Blake and Wordsworth
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A 6 page essay that offers 2 3-page essays: one on William Blake’s “Chimney Sweep” poems and one on William Wordsworth’s “The World is Too Much With Us Late and Soon.” The writer in each case uses the poems to discuss each poet’s poetic philosophy and style. No additional sources cited.
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Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Experience" Compared
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A seven page paper comparing poems in William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience." Specific poems discussed are "The Little Black Boy," "The Lamb," "The Tyger," two variants of "The Chimney Sweep," and two variants of "Little Girl Lost". Bibliography lists six sources.
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Blake's The Chimney Sweeper
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This 5 page paper explores the use of language in William Blake's two renditions of The Chimney Sweep: one from Songs Of Innocence and the other from Songs Of Experience. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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BLAKE’S VERSION OF HEAVEN AND HELL
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This 5 page paper discusses Blake's perspective of Heaven and Hell as opposed to the prevailing thoughts of the Christian doctrine of the day. Examples are taken from Blake's text, Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBlitblake.rtf

Blake, Coleridge, and Wordsworth
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A 5 page paper which examines "The Lamb" by William Blake, discussing its presentation of Christianity. The paper also discusses the poetic perspectives of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAblake.rtf

Blake, Giovanni & Soto/3 Poems
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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 own individualistic manner, addresses how human beings deal with each other and how this affects the individuals involved. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khblgiso.rtf

Blake: “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”
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This 6 page paper discusses William Blake’s work “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” and argues that it represents the two halves of the human spirit. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Blake: "Songs of Innocence and of Experience"
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This 11 page paper compares and contrasts William Blake's poems in his "Songs of Innocence and of Experience." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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BLAKES ARGUMENTS
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This 5 page paper gives a detailed summary of the Argument section in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake. Themes, symbolism and messages are exampled. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Bob Dylan & Robert Lowell
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An 8 page research paper that contrasts and compares Bob Dylan's song "Like a Rolling Stone" and Robert Lowell's poem "Memories of West Street and Lepke." The writer argues that Dylan and Lowell, having established themselves in a particular genre of their craft, changed the course of their careers by taking a different artistic path, much to the surprise of their critics and audiences. Lowell moved from the modernist camp to the postmodern and Dylan moved from folk music to rock n roll. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: khdyllow.rtf

Bob Kaufman and Beat Generation Poetry
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This 8 page paper discusses the African- American, Jewish, 'Beat Generation' poet Bob Kaufman. Critics and many of his fellow poets thought he was the most talented of the 'Beat' poets but certainly one of the least recognized and least well-known. Many critics have thought it was Kaufman that Ginsberg wrote about in 'Howl' as one of the 'best minds of my generation.' Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Bob Marley and Redemption Song
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A 5 page examination and analysis of Bob Marley and his song/poem Redemption Song. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAbobmy.rtf

Body Metaphors
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A 3 page research paper that explores the mean and purpose behind metaphors having to do with the body, such as "from the heart" and "head to head." Bibliography listss 3 sources.
Filename: khmetbod.rtf

Bradstreet & Taylor/Puritan Poetry
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A 4 page essay that examines the early American poetry of Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor. The writer argues that each poet recorded their reactions to colonial life in their verse, leaving a poetic legacy that offers a glimpse of what life was like in a seventeenth century early American colony. The picture of colonial life that emerges from their poetry is one that was extraordinarily hard, but also one in which colonials relied on their deep religious faith in order to face the numerous challenges of life in the New World. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khpurpom.rtf

Brian Turner: “Here, Bullet”
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A 4 page paper which examines the collection of poems in Brian Turner’s “Here, Bullet” and analyzes one particular poem, “Here, Bullet.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAhrbll.rtf

British Authors and British History: The 17th and 18th Centuries
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A 5 page paper which discusses how the authors, as well as poets, of Britain during the 17th and 18th century not only reflected the time periods but also influenced them. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAbrit17.rtf

British Poets
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A 10 page research paper that offers a one page critique of ten British poets. These are: Thomas Gray, Robert Burns, William Wordsworth, William Blake, John Keats, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Thomas Hardy, A.E. Houseman, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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British Romantic Poets
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A 14 page research paper that offers 2 separate essays, each essay is 7 pages in length. The first essay "What is Romanticism?," first all off, discusses and defines romanticism and then applies this definition to 2 poems each by Byron , Keats, and Shelley. Bibliography for this essay lists 9 sources. The second essay, "Dark Side of Romanticism," argues that romantic poets acknowledged that life has a darker side and that there is evil and corruption in the human heart that can never be complete eradicated. Evil will raise its ugly head as inevitably as there will also be beauty in the world. Byron's "Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte," Shelley's "The Triumph of Life," and Keats' "Lamia" are profiled. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khbrrom.rtf

Browning & Bradsteet/Love Poetry
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A 3 page essay that discusses the fact that Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) penned two of the greatest love poems that the world has known, “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and “How to love thee? Let me count the way.” While there are certainly differences in style between the two poems, these poets each express similar themes. They each describe the depth and breadth of their love, which is heartfelt and selfless, and is grounded in Christian imagery. No additional sources cited.
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Browning and Spera
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This 3 page paper compares the two poems "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning and "My Ex-Husband" by Gabriel Spera. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Browning's Last Duchess & Her Fatal Misstep
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A 3 page essay that discusses Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess" and how this applies to the concept of "hamarita." The literary term "hamarita" has been defined simply as a "tragic flaw," however, it does not necessarily refer to flaw in character, as it can also be an "unwitting, even a necessary, misstep in doing rather than an error in character" (Literary Vocabulary). In Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess," it is made clear that the duke's last duchess did, indeed, take a fatal misstep that brought about her demise and that action consisted, not in a character defect, but in the fact that she was too good, too caring, too human, to be a proper aristocrat in the eyes of her husband. Her hamarita lay in her love of life and individuality, which prevented her from existing solely as just one more beautiful possession belong to the duke. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Browning's My Last Duchess
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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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Browning/"My Last Duchess" as Dramatic Monologue
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A 3 page essay that analyzes Browning's poem "My Last Duchess" as a dramatic monologue. The writer defines "dramatic monologue" and discusses how Browning uses this device to create a concise character sketch of a depraved and shallow nobleman. No additional sources cited.
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Browning/My Last Duchess
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A 3 page essay that addresses Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess." This poem presents a dramatic monologue, in which a duke is discussing his art collection with the emissary of a family with whom the duke is negotiating the details of an arranged marriage. The duke stops before a portrait of his last duchess and begins to recount a story that is clearly intended to relay a message to the family concerning the duke's expectations for his next wife. In presenting the duke's diatribe against his previous duchess, Browning, in many ways, contrasts the restricted Classical worldview against the more humanistic Romantic worldview. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Business, Social Change & Poetry
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A 3 page research paper that looks at the new use of poetry within the business world. Historically, business has been perceived as purely rational, which defines it as antithetical to the creative side of human endeavor, that is, the abstract side, which is epitomized in poetry, which deals with ideas and emotions, not profit. However, business people today are coping with a rate of change that threatens to be overwhelming and a business world that increasingly relies on intellectual capital, as well as monetary capital. Consequently, poetry is being perceived by many as a means for releasing the creativity and thinking of business personnel, that is, a way to accommodate and adapt to change. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Byron & Temporality
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A 7 page research paper that examines the poetry of George Gordon, Lord Byron in regards to his use of temporality. This examination of Byron's verse examines specifically this sense of temporality and how it affects his portrayal of the heroic protagonists. Essentially this shows that the Byronic hero stands outside of temporality due to his experiences. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khbyrtim.rtf

Camoes’ “Lusiads”
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A 5 page paper examining this epic poem by the sixteenth-century Portuguese writer Luis Vas de Camoes. The paper traces Camoes’ nationalism and dogmatism in the poem, and shows how the imagery he used underscored his main theme of Portuguese’s obligation to evangelize the world. No additional sources.
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Canto X of Dante’s “Inferno”
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A 5 page paper which examines the historical significance of this stanza, as it relates to the city of Florence during the thirteenth century. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Carl Sandburg’s Chicago
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A 3 page analysis of Carl Sandburg’s poem Chicago. No additional sources cited.
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Carpe Diem Poetry
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A 5 page essay that examines three poems written on the carpe diem theme – Herrick's To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time; Wilbur's A Late Aubade; and cummings' since feeing is first. The author demonstrates that the way that these poets have handled the carpe diem theme is not only dependent on its literal meaning, but also on the social context of the time in which the poet wrote and also the individual perspective of the poet. No additional sources cited.
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CARPE DIEM IN POETRY
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This 5 page paper discusses the philoosphy of carpe diem in the poetry of Marvell, Brooks, Olds, Ackerman, to name a few. Examples cited from text and quoted. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Casinos: Costs and Benefits
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A 14 page overview of the benefits in terms of resources contributed compared with the potential costs of casino gambling. The author emphasizes that while casinos could be viewed as a viable form of recreation, leisure, and tourism and even as valuable contributors to state and local revenues, there are a number of problems associated with casino gambling. These problems include negative impacts on the community such as high crime and negative impacts on the customers themselves. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Catullus and Callimachean Poetry Compared
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This 5 page paper focuses on Catullus poetry and evaluates some poems to see if they have any relationship with Callimachean poems. The paper looks at both similarities and differences. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Change and the Self/Poetry of Gwen Harwood
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A 5 page essay on change that focuses on the poem "Suburban Sonnet" by Gwen Harwood. Using this poem, the writer discusses how motherhood involves change for the protagonist of the poem and to women in general. The positives and negatives of motherhood are discussed, with the conclusion that motherhood can be process that facilitates the growth of self. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Characters and Dante’s Hell
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A 5 page apper which examines where one would place various characters in classic/ancient literature in Dante’s Inferno. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Charles Baudelaire/A Dark Version of Romanticism
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A 5 page research paper that examines poetry by French poet Charles Baudelaire. The writer argues that while the romanticism of Wordsworth, Keats and Shelley concentrated, for the most part, on the inspiring beauty of the natural world, Baudelaire's vision of romanticism was much darker. He emphasized the "winter" aspect of nature – that death, decay, and destruction are also a natural part of the natural world. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Chaucer and Wordsworth
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An 8 page paper which discusses Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” and William Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey poem. No additional sources cited.
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Chaucer/Significance of Love in 2 Poems
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A 14 page research paper that argues that love plays a pivotal thematic role in two of Geoffrey Chaucer's greatest poems, The Book of the Duchesse and The Parliament of Fowles. While Chaucer is acknowledged as one of the greatest and most eloquent advocates of love in English literature, in these poems, he qualified his endorsement and dedication to love by placing it within certain institutional and societal boundaries. In The Book of the Duchesse, his elegy of consolation over the death of the Black Knight's lady is couched within the parameters established by the conventions of courtly love. Likewise, while the Parliament of Fowles is a love poem, Chaucer pictures love as susceptible to certain natural laws that should be meticulously followed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Child Abuse in Theodore Roethke’s Poem “My Papa’s Waltz”
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A 6 page paper which examines whether or not Theodore Roethke’s poem “My Papa’s Waltz” is about child abuse. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Children's Poems/Silverstein & Stevenson
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A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares children's poems by these two poets. Being able to recreate the magic and joy of childhood and to do it from the child's perspective is a rare gift that few poets have exhibited. Two poets who manage to accomplish this feat are Shel Silverstein and nineteenth century author Robert Louis Stevenson. Examination of a representative poem demonstrates not only the technical virtuosity of each poet, but also the fact that each man managed to capture a child's narrative voice without talking down to their young readers, but rather showing empathy and understanding of a child's world. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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