LOMA CROZIER’S POEM: CALM
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This 4 page paper analyzes the poem by Lorna Crozier: Calm. It is analyzed for visual imagery, symbolism, theme and presentation. Literary elements are defined and exampled. Bibliography lists 0 source.
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Longfellow, Whitman and Dickinson
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A 5 page paper which examines one poem from Longfellow, Whitman, and Dickinson. The poems examined are The poets, and their poems, are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Day is Done, Walt Whitman’s Beat! Beat! Drums!, and Emily Dickinson’s The Railway Train. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Longfellow/The Children's Hour
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A 5 page research paper that critically analyzes Longfellow's poem "The Children's Hour." The writer argues that this poem speaks directly to feelings that are basic to all humanity and this is why his verse, although no longer critically acclaimed, is so well loved and read throughout the world. The writer also discusses Longfellow's reputation and how his work is regarded. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Lord Byron & Romanticism
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A 3 page essay that analyzes Byron's "Stanzas To a Lady Leaving England" as an example of romantic poetry. The writer discusses how some critics have dismissed Byron as a romantic and presents opposing views. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Lord Byron and Greece
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A 6 page paper which provides a brief analysis of the Greek Revolution of 1821-1829, and explores Lord Byron’s involvement, and examines his poems on Greece. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Lord Byron, We'll Go No More A-Roving
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A 5 page research paper/essay that analyzes this poem by George Gordon, Lord Byron. A close examination of this poem and where it fits in Byron's life suggests a negative view of Bryon, both as a poet and as an individual. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Love and Chopin’s “Story of an Hour”
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A 5 page paper which examines love in the short story “Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. The idea of love is discussed in relationship to the poem “Song” by Allen Ginsberg. No additional sources cited.
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Love and Fame in the Poetry of Lord Byron
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This 5 page paper provide an overview of the use of metaphors in the poetry of Lord Byron to represent love and fame. This paper demonstrates the way in which Lord Byron uses similar symbols to represent different themes in two of his poems, Stanzas Written on the Road Between Florence and Pisa and On This Day. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Love and Time in Three Poems of William Butler Yeats
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This 5 page report discusses the poetry of William Butler Yeats with a primary focus on “Adam’s Curse.” In the vast majority of Yeats’ love poetry he is able to separate a clearly personal experience and emphasize its greater universality in terms of shared emotion and a tone of melancholy awareness that transfixes most people at some point in the midst of their greater experience of love. “Adam’s Curse” is not unique in its ability to express those broad and often disturbing visions of the experience of love and loss. Many of Yeats’ love poems also convey such sentiments and “Never Give All the Heart” and “O Do not Love too Long” are also examined. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Love in William Blake’s “The Sick Rose” and Katherine Philips’ “Against Love”
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A 4 page paper which examines how the matter of love is explored in these poetic works and what it may have been in the authors’ own personal experiences that may have inspired these works. No additional sources are used.
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Love Poetry and the Victorian Age
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This 5 page report discusses the love poetry of the Victorian era. The writers of the Victorian Era responded to the innovations and changes of the world with their own literary changes. Just as the scientists, inventors, and politicians of the time refused to believe there were boundaries to what could be accomplished, the writers and poets saw that it was possible to explore new realms of expression. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Love, as Considered by Medieval Poets Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder, Sir Walter Raleigh, Christopher Marlowe and Geoffrey Chaucer
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A 5 page paper which examines how love is depicted in Wyatt’s “The Long Love That My Heart Doth Harbor,” “Farewell, Love,” “Whoso List to Hunt,” “My Gallery,” “Divers Doth Use,” “Madam, Withouten Many Words,” “They Flee From Me,” “My Lute, Awake!,” Raleigh’s “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” “The Lie,” “Farewell, False Love,” Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” and “Prologue,” “The Knight’s Tale,” and “The Miller’s Tale” from Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales.” No additional sources are used.
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Lucille Clifton's 'Homage To My Hips'
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This 4 page essay deals with Lucille Clifton and her changing body--her hips in particular and what that really means. No additional sources cited.
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Lucille Clifton/forgiving my father
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A 4 page essay that explicates Lucille Clifton's poem "forgiving my father." The writer argues that this poem concerns the legacy of a childhood made harsh by a father's inability to provide for his family. Clifton, as a woman, identifies most heavily with her mother's anger and disappointment at having married a man who could not provide for his family. However, within the context of this poem, Clifton comes to perceive that her mother's anger is not necessarily her own and that she can forgive them both and, in doing so, move on with her own life. No additional sources cited.
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Lucille Clifton/Move
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A 4 page explication of Clifton's poem "Move," which was written to commemorate the bombing of Philadelphia Afro-centric movement in Philadelphia in 1985. The writer argues that Clifton's poem is an indictment against the black mayor of Philadelphia at that time for authorizing the attack. No additional sources cited.
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Lynn Emanuel/Big Black Car
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A 3 page essay that discusses the poet's use of metaphor. Poets frequently face the question of how to describe the indescribable, that is, how to convey, within the limited context of a poem, the complexity of life and its multi-layered, convoluted reality. One way of accomplishing this task is through the utilization of metaphor, imagery and action, which are part of the poet's "toolbox" for conveying complex meaning through the representation of sights, sounds, smells, touch, etc. An ideal example of this point is Lynn Emanuel's poem "Big Black Car." No bibliography is provided.
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Mallarme, Baudelaire and Goethe
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This 4 page paper discusses the poem “Afternoon of a Faun” by Mallarme; and the poem “Correspondences” by Baudelaire; and how these two symbolic works compare to Goethe’s works. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Margaret Atwood/Variations on the Word Love
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A 5 page essay that examines Margaret Atwood's poem "Variations on the Word Love." In this poem, Atwood expresses her thoughts and feelings on the inadequacy of the English language at expressing what is meant by "love." Atwood accomplishes this by exploring the many connotations, or "variations," in which this word is used. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Marie de France/The Lais
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An 8 page research paper that examines the work of Marie de France (circa 1155-1170), a French poet, whose work offers a fascinating view into what life was like for the medieval French noblewoman. Her surviving works are a collection of 'Lais,' which are short stories in verse form that usually dealt with romantic themes. The writer relates the literary elements of her poetry and its significance to what the poems tell the modern reader about medieval life. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Marlowe & Donne/Faustus & Holy Sonnet 10
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A 4 page research paper that contains two distinct sections. The first section discusses Christopher Marlowe's Dr. Faustus, and why Faustus make this choice to sell his soul to the devil. The second section is an analysis of John Donne's Holy Sonnet 10. No additional sources cited.
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Marvell's To His Coy Mistress
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This 7 page paper presents a line by line explication of Andrew Marvell's poem, To His Coy Mistress. No additional sources are listed.
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Marvell/To His Coy Mistress
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A 3 page essay that explicates this poem by Andrew Marvell, the seventeenth century British poet, in which Marvell makes a carpe diem argument that his mistress should throw caution to the wind and surrender her virginity because life is short and they will grow old and die within a heart beat. No additional sources cited.
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Mary Oliver's "Singapore"
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A five page paper explicating this poem on the nature of beauty, as discerned through an encounter with an airport cleaning lady. The paper argues that the kind of beauty that is merely comfortable does not give us insight into what is true. Bibliography lists four sources.
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Mary Oliver/Early Snow
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A 3 page essay that discusses the imagery in Mary Oliver's poem "Early Snow." The writer states that this is a lyrical description of an early snow fall. Examination of this poem shows that, first of all, the poet concentrates on how the snow looks as it covers familiar objects in the landscape. Then, the poet goes on to internally explore the sense of awe and amazement that she feels watching the snow. These musings lead her to consider humanity's place in the scheme of things, as represented by the natural world. No additional sources cited.
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MATERIAL MAN
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This 5 page paper analyzes the works of Whitman, Ammons, Bishop, Heyen, and Wright for their depiction of man and his relationship with things/objects and nature. Quotes used from text to support the thesis, and cited. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Materialism: Sen and Sand
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A 3 pag epaper which examines materialism in Ramprasad Sen’s poem I Spent My Days in Fun and George Sand’s The Devil’s Pool. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAsensan.rtf

Matisse & Safir on "Dance"
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A 7 page research paper that contrasts and compares Matisse's painting "Dance" with Natalie Safir's poem "Matisse's Dance." The writer argues that Safir attempts to capture the primitive exaltation of the nude dancers in Matisse's painting. An examination of Safir's verse and Matisse's painting demonstrates that Safir is highly successful in capturing the essence of Matisse's genius. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Matthew Arnold's Growing Old
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This 5 page paper examines Matthew Arnold's poem, Growing Old in terms of voice, setting, theme and tone. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Matthew Arnold/ Dover Beach
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A 5 page research paper that analyzes the poem 'Dover Beach' by nineteenth century British poet Matthew Arnold. This analysis demonstrates how 'Dover Beach' expresses Arnold's dissatisfaction with industrialized society and relates the poem to Arnold's life. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Matthew Arnold/Dover Beach
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A 4 page essay that offers an explication of Arnold's poem "Dover Beach." The writer argues that the poem expresses Arnold's negative reaction against the effects of industrialization on England in the nineteenth century and also his faith in the redeeming power of love. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khadover.rtf

MAURA STANTON’S CHILDHOOD: PARAPHRASED
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This 3 page paper examines and paraphrases Maura Stanton's poem, Childhood. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Maura Stanton/"Good People"
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A 5 page essay that examines the poem "Good People" by Maura Stanton. The writer argues that throughout the vast majority of human history and human experience, people have been tied to one specific place. Born into a culture, they lived their lives surrounded by a relatively small group of people to whom they were intimately connected by familial and social bonds. Those bonds have been broken in the modern world and set individuals, like Stanton's narrator, adrift in a world that has no anchors. Yet, in the final lines, there is a lingering hope that somewhere, somehow, connections between people still exist. No bibliographical information is included.
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Maxine Kumin's 'Woodchucks'
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A 3 page explication of the poem 'Woodchucks' by Maxine Kumin, focusing on the transformation of the main character from farmer to murderer. During the first two paragraphs, the character is clearly presented as a farmer concerned that the woodchucks are constantly eating his produce. In the third stanza, the focus shifts to and the main character begins a process of murder. No additional sources cited.
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Maya Angelou/Phenomenal Woman
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A 4 page essay that offers an explication and analysis of this poem. Throughout the course of human history, men haven been primarily admired for their accomplishments, but the focus of admiration for women has been on whether or not their appearance fit with what a particular society considered beautiful. In her poem "Phenomenal Woman," Maya Angelou challenges this pervasive cultural feature and asserts that she is extraordinary and immensely attractive, without fitting within any of society's preconceived notions of how female beauty and attractiveness should be defined and conceptualized. No additional sources cited.
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Maya Angelou: Her Works and Her Life
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This 5 page paper discusses Maya Angelou’s life and four of her poems, and argues that many of the things that happened to her in her life are expressed through her poetry. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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McMahon's "Devolution of the Nude"
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A complete, 5 page explication of Lynne McMahon's poem entitled "Devolution of the Nude"- a 20th century work that questions value systems. No bibliography.
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Meaning in Four Classics of Poetry
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A 5 page essay that looks at four poems and analyzes them according to the poet's meaning and purpose. These are Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess,' 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' translated by Edward Fitzgerald; 'Ulysses' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson; and 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley. No additional sources cited.
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Meaning of "Smile" in 2 Poems
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A 3 page essay on the use of the world "smile" in 2 poems. Robert Browning in "My Last Duchess" and Dorothy Parker in "A Certain Lady" create poems that employ the word "smile." "Smile" in each poem refers to the standard meaning of the word, that is, a facial expression in which the corners of the mouth turn upward, indicating pleasure or amusement; however, this word is employed quite differently within the context of each poem. Browning's Duke Ferrara condemns his "last duchess" because she smiled too freely and too genuinely and did not keep her smiles as something belonging solely to him. Dorothy Parker's "certain lady" convinces her lover that her special smiles are only for him, but admits that they hide a duplicitous heart. No additional sources cited.
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Meanings of Seduction in "The Flea"
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5 pages in length. John Donne's "The Flea" is one of the more interesting poems of seduction in English. Donne uses an effective argument in this poem as an instrument of seduction. This paper focuses on the seduction within the poem. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Medieval Cities in Dante's Inferno
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A 3 page essay that discusses the role of cities as settings in Dante's Inferno. In the notes that accompany the Hollander and Hollander translation of Dante's Inferno, these translators comment that the medieval city provides the "centering image of political life" for Dante's vision of Hell (Hollander and Hollander 56). As this indicates, Dante pictures Hell in terms that are synonymous with those of an earthly city, such as his native Florence. As this indicates, an examination of Dante's references to cities in the Inferno demonstrates how this setting aided Dante in accomplishing his literary goals. No additional sources cited.
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