Angels: Followers of Satan in Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
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A 6 page paper which analyzes why, in Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” the angels followed Satan despite the fact they knew they would be cast out of heaven. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: RAangels.rtf

Ann Beattie's "Snow" -- Symbolism
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3 pages in length. On the surface, Ann Beattie's Snow appears innocent enough in its content, but as the reader becomes more and more involved in the symbolic underpinnings that embody the literary work, it is quite clear how there is a distinctive flavor of separate interpretations between the narrator and her lover. The white blanketing snow of which she speaks so fondly represents the blanket of love she felt that winter, while he only looks upon it as a mark of Mother Nature's handiwork, finding little else in it to be acknowledged. No bibliography.
Filename: TLCSnowSym.rtf

Ann Sexton: Cinderella.
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(5 pp) At a turning point in art history, Marcel Duchamp turned a porcelain urinal, upside down and hung it on the wall, labeling it art, after he signed it "R. Mutt." The supposed sophisticated community at large took that to mean - "whatever I say is art, is art." The same argument could be made for a poet. If the poet says it is a poem. Is it then a poem, or does it have to follow certain structure, form or meaning to get that title? In this discussion we will examine the poem, Cinderella by Anne Sexton, within two categories, meaning and mechanics, and see how it stands on its own.
Filename: BBasxtnR.doc

Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor
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A 3 page paper which compares Anne Bradstreet’s poem “By Night when Others Soundly Slept” with Edward Taylor’s poem “”Huswifery.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAptay.rtf

Anne Bradstreet and Emily Dickinson
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A 5 page paper which discusses the work of Anne Bradstreet and Emily Dickinson as it involves God, death, and the spiritual experience. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: RAannbr.rtf

Anne Bradstreet's Poetry / Neoclassical Or Metaphysical?
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A 3 page paper examining the work of this early American poet. The paper looks at both the Neoclassical school of poetry and the Metaphysical movement in order to determine in which camp Bradstreet fits, and concludes that abundant evidence proves her to be Metaphysical. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: Bradst.wps

Anne Bradstreet’s “The Prologue”
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A 3 page paper which examines how Anne Bradstreet’s “The Prologue” is a feminist poem. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAbrpr.rtf

Anne Sexton's "The Starry Night"
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A 5 page paper which analyzes the poem "The Starry Night" by Anne Sexton. The paper argues that the element which provides the power in this poem is imagery. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAsexton.wps

Anne Sexton’s “Her Kind” and Audre Lorde’s “Coal”
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A 3 page paper which examines the historical significance in the following poems: Anne Sexton’s “Her Kind” and Audre Lorde’s “Coal.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAcoal.rtf

Anne Sexton/Death and Gender
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A 7 page essay that examines four poems by Anne Sexton. The writer asserts that by examining these poems, it is possible to demonstrate how the poet is pushed toward depression by the manner in which patriarchal society defines gender. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khsexton.rtf

Anne Sexton: Cinderella.
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(5 pp) At a turning point in art history, Marcel Duchamp turned a porcelain urinal, upside down and hung it on the wall, labeling it art, after he signed it 'R. Mutt.' The supposed sophisticated community at large took that to mean - 'whatever I say is art, is art.' The same argument could be made for a poet. If the poet claims it, a poem. Is it then a poem or does it have to follow certain structure, form or meaning to get that title? In this discussion we will examine the poem, Cinderella by Anne Sexton, within two categories, meaning and mechanics of, and see how it stands on its own.
Filename: BBasextn.rtf

Anonymous/"Sir Patrick Spence"
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A 3 page essay that analyzes "Sir Patrick Spence," a medieval poem (author unknown) that was written in the twelfth century. The poet relates how Sir Patrick Spence set to see on the king's command and met with watery grave. The poem is a sea saga that is told in vivid images, which serve to connect the modern reader to the real human feeling of loss that is portrayed in the verse. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khsirsp.rtf

APPEALS TO EAR BY VARIOUS POETS
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This 3 page paper discusses the use of prosody in Langston Hughes' work, Let America be America Again, and Marge Piercy's work, WellFleet Sabbath. Quotes cited from text as examples. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBprosody.rtf

Argos and Odysseus
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This 5 page paper is a detailed examination of the scene between Argos and Odysseus in "The Odyssey." Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVArgOdy.rtf

Arnold's "Dover Beach" vs. Hecht's "Dover Bitch"
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A five page paper looking at these two poems in terms of their relationship to one another. Hecht's poem is a parody of Arnold's, but the paper concludes that Hecht is not so much mocking Arnold as he is bidding goodbye to a belief system the twentieth century could not support. No additional sources.
Filename: KBarnol2.wps

Aron Kessbury/Song to a Waitress
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A 5 page essay that interprets the poem "Song to a waitress" by Aron Kessbury. The poem is included in its entirety as the writer offers a stanza by stanza analysis. "Song to a Waitress" is a blank verse poem that expresses a great deal of anger and dissatisfaction with the transformed nature of male/female relationships that have come with the dismantling of patriarchy. The thrust of the poem expresses the narrator's longing for -- what to him -- appears to be a simpler time, a time when women, particularly lower class women, were somewhat cowed by men, that is, a time when women "knew their place." No bibliography is offered.
Filename: kharnkes.rtf

Article Analysis: The Poetics of Anne Finch by Jennifer Keith
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This 4 page paper is an analysis of Jennifer Keith’s article on poet Anne Finch. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVJKeith.rtf

Artistry in Frost’s Poetry
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A 4 page paper which examines the artistic in Robert Frost’s poems “Mending Wall,” “The Road Not Taken,” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” No additional sources cited.
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Athena and Penelope in Homer’s “The Odyssey”
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A 5 page paper which examines how the wife and the goddess influenced Odysseus, thus assuring their importance in the epic poem. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGpenath.rtf

ATTITUDES TOWARD DEATH: POETRY OF DONNE, THOMAS, AND DAVIS
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This 3 page paper discusses the views of death by three poets: Donne, Thomas, and Davis. Each analyzed for themes and mesages about death, use of symbolism, personification, metaphor. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MBdeathpoet.rtf

Atwood & Browning/On Love
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A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares contemporary Canadian poet Margaret Atwood's "You Fit Into Me" and nineteenth century poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet XLIII, better known as "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." The writer argues that these poems are complete opposites. Atwood's poem is terse and short, expressing her stance in just four lines. As her title suggests, Browning's poem has the traditional 14-line form of a sonnet. Also, Browning employs a traditional rhyme scheme, while Atwood uses unrhymed free verse. But while these differences are striking, the biggest difference between the two works is the individual poet's stance on love. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khatbrlo.rtf

Auden & Donne/On Separation & Mourning
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A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares poems by these two poets. Separation from a loved one, either through death or prolonged absence, engenders the natural response of mourning. In his poem "Funeral Blues," W.H. Auden captures in metaphors the heart-wrenching experience of losing a loved one. John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" also uses metaphor in order to offer solace to his beloved concerning a prolonged separation. In both cases, the poets capture the experience of mourning the creative use of metaphor. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khauddon.rtf

Auden’s Geographies
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An 11 page paper which discusses the geographies within the poems of W.H. Auden. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAauden.rtf

Audre Lorde/Black Unicorn
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An 8 page research paper that examines several poems by African American poet Audre Lorde. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khlorde.rtf

Aztec Poetry
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A 4 page paper which analyzes an article about Aztec poetry from a historical perspective, as well as analyzing a poem. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAzpo.rtf

Bai Juyi (Pai Chu-i, Bo Juyi, Po Chü-i) 772-846 - Poet of the Tang Dynasy
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(5 pp) Bai Juyi (772-846) is considered one of the most prolific poets of the Tang Dynasty. And the Tang Dynasty itself (618 - 907 BCE) is considered to be the golden age of Chinese poetry. We will examine this poet and his works in light of his own historic period. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Bbbaijuy.doc

BALLAD OF BIRMINGHAM
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This 3 page paper analyzes this poem for form, tone, symbolism, alliteration and more. Examples given from text of Dudley Randalls poem: The Ballad of Birmingham. Bibliograpy lists 1 source.
Filename: MBnobaby.rtf

Barnby's Setting Of Tennyson's "Crossing The Bar" And Ireland's Version Of Masefield's "Sea Fever": Songs Of The Sea
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5 pages in length. Understanding the greater meaning behind traditional songs of the sea enables one to gain a significantly better perspective of just how powerful the ocean's presence is in some people's lives. To those who live and breathe by the sea, her swelling waves and wafting salt air reflect a world still unknown to man yet comforting nonetheless. When Tennyson's Crossing the Bar and Masefield's Sea Fever were put to music by Barnby and Ireland, respectively, the already absorbing and intimate meanings beheld by the poems took on an even greater sense of emotion with each man's haunting melody, clearly expanding the meaning of the words. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCSngSe.rtf

Barreca/Nighttime Fires
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A 3 page explication of "Nighttime Fires" by Regina Barreca, the writer argues that the poet creates a haunting tale of her father's disillusionment with a society that has failed him. Barreca turns the behavior of her father, that is, waking up Barreca and her siblings so they could witness the night time destruction of a home to fire, into an elaborate metaphor that enlightens the reader as to her father's state of mind. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khbarnf.rtf

Basho's 'Sick on a journey'
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This 5 page paper analyzes the author's last Haiku. Sabi and Wabi are discussed as well as principles of Buddhism that might have affected the poet's view. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA040Bos.rtf

Beauty and Harmony in Taoism and the Works of Wordsworth
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A 6 page paper comparing beauty and harmony as approached by Lao Tzu in the 6th century BC and by William Wordsworth 2500 years later. Wordsworth was not a Taoist, of course, but his poetry nonetheless reflects much of the Taoist position on beauty and harmony. Nature is the overriding natural order for each; nature exemplifies both beauty and harmony. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSwordsTao.wps

Beowulf
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A 5 page paper which examines the obvious codes and the existence of situations that do not have codes in the classic poem Beowulf. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAbcode.rtf

Beowulf & Song of Roland
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A 5 page analysis and comparison between the two epic poems Beowulf and Song of Roland. The writer focuses on the way that each heroic figure met death at the end of their respective poems. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khepic.wps

Beowulf and War Poetry
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A 10 page paper which discusses and compares the classic Beowulf with W.B. Yeats’ poem “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” and Rupert Brooke’s “The Soldier.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAbeowar.rtf

Beowulf v. Odysseus/Who is the most attractive?
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A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares Odysseus, from Homer’s epic the Odyssey, and Beowulf. The epic heroes Odysseus and Beowulf appear to be very similar. They each are featured in an ancient epic poem and therefore engage in heroic action. Also, they each can be viewed as representative of their era and society’s culture. However, these cultures had distinctly different worldviews and valued different aspects of human behavior. Examination of both texts reveals that Odysseus is presented as being deeply human and, therefore, initially having flaws in his character. Beowulf, on the other hand, is portrayed as perfect. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khbeaod2.rtf

Beowulf/ Symbolism and Allegory
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A 5 page research paper and analysis of the Anglo-Saxon Old English epic poem. The writer explores aspects of the symbolism and allegory used in the poem, such as the symbolism behind the Danish great hall. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khsabeo.rtf

Berceo/Virgin Mary as Mother/Religious Symbol
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A 3 page essay that discusses this thirteenth century poetry. Gonzalo de Berceo, thirteenth century Spanish poet, focused on the subject of the Virgin Mary and her importance to Christian worship in his text Milagros de Nuestra Senora (Miracles of Our Lady). Berceo begins with an elaborate allegory that pictures him as a pilgrim finding a field that he describes in a manner that immediately equates it with Paradise and the Garden of Eden. In this new "Eden," it is Mary who is the new "Eve." This allegorical beginning is the principal theme of Berceo's work, as he describes Mary as the central symbol of the new age brought about by Christianity. Just as Eve caused the downfall of humanity, the Virgin is instrumental in its redemption. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khbersym.rtf

Berceo/Virgin Mary as Mother/Religious Symbol
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A 3 page essay that looks at Gonzalo de Berceo's thirteenth century masterpiece Milagros de Nuestra Senora (Miracles of Our Lady), which consists of a series of narratives that relate many of the miracles performed by the Virgin Mary. In this work, Mary is essentially the protagonist who battles against the forces of evil, Satan devils, in order to aid humanity in the goal of reaching salvation. In so doing, the Virgin is pictured as humanity's greatest and most powerful advocate in the war between the forces of Heaven and Hell. Human beings are the fallible souls in the middle, who would undoubtedly fail to achieve Paradise if not for the intercession of the Virgin. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khbervir

Billy Collins
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A 3 page paper on the life and works of Billy Collins. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAblllly.rtf

Blake & Marvell/ Human Condition
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A 5 page essay that contrasts and compares two poems, Marvell's To his Coy Mistress and Blake's The Sick Rose. In both poems, the decay of death is contrasted against the beauty and vibrancy of life. Therefore, both poems can be seen has having a similar carpe diem orientation toward the human condition. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khblmar.rtf