Essays and Research Papers on Poetry

A 4 page paper which analyzes an article about Aztec poetry from a historical perspective, as well as analyzing a poem. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the poem A Soldier Sleeps by Pablo Neruda. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts Ovid’s version of “The Story of Daedalus and Icarus” with Muriel Rukeyser’s “Waiting for Icarus.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper on the life and works of Billy Collins. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the common themes in some of Robert Frost’s poems. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper explicates the poem “Monologue for an Onion” by Suji Kim, with attention to the metaphor of the veil and the heart. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines which poet uses imagery in the most powerful manner as it relates to Joyce Kilmer’s “Trees,” Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for breathing,” and John Keats’ “When I have fears.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page analysis of the meaning of sacramental in “Sacramental Vision” by John Leax. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper compares the two poems "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning and "My Ex-Husband" by Gabriel Spera. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page essay that analyzes "Ode, Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" by William Wordsworth, who uses a perspective that brings in the triad of the past, present and future as a means of understanding the fundamental reality of human existence. It is a fact of life that the joy of living ...

This 7 page paper examines the function of personality in poetry as considered by both modernist and confessional poets, and relate these concepts to other theories of personality. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the symbolism in William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily and Katherine Mansfield’s Miss Brill and then a 2 page analysis of various poems. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses three poems by Carl Sandburg: "Grass," "Fog," and "Chicago." Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper examines the life and work of poet Derek Walcott, concentrating on his poem, "A Far Cry from Africa." Bibliography lists 5 sources

A 7 page paper which compares and contrasts Maya Angelou’s poem I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings to the life and experiences of a white male teaching in a Black school. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 10 page paper which examines Sylvia Plath’s identity as a confessional poet and a channel for the magical. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses three moral and ethical ideas we can find in The Odyssey. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 10 page paper examines the use of characterization, point of view and symbolism by the writers Sandra Cisneros and Theodore Roethke. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the similarities in passages from "The Odyssey" and "The Aeneid." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper argues that Aristotle's Poetics to some extent provides an answer for Plato's tenth chapter of The Republic that shows disdain for poetry. Poetry is discussed in general and how it is related to education. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper is a close reading of Ezra Pound's poem, "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which compares how John Keats and William Wordsworth felt about the nature of man in their poetry. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper analyzes and compares works by two women poets, Anne Bradstreet and Emily Dickinson. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper which analyzes the poem Out, Out by Robert Frost. Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

A 3 page paper which examines how Emily Dickinson deals with immortality in her poems Dying and The Chariot. No additional sources cited.