Essays and Research Papers on Poetry

4 pages in length. The writer compares Jorie Graham's "The Geese" with Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese" and John Keats' "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" with Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time." Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 10 page paper which examines how Jonathan Swift was a writer who reflected his time period in relationship to the Age of Satire. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 10 page paper discusses, analyzes and philosophizes about John Keats' Ode on A Grecian Urn and Ode to a Nightingale. Elements of Romanticism are exampled and discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page research paper that examines the poetry of Sappho and focuses on fragment #92. The analyzes this fragment and argues that it exemplifies the qualities that still draw students of poetry to her work after several millennia. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper examines Wordsworth's, "The Prelude" and Byron's, "Don Juan" in order to determine what statements the authors make in regards to human nature. This paper explores what these poets had to say about man's original nature, as well as man's relationship with creation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which offers a semiological analysis of Hesiod’s work “Theogony.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page research paper that takes the form of a hypothetical letter from Waldo Frank to Carl Sandburg, in which the writer tries to create how Frank might have reacted to Sandburg's poetry. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 4 page report discusses Sylvia Plath (1932-63), the American poet and writer who is most often remembered as a brilliant but tortured artist who faced a mental breakdown and immeasurable despair that eventually led her to kill herself at the age of 31. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the spirituality inherent within the works of such Victorian authors as: Tennyson, Clare, Ruskin, Fitzgerald, and Mill.Bibliography lists 2 sources.

5 pages in length. Conveyed within the very brief yet very weighty poetic boundaries of William Carlos Williams' "The Great Figure" is a collection of images that reaches from one end of the social spectrum to the other. Touching upon the aspects of technology, futurism and the modern age just to name a ...

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.

An 8 page research paper that explores the relationship between Byron and his fictional creation, the Byronic hero. The writer examines Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Manfred. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper analyzes the romantic elements in Daniel Quinn's novel, Ishmael. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper addresses the main theme of the poem, citing examples and quotes from the text. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page paper which explicates William Butler Yeats’ poem “Sailing to Byzantium.” Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the use of metaphors in the work of Ezra Pound and Jean Toomer. Examples cited from texts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the struggle between doubt and faith apparent in Tennyson's poem, In Memorium. Examples and quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the personalities and world views of the protagonists in Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ulysses” and T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses the life and times of British poet, Philip Arthur Larkin. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 6 page paper which analyzes and discusses Walt Whitman's poem "When Lilacs Last in Dooryard Bloom'd". Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the Enlightenment era, which relied on thought, and the Romantic era, which relied on nature. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses Wallace Stevens' poem, The Idea of Order in Key West. In particular the song of the woman is analyzed. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper gives an indepth analysis of William Blake's perception and definition of evil. Poems used to support the thesis include: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Lamb, and Garden of Love. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which analyzes the poem Anonymous (A Ballad) by Sir Patrick Spence. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the language in Emily Dickinson’s poem “My Life Had Stood-A Loaded Gun.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.