Essays and Research Papers on Poetry

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares the poetic styles of Thomas Hardy and T.S. Eliot. The writer argues that the verse of Hardy and Eliot has in common the fact that both poets take a negative view of life and society. However, they each expressed this pessimism in very different ways. Hardy's verse ...

A 3 page essay that analyzes Browning's poem "My Last Duchess" as a dramatic monologue. The writer defines "dramatic monologue" and discusses how Browning uses this device to create a concise character sketch of a depraved and shallow nobleman. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper analyzes T. S. Eliot's work: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Quotes cited from source. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page essay that compares and contrasts the concept of time expressed by John Keats in his poem "Ode to a Grecian Urn" and Andrew Marvell in "To His Coy Mistress." The writer argues that each poet expresses very different perceptions of time. Marvell expresses a carpe diem theme in order to persuade the ...

A 5 page paper which discusses the work of Anne Bradstreet and Emily Dickinson as it involves God, death, and the spiritual experience. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 10 page paper explicates two of Arnold's poems--Dover Beach and The Forsaken Merman--and discusses them in respect to Arnold's style and content as it relates to Victorian England. Criticism of Arnold's work is included. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses, compares, and analyzes the themes and treatment of death in the work of Donne, Davis and Thomas. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses Richard Wilbur's The Death of a Toad. Imagery, symbolism, theme, and structure are presented. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page analysis and review of Ted Hughes’ tale/poem “Phaethon.” No additional sources cited.

An 8 page essay/research paper that offers an explication of Victorian poet A.C. Swinburne's poem "The Sundew." Drawing heavily on an article by J. Smith (2003), the writer argues that Swinburne used this small carnivorous plant to establish a view of nature that was at odds with the climate of the Victorian age, which ...

This 4 page report discusses O'Connor's short story and Browning's "dramatic monologue." In comparing the primary characters of each, the writer makes the assertion that the character of the grandmother is more selfish than Browning's duke. Bibliography lists only the primary sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the way in which mortal women of all social classes are portrayed in the Greek epic poem. No additional sources are used.

A 3 page paper which analyzes the poem “Motherlove” by Sylvia Parker. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which analyzes the Anglo-Saxon poem “The Wanderer.” Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

A 6 page analysis of Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass.” Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the purpose of Donne’s rhetorical questions in Satire III and Holy Sonnet XVIII. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page research paper that discusses the advent of Romanticism in Arabic poetry, which began in the first decades of the twentieth century. The writer particularly focuses on the influence of the mahjar poets and the influence of Kahlil Gibran in spreading Romanticism throughout the Arab literary word. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper highlights the works of these two Romantic-era poets and their vision of release from confinement. This paper outlines the similarities of their messages as well as their stylistic differences and provides examples from seven different works. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses and analyzes the role of the poet, poetry, and the reader, as offered in the works of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Blake. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

:A 4 page essay that examines the meaning and symbolism behind Blake's depiction of a "tyger" as the personification of evil. The writer discusses how this poem fits with Blake's conception of "contraries" or opposites and the theological implications of the existence of evil. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page report discusses the Enlightenment and Romanticism in terms of nature and philosophy as expressed in Voltaire's "Candide" and two of John Keats' poems -- "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" and "Ode to a Nightingale." Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page explications of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "Song of the Bower." The writer argues that this poem demonstrates Rossetti's passionate nature and his feeling that he will soon be parted from the woman who inspires his passion. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper analyzes John Donne's Cannonization and Isabella Gardner's Collage of Echoes for use of symbols. Symbols explained, quotes cited from texts. Bibliography lists 1 source.

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 ...

This 5 page paper analyzes the medieval poem, "I Sing of a Maiden". Quotes cited from text. Examples of simile, imagery, repetition and other literay elements given. Bibliography lists 5 sources.