Essays and Research Papers on Poetry

A 3 page paper that offers a comparative analysis of Robert Frost’s poems Mending Wall and The Road Not Taken. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An analysis of this famous poem by William Wordsworth focuses upon its romantic thematic elements in five pages. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.

A 3 page paper which examines the use of imagery in Robert Frost’s poem After Apple-Picking. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the literary device of refrain as seen in Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven. No additional sources cited. RAprav.rtf

This 5 page paper delves into William Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Frost at Midnight. Their human inspirations, as well as feelings evoked by their natural surroundings, are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page interpretative essay on Maya Angelou’s poem Phenomenal Woman. The paper examines some of Angelou’s life as well. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which analyzes truly American elements of poetry. Some of the poets examined are Whitman and Dickinson. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which analyzes elements of three separate haikus. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In three pages, these poems are contrasted and compared in terms of subject, context, cultural context, theme, setting, tone, speaker/character, form, and symbolism. One source is listed in the bibliography.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of Aeneas' abandoning Dido. The issue is explored from both moral and political perspectives. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of the poetry of Owen. A criticism by Yeats is examined to highlight the importance of context. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of the similarities between Frost's "Mending Wall" and Lennon/McCartney's "Eleanor Rigby". Similarities along thematic, narrative, and stylistic dimensions are considered. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper considers what Homer has told us of various fighters in the Trojan War, and argues that Hector is the real hero of the story. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This is a 9 page paper that provides an overview of symbolism in Frost, Welty, and Rhys. The symbol of the journey is empowered by the acknowledgement of death. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper which analyzes elements of the poems called Holy Thursday, one from Songs of Innocence and one from Songs of Experience by William Blake. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses some of the similarities between the Trojan hero Hector and President Barack Obama. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines political and non-political poetry. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 6 page paper describes the work, similarities and differences between poets Walt Whitman and Charles Olson. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the poetry of William Blake and discusses the criticism therein as it pertains to the Industrial Revolution. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts the songs All By Myself by Eric Carmen and All Out of Love by Air Supply. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses how Romanticism is expressed in "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth and "I Have Visited Again" by Alexander Pushkin. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle...". The argument is made for Thomas' refuting of death. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 9 page paper which compares and contrasts William Blake’s poems The Lamb and The Tyger. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of Beat poetry. The works of Ginsberg, Snyder, and Ferlinghetti are examined for thematic similarities. Bibliography lists 4 sources.