Essays and Research Papers on Poetry

This 6 page report discusses the fact that American writers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman could have any connection with the mysticism of Hindu thought and belief. The art form and consciousness of Transcendentalism as expressed by the two actually does echo the sensibilities of Hindu belief, despite the fact that it is not expressed as true Hindu ...

This 6 page paper explicates part 47 and provides insight into the meaning conveyed. The use of symbolism is discussed. No additional sources cited.

A 10 page research paper that contrasts and compares seventeenth century poet Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" with "The Garden." Bibliography lists 5 sources.

(5 pp.) The theme of the age-old story of Tristan and Iseut is that of duty versus desire. The classic version involves a love triangle, one in which unplanned love occurs and challenges the existing love created by duty. This has been played out by Arthur, Guenevere, and Lancelot ...

A 5 page essay that examines how the poetry of Thomas Hardy, Rupert Brooke and T.S. Eliot each represents the historical period in which it was written. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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 ...

(5 pp) Poetry is a vital element of any culture. It holds the heart, and some would say the soul of the community, or the culture at large. Not much remains of Anglo Saxon poetry. About 10% of about 30,000 lines form the story of Beowulf, an epic hero's journey ...

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 ...

(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. ...

A 7 page paper which examines how nature inspires contemplation, as each interior monologue ponders memories of the past, the meaning of life and man’s place in it, and death or the possibility of a hereafter. No additional sources are used.

(9pp)According to Sir Herbert J.C. Grierson (1997 ) "Metaphysical poetry, in the full sense of the term, is a poetry which has been inspired by a philosophical conception of the universe and the rôle assigned to the human spirit in the grea t drama of existence. Doesn't that definition sound elegant? When ...

This 6 page paper focuses on humor and irony in Caribbean poetry, with attention to seven separate pomes, each by different authors. The use of nature as an element is also discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

(7 pp). If we were to guess, we might feel comfortable in saying that more has been written about love, over time, than any other emotion. It is poetry that seems to lend itself more to the ideal definition of love. Should we suppose that as humans we long for it ...

(8 pp) Did it ever happen while you were growing up, that someone would say -it is an "acquired taste." It meant that supposedly when you got "big," you would really like whatever it was. In our family the three items that wee given that label were coffee, scotch and avocadoes; and in ...

A 5 page paper which discusses how courtesy and the so-called code of honor are used in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "The Miller's Tale." The paper discusses whether the courtesy and code are used righteously, or used for selfish and snobbish reasons. No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper focuses much attention on Whitman's Song of Myself, but it also looks at Emerson's influence. The language of the poets is a focal point of this paper that also includes a mock discussion between the poets and what they might have said to one another. Bibliography lists 3 sources. ...

(5 pp) In spite of the external way that we may appear to others, most of us do want some type of order in our lives. One way to do that, on an intellectual basis, is the method of categories - some would call "pigeon-holing" bits of history together, so they stay ...

This 5 page paper takes a look at several classic poets' works such as Tennyson, Keats, Browning and Wordsworth. The paper suggests that Tennyson's treatment of the female gender is quite different from that of the other authors. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

(5pp) One of the wonderful things about old-fashioned roll-top desks, was that there were many cubbyholes for sorting out "things;" then if there was still too much mess, one had the option of just pulling down the top cover and hiding it all. There are times when we hope that is true ...

(5 pp) Poetry is often thought of as the language of feelings. The wonderful thing that we have finally learned about feelings is, that they are neither right or wrong -they just exist. It is usually thought, that one person does not make another feel a certain way. Rather a given feeling ...

(5 pp) "One of the problems of definition is that the Romantics were liberals and conservatives, revolutionaries and reactionaries. Some were preoccupied with God, others were atheistic, to the core. Some, began their lives as devout Catholics, lived as ardent revolutionaries, and died as staunch conservatives. " However, there are some generalities, that the ...

A 5 page paper which examines how nature is portrayed in “The Soul Selects Her Own Society” (#303), “After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes,” (#341), “This is My Letter to the World” (#441), “I Had Been Hungry” (#579), and “They Shut Me Up in Prose” (#613). No additional sources are used.

A 5 page paper which analyzes how point-of-view shapes the exposition, prose, style, tone, plot, theme, and character of these works. No additional sources are used.

A 5 page paper which analyzes Hayden Carruth's collection of poetry in "From Snow and Rock, From Chaos." Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.

A 5 page essay that analyzes sixteenth century Edmund Spencer's "Sonnet 75" from Amoretti. The writer does a line by line interpretation that also considers the poetic devices utilized by this master of poetry. No additional sources cited.