Essays and Research Papers on Poetry

A 7 page research paper that examines the poetry of George Gordon, Lord Byron in regards to his use of temporality. This examination of Byron's verse examines specifically this sense of temporality and how it affects his portrayal of the heroic protagonists. Essentially this shows that the Byronic hero stands outside of temporality due to ...

A 7 page review of six WWW sites providing information on the Vietnam War. The author of this paper provides a brief description of these sites and notes that they all teach one very important lesson: there is no one story of Vietnam. Six specific questions are addressed regarding to the circumstances surrounding the ...

A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts Mary Alcock's "Instructions Supposed to be Written in Paris, for the Mob in England" and William Wordsworth's lines 38-82 of Book Tenth of the Prelude. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page comparison and contrast of Andalusian and Asian poetry. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page essay that examines the Iliad from the perspective of how, while the gods set the parameters in which free will was allowed to operate, it was ultimately the action of the individual that propelled him towards his destiny. Examination of Homer's Iliad shows that the actions of Achilles substantiate this perspective. No ...

A 5 page research paper that examines the career of Emma Lazarus (1849-1887). who endeavored through her poetry and other literary work to express the experience of being Jewish in America for the benefit of the massive waves of immigrants who were in the process in integrating themselves into US culture during the nineteenth century ...

A 4 page informal journal that discusses the differences between the approaches to and the subject matter of the early romantic poets William Blake and Robert Burns, ‘Lake poets’ William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge, and the late Romantics (also known as the Satanic Group) John Keats, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and Thomas Moore. Bibliography ...

A 4 page paper which compares John Keats “Ode to a Nightingale” to William Wordsworth’s “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper on Deborah Miranda and her work “The Zen of La Llorona.” No additional sources cited.

A 5 page discussion, comparison, and contrast of the ideas of creativity and art as seen in Luigi Pirandello’s play “Six Characters in Search of an Author” and William Wordsworth’s “Preface to Lyrical Ballads.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the life and work of William Carlos Williams and provides and annotated bibliography. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page essay that looks at Gonzalo de Berceo's thirteenth century masterpiece Milagros de Nuestra Senora (Miracles of Our Lady), which consists of a series of narratives that relate many of the miracles performed by the Virgin Mary. In this work, Mary is essentially the protagonist who battles against the forces of evil, ...

A 9 page paper which analyzes Robert Browning’s “Porphyria’s Lover” and “My Last Duchess” along with Wilfred Owen’s “Disabled.” No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines the theme of grief and loss in “On My First Son” by Ben Jonson, “When I Consider How My Light is Spent” by John Milton, and “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” by Adrienne Rich. No additional sources cited.

3 pages in length. Morning Beach might be considered an allusion to the very beginning of one's life quest when everything is still fresh and unadulterated by a lifetime of struggle and disappointment. To appreciate all the elements of this brief morning encounter – rather than look upon them as irritating or unnecessary ...

A 4 page essay that, first of all, summarizes and analyzes this poem by A.E. Housman. "To An Athlete Dying Young" offers an interesting perspective on a life cut short by tragedy. It begins by picturing the most glorious moment of a young man's life, as a crowd cheers him as their hero, having just ...

This 3 page paper discusses two of Petrarch's songs and compares them with a love song of today. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 14 page overview of the benefits in terms of resources contributed compared with the potential costs of casino gambling. The author emphasizes that while casinos could be viewed as a viable form of recreation, leisure, and tourism and even as valuable contributors to state and local revenues, there are a number of problems ...

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts these two works by employing standard poetic analysis. No additional sources are used.

This 5 page paper is a detailed examination of the scene between Argos and Odysseus in "The Odyssey." Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page essay that offers an explication of Whitman's masterpieces, offering an interpretation of what the poet is trying to say in sections 7-14. In Walt Whitman's Song of Myself, this American poet by delineating his own identity, associates himself and affirms his connection with the entirety of the race and with life itself. ...

A 3 page essay that discusses this thirteenth century poetry. Gonzalo de Berceo, thirteenth century Spanish poet, focused on the subject of the Virgin Mary and her importance to Christian worship in his text Milagros de Nuestra Senora (Miracles of Our Lady). Berceo begins with an elaborate allegory that pictures him as a pilgrim finding ...

A 3 page paper which examines how Melvin B. Tolson was a very talented individual and yet never truly appreciated during his lifetime. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 10 page essay that contrasts and compares the principle of logopoeia in Ezra Pound's Canto II and Eliot's The Waste Land. Ezra Pound defines the poetic term "logopoeia," as "'the dance of the intellect among words'" (Pound How to Read 939). By this Pound means that words not only have a direct surface meaning, ...

A 5 page paper which compares Keats’ “Ode on Indolence” to 5 other odes. The other odes are “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” “Ode on Melancholy,” “Ode to a Nightingale,” “Ode to Psyche,” and “To Autumn.” Bibliography lists 7 sources.