Essays and Research Papers on Poetry

A 5 page paper which examines the obvious codes and the existence of situations that do not have codes in the classic poem Beowulf. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper considers Emily Dickinson's poetry with regard to its style, tone, symbolism and language. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page essay that discusses examples of Romantic verse. In the early nineteenth century, artists rebelled against restrictions on form and content in their art. Wordsworth ushered in the Romantic era in poetry by defining good verse as when it demonstrates the "'spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings'" (Abrams, et al 7). Unlike previous eras, ...

A 4 page paper which examines how much of the work of the poet Thomas Hardy contains sadness but little melancholy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 9 page paper discusses Milton's use of images of light and dark in "Paradise Lost." Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the unreliable narrators in Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” and Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page analysis of William Blake’s poem The Garden of Love. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page paper which compares and constrasts Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Frederick Douglass, John Berryman’s Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, and Robert Hayden’s A Letter From Phillis Wheatley. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page paper which contrasts how Edward Taylor and Anne Bradstreet envision and present love in various poems. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses the role of cities as settings in Dante's Inferno. In the notes that accompany the Hollander and Hollander translation of Dante's Inferno, these translators comment that the medieval city provides the "centering image of political life" for Dante's vision of Hell (Hollander and Hollander 56). As this indicates, Dante ...

A 3 page explication of "Nighttime Fires" by Regina Barreca, the writer argues that the poet creates a haunting tale of her father's disillusionment with a society that has failed him. Barreca turns the behavior of her father, that is, waking up Barreca and her siblings so they could witness the night time destruction ...

A 5 page comparison of Stanley Kunitz’s “The Portrait” and Margaret Atwood’s “This is a Photograph of Me” as it involves the theme of death. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper discusses the idea of homecoming in Omeros, and whether the characters in the poem can find a place for themselves in a culture that has been overtaken by imperialism. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 19 page research paper/essay that explores the question of whether or not a line of descent can be traced from Emily Dickinson to twentieth century poets Marianne Moore and Elizabeth Bishop. Examination of literature shows that the preponderance of scholarly opinion supports the idea that a line of poetic descent can be found that ...

A 5 page paper which examines how both T.S. Eliot and William Carlos William are both modernists, despite differences in their work. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page comparison and contrast concerning what “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks and “Slam, Dunk, and Hook” by Yusef Komunyakaa have to saw about the urban experience. No additional sources cited.

A 6 page paper which examines the romantic nature of private thoughts and feelings in William Wordsworth’s The Prelude. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines relationships in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “After the Quarrel” and Virginia Woolf’s “A Haunted House.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which analyzes One Art by Elizabeth Bishop. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines why people can’t get along as alluded to in the poetry found in This Connection of Everyone with Lungs by Juliana Spahr. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page essay that comments on a medieval Anglo-Saxon poem. The European world changed greatly during the Middle Ages, both physically and spiritually. While some individuals were able to accept the precepts of Christianity easily, others experienced emotional turmoil over the changes that advancing Christianity brought, which included the destruction of cherished cultural values, ...

This 3 page paper analyzes the poem with regard to both meaning and technique. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the conclusion made by the narrator in Langston Hughes’ poem Theme for English B. No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper discusses William Blake’s work “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” and argues that it represents the two halves of the human spirit. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper is a literary analysis of the poem "The Garden" by Mark Strand. Bibliography lists 5 sources.