"Troilus and Criseyde" and the Cult of Courtly Love
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A ten page paper examining the degree to which Geoffrey Chaucer's poem reflects the code of courtly love. The paper concludes that the false ideals of courtly love prohibit Troilus from really reaching a personal level with the woman he loves; and this leaves him without any bargaining power when he needs to win her back. Bibliography lists nine sources.
Filename: KBtroils.wps

"Walking Around" by Pablo Nerusa
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A 5 page paper which analyzes the poem "Walking Around" by Pablo Nerusa. The paper discusses Nerusa's use of imagery, tone and theme. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAnerusa.wps

"What My Lips Have Kissed, and Where, and Why"
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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.
Filename: RAmillaykiss.wps

2 African American Poets/Cullen & Hughes
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A 3 page essay/research paper that discusses and analyzes 2 Harlem Renaissance poets, Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen. The writer briefly discusses the historical context and background of each poet and analyzes Hughes' "Mother to Son" and Cullen's "Saturday's Child." Bibliography lists 3 sources that were drawn from the Norton Anthology of African American Literature.
Filename: kh2aahac.rtf

4 Love Poems
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A 3 page essay that examines four poems in terms of how they use poetic devices to express the emotion of love. Poems examines are Elizabeth Barret Browning's "How do I love thee?", Robert Burns' "My Love is like a red, red, rose", Ann Bradstreet's "To my dear and loving husband", and Sir Walter Raleigh's "The Nymph's reply to the shepherd." No additional sources cited.
Filename: kh4luvp.rtf

A BACKWARD GLANCE OVER TRAVELED ROADS/WHITMAN
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This 5 page paper discusses and analyzes Whitman's A Backward Glance over Traveled Roads. Quotes cited from the text. Bibliographpy lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBbkwrdglc.rtf

A Clock Stopped
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A 5 page paper which analyzes the poem A Clock Stopped by Emily Dickinson. The analysis addresses Dickinson's feelings and attitudes about time. No additional sources cited.
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A COMPARISON OF POETIC FORMS: SONNETS AND FREE VERSE
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This 8 page paper discusses, compares and contrasts t.s. eliot's work, The Wasteland, to Shakespeare's Sonnet 154 as examples of poetic forms. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MBsnform.rtf

A COMPARISON OF STYLES: WHITMAN/WORDSWORTH AND BLAKE
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This 3 page paper compares and contrasts the themes and styles of Wordsworth, Blake and Whitman. Examples given. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBpoemcomp.rtf

A Comparison of Two Poems
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This 6 page paper compares two poems-Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Monadnoc" and John Greenleaf Whittier's "Among the Hills"—and talks about them in terms of theme and style. The essential meanings of the works are discussed. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA112Pom.wps

A Comparison of Two Wordsworth Poems
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This 5 page paper explicates Tintern Abbey and Two April Mornings. The works are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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A Comparison of Victorian Poetry and Early 20th Century Poetry in Regards to the Relationships of Men and Women and the Role of Women: Tennyson, Arnold, Hardy and Yeats
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This is a 4 page paper comparing the roles of women and the relationships between men and women in Victorian and early 20th century poetry. A comparison of the Victorian poets Alfred Lord Tennyson and Matthew Arnold with the slightly more modern early 20th century poets Thomas Hardy and William Butler Yeats shows the slowly shifting perception of the relationships between men and women and the general role women play within society and literature. Tennyson and Arnold show a struggle in their attempts to retain women in the traditional romantic roles as objects of affection although their later works reveal that while women are becoming more a part of man’s society, their acceptance is still difficult. Arnold writes more so of the isolation men feel within relationships and how vain “mortal love” can be. Hardy and Yeats through the introduction of more female characters in their works not only give women larger roles within society but also show the increasing power of women. Hardy reveals the difficulties which can exist within relationships while Yeats reveals that women and men can have equal relationships as friends and women should not be judged purely on their appearance under the classic romantic notions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TJVictw1.rtf

A COMPARISON/CONTRAST OF SILVERSTEIN, ROETHKE AND HAYDEN
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This 3 page paper contrasts and compares the themes and imagery in the poems of Hayden, Silverstein, and Roethke. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MBpapashel.rtf

A Consideration of the Ancient Greek Poem, “The Battle of Frogs and Mice” (“Batrachomyomachia”)
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A 3 page paper which examines the society and situation at the time as it is symbolically represented in the story, and specifically considers why the poem was written, who was meant to read it, the moral, and if it can be compared to any aspects of modern life. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGfrogmice.rtf

A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes
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A 3 page paper which examines the symbolism in Langston Hughes’ poem “A Dream Deferred.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAlndrdr.rtf

A Literary Comparison of John Keats’ “Grecian Urn” and William Wordsworth’s “Ode: Intimations of Mortality”
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A 5 page comparison of the literary genre of odes using the poems of two of the most noted poets of the romantic genre. Discusses the ode genre, distinguishing between irregular odes and regular odes. Emphasizes that while certain aspects such as structure differ in many respects between Wordsworth’s “Ode” and Keats’ “The Grecian Urn”, there are a number of commonalties between these presentations as well. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPodes.rtf

A New England Tradition: Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”
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This 3 page paper explicates Robert Frost’s classic poem, “Mending Wall.” Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVMendRv.rtf

A Poem to Hate
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A 5 page reaction paper that examines "America" by Allen Ginsberg, a poem and poet that the writer dislikes intensely. The reasons for this dislike are examined and related to the poem. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khpohate.rtf

A POET’S EXAMINATIN OF NATURE USING THE FIGURES OF SPEECH
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This 3 page paper discusses Adrienne Rich's poem, A woman Mourned by Daughters' for the elements a poet uses to describe her art. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBarich.rtf

A POET’S SPIDER
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This 5 page paper discusses the two poems by Whitman 'A Noiseless Patient Spider' and Dickinson's poem, 'A Spider Sewed at Night'. Specifically discussed are the use of implied metaphors, theme, imagery, as well as a line by line analysis of each poem. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBpwhitmn.rtf

A Poetic View Of Women
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The relationship between men and women can be confusing - for the people involved in a relationship, for those who interact outside of a relationship and for the observer. This 5 page paper examines Matthew Arnold's poem, Dover Beach; Shakespeare's Sonnet number eighteen and James Joyce's short story, Araby for clues as to how men and women relate to one another. No additional sources are listed.
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A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal by Wordsworth
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A 4 page paper which offers study notes for William Wordsworth’s poem A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAsseal.rtf

A.E. Houseman & His Poetry
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A 3 page essay comparing the lyrical beauty of I Hoed and Trenched and Weeded with the emotional assault and incoherence of Terrence, This is Stupid Stuff. The writer focuses on poetic technique. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Houseman.wps

A.E. Housman/An Athlete Dying Young
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A 3 page paper that offers an explication of this poem. Death is the universal denominator. Everything living eventually dies. When a young life is cut short, it is viewed as a tragedy, but poet A.E. Housman offers a different perspective in his poem "To An Athlete Dying Young." In this work, Housman points out the fleeting nature of fame and glory and asserts that the young man to whom the poem is addressed is fortunate to end his life at its apex rather than live and have to watch his glory fade. The writer offers a detailed explication, but differs from the poet's perspective. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khaehay2.rtf

A.R. Ammons/4 poems
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A 5 page essay that analyzes the similarities in imagery and symbolism between four poems by American poet A.R. Ammons -- So I Said I Am Ezra, Kind, Anxiety's Prosody and The Damned. The writer argues that these poems in each one Ammons employed an underlying metaphor that provides the overall poetic structure. No additional sources cited and no bibliographical information available.
Filename: khammons.wps

ABOVE THE OXBOW: SYLVIA PLATH
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This 3 page paper discusses the poem, Above the Oxbow, by Sylvia Plath. Quotes cited from text and explained. Imagery, literary devices used, examples of non-sense words, exampled and discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MBoxbow.rtf

Achilles and Socrates
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This 3 page paper contrasts Achilles in “The Iliad” with Socrates as he is presented in Plato’s “Apology.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVachsoc.rtf

ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT/ FROST: A CRITIQUE
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This 3 page paper analyzes the poem: I have been acquainted with the Night, by Robert Frost. Symbols, metaphors, word choice and structure discussed. Line by line analysis. Quotes. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBfrostngt.rtf

Adrienne Rich
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This 6 page paper gives a brief biography of Adrienne Rich and then looks at three of her poems: Aunt Jennifer's Tigers, Power and Women. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: KTadrich.wps

Adrienne Rich's Midnight Salvage
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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 evaluated. No additional sources cited.
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Aeneas/The Purpose of His Flaws
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A 4 page essay that discusses why Virgil pictures Aeneas as possessing human flaws. Aeneas, hero of Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid, is, in many ways, the epitome the ancient Roman conceptualization of virtue. He accepts the will of the gods that he should be the founder of Rome. He displays compassion for the suffering of others, heroism in battle, and piety towards religion. In fact, Aeneas is so perfect that he would be totally boring except for the fact that Virgil's characterization tempers this perfection with a basic human flaw, which is Aeneas' tendency to act on emotional impulses that conflict with his destiny. This feature is particularly evident in regards to Aeneas' courtship and love affair with Dido, the Queen of Carthage. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khaeflaw.rtf

African American Poetry: Wheatley and Hughes
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A 3 page paper which examines, and compares, themes in the poems of Phillis Wheatley and Langston Hughes. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAwhhug.rtf

Alcock and Wordsworth
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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.
Filename: RAalwo.rtf

Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Criticism and “First Follow Nature”
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This 4 page report discusses a section of Pope’s An Essay on Criticism (published in 1711) that is often thought of as a poem in itself and referred to as “First Follow Nature” (lines 68 through 87). Also addressed is the importance and meaning of nature in 18th century English poetry and thinking. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWpopnat.rtf

Alienation in the Works of Robert Frost
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A six page paper looking at six of Frost's most well-known poems -- "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Fire and Ice," "The Road Not Taken", "Acquainted With The Night," "Mending Wall," and "Two Tramps at Mud Time" -- in terms of the way they depict the poet's alienation. The paper concludes that Frost uses situations and places familiar to most Americans in the hope that we will recognize his alienation as our own. No additional sources.
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Allen Ginsberg/ "America"
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A 5 page analysis of Allen Ginsberg's poem "America." The writer analyzes what Ginsberg is saying about American culture and also discusses Ginsberg as a writer. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: 99ginsam.wps

Ammons & Roethke/A Comparison
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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 naturally approach the language according to their own unique talents. The writer contrasts style, themes and imagery. No additional sources cited and no bibliographical information available.
Filename: kham&ro.wps

An Analysis of "To His Coy Mistress "
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This 5 page paper explicates this poem by Andrew Marvell. Language is discussed as well as themes and the meaning of the work. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA231Coy.rtf

An Analysis of "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
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A 5 page paper that analyzes aspects of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken." Outline included. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAroadnt.wps

An Analysis of Edgar Allen Poe's "A Valentine":
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This 5 page paper dicusses Edgar Allen Poe's "A Valentine". This paper analyzes the meaning and format of the poem. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: GSValent.rtf