Thomas Hardy's 'The Darkling Thrush'
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A 6 page explication of Thomas Hardy's unusually uplifting poem. The paper analyzes the significance of the date when the poem was written -- December 31, at the precise turn of the century -- and shows how the poet's invocation of nature challenges both the mechanization and the aestheticism of the late Victorian age. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Whitman, Hardy, & Moss / Personification Of Objects
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A 5 page analysis of three poems that personify objects or objectify humans. The writer examines Walt Whitman's 'To A Locomotive In Winter,' Thomas Hardy's 'The Work Box,' & Howard Moss' 'Pruned Tree.' No additional sources cited.
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Gwendolyn Brooks' 'Kitchenette Building' / Meter
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A 5 page paper on Gwendolyn Brooks' short poem, looking at the tone, dramatic situation, and particularly the meter. The paper asserts that Brooks uses meter to emphasize the poem's point: that traditional poetic techniques, as both styles and as viewpoints, are an inappropriate mode of expression to those who are cut off from the romantic world. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Goethe & Wordsworth / Two Views of the Poet
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An 8 page paper comparing the way artistic souls are portrayed in Wordsworth's long poem The Prelude and Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther. The paper shows that during the Romantic era, two very different views of the poet developed: the poet as prophet and interpreter of society, and the poet as tortured soul, and the different types are perfectly epitomized in these poems. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Aristotle, Sidney, Shelley, Aquinas & Boccaccio / Use Of The Poetic Metaphor
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A 12 page paper that considers the topic of the poetic metaphor as considered in the writings of these five great minds. This paper suggests that within each of these authors' writings, there is evidence to support the value of the poetic metaphor. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Poet -- Kahlil Gibran / Responsibility Of The Individual
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A 12 page paper discussing the life and some of the recurrent themes of 'The Prophet.' Kahlil Gibran admonishes us to always perform at the best levels we are capable of attaining, and everything we do, to do in love. He tells us that each of us is responsible not only for ourselves, but for each other as well, owing love not only to others, but also to our work. According to Gibran, material things are no good measure of anything but themselves, and certainly are no measure of the worth of an individual. What does provide measure is the degree of love in which we can live, and in the number of avenues that we can find and use that love. He provides us with arenas we may never have considered, such as work and teaching, but arenas that are no less important simply because of our inability to see them without Gibran's help. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Gibran.doc

Comparison Of Robert Frost's 'Desert Places' And 'Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening'
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In 5 pages the writer compares two of Robert Frost's poems: 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' and 'Desert Places.' Although both poems are about being out in the snow, they are as different as night and day. No additional sources cited.
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Death In The Family / An Analysis Of Blake, Frost, & Thomas
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A 6 page analysis of three poems which deal with the subject of death -'The Chimney Sweeper' by William Blake; 'Home Burial' by Robert Frost; and 'Do not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' by Dylan Thomas. The writer demonstrates how each poet has a different message regarding death and the relationships between parents and children. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Frost’s “Acquainted with the Night”
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This five page paper looks at a seldom-read but evocative poem by Robert Frost in terms of its themes of alienation and regret. The paper analyzes the poem both in terms of its meaning and its poetic structure. Bibliography lists three sources.
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Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”
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A five page paper looking at Robert Frost’s poem in terms of the way it deals with Frost’s respect for the common man. The paper shows that the poem’s deceptively simple surface actually hides tremendous depth, which Frost believed the common New Englander did as well. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Isolation in Frost’s “Mending Wall”
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A 3 page paper examining this well-known poem by Robert Frost, asking the question “Do fences make good neighbors?” The paper concludes that Frost feels they do not; walls isolate the person who has built them, keeping them from sharing their experiences, and prevent the wall-builder from establishing any intimacy with others. No additional sources; one page sentence outline follows paper.
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Mortality In Two Poems by Robert Frost
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A 4 page analysis of 'Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening,' and 'After Apple Picking,' in terms of their evocation of Frost's attitude towards death. Frost shows in these two poems an awareness that all life dies, and a recognition that he will too - but a desire to fill his days with as much productive living as possible before that time comes. Bibliography lists one source.
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