Essays and Research Papers on Poetry

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.

This 7 page paper examines the similarities and differences in mood in the poetry of Elliot and Frost. More specifically, this paper highlights Elliot's, "The Wasteland", and "The Love Song of Alfred Prufrock" as well as Frost's, "Oven Bird" and "After Apple Picking". Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the historical significance in the following poems: Anne Sexton’s “Her Kind” and Audre Lorde’s “Coal.” No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper discusses the works of Langston Hughes as he portrays and explains the Black Experience in America. Specific poems analyzed are: The Negro sings of Rivers, I, Too, Sing America, and Harlem: A dream deferred. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 12 page research paper/essay that examines the beginning of Dante's Inferno, with particular focus on Canto II and how Dante uses the symbolism of three as a unifying device that serves to emphasize the religious message that forms the main thrust of the poem. The writer discusses the symbolism of the three beasts ...

This 3page paper discusses four of the poems in Billy Collins' book, Nine Horses. More than a Woman, Ave Ataque, The Literary Life, and Writing in the Afterlife. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which compares Emily Dickinson’s “I Like to see it lap the miles” and Richard Wilbur’s “A Fire Truck.” No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper discusses the poem God's Grandeur by Gerald Manley Hopkins. Quotes cited from text. Literary elements analyzed. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4 page paper analyzes the Robert Phillips poem, Running on Empty. Quotes cited from text. Line by line analysis offered. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which examines and analyzes Robert Browning’s poem “My Last Duchess.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper which analyzes the symbolism in Emily Dickinson’s poem “I am ashamed-I hide.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.