Emily Dickinson: Style, Tone, Symbolism and Language
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This 3 page paper considers Emily Dickinson's poetry with regard to its style, tone, symbolism and language. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVEmDick.rtf

Emma Lazarus & History
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A 5 page essay on the poetry of Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) who is the most prominent Jewish American poet of the nineteenth century. Through her eloquent poetry and other literary work, she endeavored to express what it meant to be outside the mainstream of American society, to give a voice to the thousands of immigrants who were trying to integrate themselves into American society during the nineteenth century. The writer discusses 3 of Lazarus' poems. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khlazhis.rtf

Emma Lazarus/American-Jewish Writer
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A 5 page research paper that examines the career of Emma Lazarus (1849-1887). who endeavored through her poetry and other literary work to express the experience of being Jewish in America for the benefit of the massive waves of immigrants who were in the process in integrating themselves into US culture during the nineteenth century (Omer-Sherman 170). She was, by far, the most influential Jewish American writer of the nineteenth century, but, until recently, has been largely overlooked by contemporary scholarship. Examination of Lazarus's career demonstrates the diversity of Lazarus' literary accomplishments and also the fact that controversy continues to characterize her legacy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khemlaza.rtf

Emulating Homer
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This 10 page paper is an “addition” to “The Odyssey” by Homer, and depicts a new adventure that the men meet on their way home to Ithaca.
Filename: HVEmHomr.rtf

Epic and Romance in “Beowulf” and Thomas Malory’s “Le Morte d’Arthur” (“Tale of Lancelot and Guenevere”)
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A 10 page paper which examines how epic and romance are featured in what are ‘essentially celebrations of bygone worlds.’ Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TGepicrom.rtf

Epigrams in Hellenistic Poetry
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The first Hellenistic poets began to rediscover an earlier tradition and adopted the same themes and style of older Greek lyric masters. This 6 page essay examines the use of wit, sarcasm, and so forth in classic Hellenistic poems. The writer discusses the use of epigrams in terms of the various socio-political structures which probably led to their popularity at the time. It should be noted that the emphasis here is more upon the reasons for epigrams than on the poems or poetry itself. Mentioned are : Callimachus, Herodus, Theocritus, and Apollonius of Rhodes. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Hellenis.wps

Epiphany in Literature
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A 4 page paper which discusses epiphany in literature. The works examined are Emerson’s “Self Reliance,” Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” and Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAephp2.rtf

Essay on Man by Alexander Pope
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A 3 page paper which examines and discusses elements of poetry and philosophy found in Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAxman.rtf

Exotic and Archaic Elements in the Work of the Romantics
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A 5 page paper which examines how the Romantic era poets often used exotic and archaic elements in their writing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAromexo.rtf

Experiencing the Poetry of Sylvia Plath
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A 5 page paper which analyzes how the reader experiences the poetry of Sylvia Plath, considering the ways in which her tragic life enhanced the reading of her poems, what is essential to the understanding of her poems, how the reading of her works differs from the poetry of Wallace Stevens and Elizabeth Bishop, and evaluates the appeal of Plath's work. Specifically examined are Plath's poems, "Morning Song," "Daddy" and "Lady Lazarus."
Filename: TGplath.wps

Experimental Feminist Poetry
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A 5 page paper how through the experimental verses of feminist poetry that attempts to, through the creative use of language, reconstruct a woman’s identity in society, through their critical presentations of the social formation of gender. Poets and critics discussed include Erica Hunt, Craig Owens, Rae Armantrout, Ann Lauterbach, Norma Cole, Harryette Mullen, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Susan Howe, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Charles Bernstein, and Louis Zukofsky. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: TGfempoe.rtf

Explication of Ben Jonson’s “A Celebration of Charis in Ten Lyric Pieces”
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A 4 page paper that considers this poem by examining the concepts of humanism, sprezzatura, virtue, shame and guilt based culture and literary theory. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGcharis.rtf

Explication of Christina Rossetti's In An Artist's Studio
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This 5 page paper analyzes this poem for form and content. Content is emphasized and the meaning of the work is discussed in depth. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA240art.rtf

Explication of Wordsworth's The Solitary Reaper
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This 5 page paper provides an analysis that focuses on thematic elements, the five senses, and other literary aspects of this poem. Much of the work is quoted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA147TSR.rtf

Explication: "Scenes from the Playroom"
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This 5 page paper explicates the poem "Scenes from the Playroom" by R.S. Gwynn. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVScPlay.rtf

Extended Similes of Violence in “The Odyssey”
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This 6 page paper explores the violent episode with the Cyclops in “The Odyssey” and the similes that Homer uses within that chapter. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVSimOdy.rtf

Ezra Pound, "A Virginal"
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A 3 page explication of Ezra Pound's poem "A Virginal" that begins with roughly a page covering the poet's biography and background. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khezrap.rtf

Fame, Fate and Destiny in “Beowulf”
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In four pages this paper examines the roles that fame, fate, and destiny play in the anonymous Germanic epic poem “Beowulf.” Three sources are listed in the bibliography.
Filename: TGbeofate.rtf

Fascination with Death/Dickinson & Popular Music
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A 5 page essay that compares two poems by Emily Dickinson, "I heard a fly buzz when I died" and "Because I could not stop for death," to two popular songs concerning death -- "The Death Song" by Marilyn Manson and "Prey for Death" by Graham Woolley. The writer argues that Dickinson's poems, like the songs profiled, take the approach that death is not to be feared. However, the writer also points out where the tone of these works differ. No additional sources.
Filename: khpoeson.rtf

FATHER AND SON ISSUES IN THE POETRY OF SALINAS AND CARVER
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This 5 page paper discusses the issues of sons and fathers as depicted in the poetry of spanish poets, Raymond Carver and Omar Salinas. The poems utlized are: My Father is a Simple Man and A Photograph of My Father on His Twenty-Second Year. Excerpts and analysis of each poem included. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBspsons.rtf

Fathers and Sons
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A 3 page paper which examines the powerful nature of relationships between fathers and sons as it involves Roethke’s My Papa’s Waltz, Faulkner’s Barn Burning, and Dubus’ Killings. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAfsz.rtf

Fear Of Death
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Poetry that includes representation of death is fairly common. Poetry that calls to death at a point where it is inevitable is not quite so common, however, John Donne's Death Be Not Proud and William Dunbar's Timor Mortis Conturbat Me both seem to be of this type. This 5 page paper explores the poetic content as well as the use of allegory and imagery in these poems. No additional sources are listed; sources are included.
Filename: KTtimdth.wps

Figurative Language in Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus,” John Keats’ “To Autumn” and Irving Layton’s “Berry Picking”
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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts how the figurative language of imagery (or symbolism), metaphor, personification, and simile in each poem. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TG3poems.rtf

Figurative Language in William Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 18" and Margaret Cavendish’s "Nature’s Cook"
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A 5 page paper which examines the use of figures of speech to develop the themes of death and nature, considering the different effects of this language, and how it contributes to the overall impact of each poem. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TGshacav.rtf

Figure of Speech Analysis of William Wordsworth's Poem, "The World Is Too Much With Us"
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A 5 page paper which analyzes the figures of speech used in William Wordsworth's 1802 poem, "The World Is Too Much With Us." Specifically considered are allegory, allusion, hyperbole, metaphor, simile, irony, personification, pun and satire. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TGwworld.wps

Form And Function In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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Chaucer's Canterbury tales are said to be a collection of folktales that are told in the form of poetry. The writing was Chaucer's, the tales were collected along his travels throughout England and Italy. This 11 page paper explores the ways in which Chaucer brought form and variety to a unified work. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTfrmtle.wps

Fragility in "somewhere i have never traveled" and "The Glass Menagerie"
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A four page paper comparing a love poem by e.e. cummings to the classic Tennessee Williams play. The paper traces the theme of the fragile beloved through both works, and shows how fragility exerts its own power. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: KBcumngs.wps

Frank O'Hara's Poetry
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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.
Filename: RAfroh.rtf

Frederik L. Rusch’s Critique on T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
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A 5 page paper which assesses the validity of Rusch’s critique, “Society and Character in ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’.” No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGprufrk.rtf

Free Will in the Iliad
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A 5 page essay that examines the Iliad from the perspective of how, while the gods set the parameters in which free will was allowed to operate, it was ultimately the action of the individual that propelled him towards his destiny. Examination of Homer's Iliad shows that the actions of Achilles substantiate this perspective. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khfrwlil.rtf

Freedom and Obedience in Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
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A 5 page paper which discusses the significance of freedom and obedience in Milton’s “Paradise Lost.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAlost.rtf

Frost & Dickinson/Use of Diction Depicting Nature
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A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares 2 poems. Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost are both evocative poets whose verse shows each poet's gift for reflecting natural scenes with photographic accuracy, conveying to the reader not only how the scene looked, but also what it made the poet feel and the thoughts it conjured. Two representative poems, "The Wind begun to knead the Grass" by Dickinson and "Design" by Frost, demonstrate the marked similarities between the ways in which these two great American poets utilized diction and poetic imagery in their work and also how they differed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khrfed2p.rtf

Frost and Eliot/Views of Old Age
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A 5 page paper that contrasts and compares T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and Robert Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man." The writer points out where the poems are different, but argues that they are similar in that they both deal with the inevitability of old age and mortality, and they both say a great deal about how modern society tends to alienate us, rather then bringing us together. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khfrel.rtf

Frost and Ferlinghetti
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A 5 page essay that contrasts and compares Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and Ferlinghetti's "The Poet's Eye Obscenely Seeing." Although these poems are extremely different, the writer argues that they say similar things about the demands of industrialized society. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khfrfe.rtf

Frost and Keats
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A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts the poetry of Robert Frost and John Keats. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAostts.rtf

Frost and Longfellow
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A 15 page research paper that contrasts and compares the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Robert Frost. This examination of the legacies of these poets first of all places these poets within the context of their times by briefly examining the major issues and events that shaped the world and the country during their lifetimes. Then, each author’s biography will be discussed with particular emphasis on the factors that shaped the poet’s worldview and his verse. Against this informational background, a poem by each poet will be discussed in reference to how the poem exemplifies a prevalent theme in that poet’s verse. Bibliography lists 25 sources.
Filename: khlngfro.rtf

Frost and Williams and Death
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A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts the theme of death in William Carlos Williams’ The Dead Baby and Robert Frost’s Home Burial. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAddb.rtf

FROST AS TERRIFYING
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This 5 page paper discusses and disputes the claim by Lionel Tilling that Frost was macabre and terrifying with his themes. Examples and quotes from text given. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBpfrostter.rtf

Frost's "Death of the Hired Man" and "Home Burial"
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A six page paper looking at these two works by Robert Frost in terms of their subject matter, theme, imagery, and tone. The paper concludes that although they both deal with the effect of death upon the living, "Home Burial" is darker than the merely poignant "Hired Man," because the stakes are higher; the couple's marriage is at stake. Bibliography lists seven sources.
Filename: KBhired.wps

Frost's "Fire and Ice"
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A five page paper explicating Robert Frost's nine-line poem. The paper looks at the themes of destruction and alienation contained within the poem, and shows how they reflect the poet's own loneliness and his sense of being misunderstood. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: KBfrost9.wps