flecknoe' -- How It Relates To Thomas Shadwell
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A 5 page paper that compares Dryden's development of the character of Mac Flecnoe which is a devastating attack on Thomas Shadwell, one of Dryden's contemporaries. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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