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Poetry / "A Lecture Upon The Shadow"
"A Lecture Upon the Shadow":
The faults of a metaphor
Liana R. Prieto (March 1998)
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"A Lecture upon the Shadow" seems to be a poem signaling the inevitable decline of love, but it is not. John Donne metaphorically equates the rising and setting of the sun with a love affair. The metaphor says that love grows, reaches a peak, and then quickly declines, as does the sun in its daily cours...
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Poetry / "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"
Almost every analysis of "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" comes to the same conclusion as seeing the poem as a whole. They see Donne's theme as an appreciation towards a love that holds its strength even through separation. Most also recognize the poem's equal relation to body and soul. Although, most of the criticisms argue that the poem contains the use of sexual ambiguity, the paths d...
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Arthur Brouthers
English 102-018
Instructor: S. J. Glassberg
6/17/97
"Society's Mindless Assumptions in "Nikki Rosa" and "Richard Cory"
Nikki Giovanni's " Nikki Rosa " and Edwin Arlington Robinson's " Richard Cory " both reveal that monetary wealth does not bring forth happiness . Each poem embodies unexpected conclusions which lead the reader to realize that the true lives of the spe...
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Poetry / "View Of A Pig"
"View of a Pig" by Ted Hughes is about learning to think through problems and
inconveniences to end up finding acceptance. The poem runs through all the
frustrating steps of a new problem and yet finds sympathy and acceptance at the end.
With some thought the once frustrating encounter with the pig leads to sympathy when
remembering the being once had earthly pleasure.
First...
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Poetry / A Comparision Of Poe And Fisher
A Comparision Between Poe and Fisher
Poetry is unique among forms of literature in that it is a portal of expression governed not by rules of prose or grammar, but only by the fluidity of motion involved with preserving and crystallizing chemical and electrical impulses on paper in the form of awesome, omnipotent, language. One of the most common themes expressed in poetry is love--love's jo...
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Romanticism officially began in 1798, when William Wordsworth and Samuel
Taylor Coleridge anonymously published Lyrical Ballads. This work marked the
official
beginning of a literary period which had already begun many years before 1798. A
work is
defined to be of a certain period by its characteristics, therefore to be considered a
Romantic work, the work must contain aspects which are ...
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English 190-19
Housman's Attack of the Crucifixion
Much symbolism and imagery exists in Alfred Edward Housman's famous collections of poems. This prominent poet's reflections of historically important occurrences are filled with implicit meanings. A Shropshire Lad, first published in 1896, was Housman's first compilation of poetry. In his forty-seventh poem of this famous collection, The ...
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Poetry / Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg was born in Newark, New Jersey on June 3, 1926. His father, Louis Ginsberg, was a published poet and a high school teacher. His
mother, Naomi, was a radical Communist, paranoid, psychotic, and died in a mental institution in 1956. Ginsberg also had a brother who became a lawyer
in Paterson, New Jersey.
Ginsberg's childhood was very complicated. Ginsb...
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Poetry / Analysis Of Jean Toomer
Carlo A.
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Jean Toomer
Jean Toomer was born into a upper-class African American family ( being that his
grandfather, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback was a Union officer in the Civil War
and became Acting Governor of Louisiana in the Days of Reconstruction) on 1896 in
Washington D.C. He showed strength in his early years as - when faced with adversity,
rather ...
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Mike Patterson
Mr. White
English10
December 12, 1998
Journal 2
Western Wind, When Will Thou Blow
Westron wind, when with thou blow
The small rain down can rain?
Christ, that my love were in my arms,
And I in my bed again.
- Anonymous
The poem Western Winds, When Will Thou Blow is about the longing for love and companionship. It might be told from a traveler or from a sailor's son...
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"Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry is a sensitive, detailed record of Whitman's thoughts and observations about the continuity of nature and brotherhood while aboard a ferry between Brooklyn and Manhattan. Through the use of exclamation , repetition, and apostrophe, Whitman conveys his joyful belief in world solidarity and mans acceptance of god through truth, nature and beaut...
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Poetry / Beowulf
Beowulf ,written in Old English sometime before the tenth century AD, describes the adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior of the sixth century. Beowulf tells the reader a lot about the time in which it was written. Heroes show what the society as a whole values. By looking at Beowulf we can tell what the tenth century AD Anglo-Saxons valued.
Beowulf has many attributes to his credit but b...
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My name is Lennie Small. My name is one of the few things I know.
The name I should be given is "stupid" or "ignorant" because that is what I am. I admit it, I am not very bright. That is why I have my friend George. He guides me and allows me to utilize my strength. If I were by myself I would cause much trouble for I do not understand many things.
I think I'm like the ox. They are ...
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Poetry / Bliss Carman
Bliss Carman
Biography
Bliss Carman was a poet who used details of nature impressionistically and symbolically, but not precisely and realistically. Carman helped start a revolt against popular pale and bookish poetry. Much of his own verse- 'Songs from Vagabondia' (1894) and 'Low Tide on Grande Pre' (1893) - glows with vigor of the outdoors.
Carman was born April 15, 1861 i...
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Poetry / Bruce Dawe "Apology For Impatience"
Apology for Impatience for Gloria.
On first reading, this poem seems quite incomprehensible. Out of context, the poem appears to be about love and relationships.
"Apology for Impatience" was written in 1963 (wife dead?) and it was written for Gloria, his wife. Dawe rarely uses a first person persona and it is through his use of the first person persona and the fact that it was written f...
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Since his first major poem, Howl, Allen Ginsberg has been a center of
controversy. His poems talked about homosexuality before it was considered
acceptable to discuss, and openly admitted his use of marijuana. He was an
advocate of making it legal for adults to have sex with those under 18 years
or age. Because of the views that Ginsberg had, his poems all have some
common themes. One of the ...
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"I heard a Fly buzz- when I died" v.s. "Because I could not stop for Death"
"I heard a Fly buzz- when I died" and "Because I could not stop for Death", two poems by Emily Dickinson, are both about dying and what happens in death, but present two different views on those topics. In one poem, death is civil, but disappointing in the other.
In "Because I could not stop for Death", the mood of th...
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Poetry / Comparison Of Sonnets 18 And 130
Sonnets 18 and 130
In Shakespeare's sonnets 18 and 130 he referred to two women that he
loved. These two sonnets shared similarities and yet contained many exciting
differences.
The clear similarity is that they are both about two women. He loves both
of them very much. It seems that they make his days pass easier when in sonnet 18
he says, "So long lives this, and this gives life to ...
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Poetry / Daddy, Vampires, Black Hearts
In the poem "Daddy", Sylvia Plath says that there are women who, due to
early conditioning, find themselves without the tools to deal with oppressive and
controlling men. They are left feeling helpless and hopeless. For some women, the
struggle is never resolved, others take most of a lifetime. For a lucky few, they are
granted a reprieve.
The speaker in this poem is Sylvia Plath. The p...
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Poetry / Dickinson 511
511
If you were coming in the Fall,
I'd brush the Summer by
With half a smile, and half a spurn,
As Housewives do, a Fly.
If I could see you in a year,
I'd wind the months in balls-
And put them each in separate Drawers,
For fear the numbers fuse-
If only Centuries, delayed,
I'd count them on my Hand,
Subtracting, till my fingers dropped
Into Van Deimen's Land.
If certain,...
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Poetry / Divinity, Sexuality And The Self
Through his poetry, Whitman's "Song of Myself" makes the soul sensual and
makes divine the flesh. In Whitman's time, the dichotomy between the soul
and the body had been clearly defined by centuries of Western philosophy and
theology. Today, the goodness of the soul and the badness of the flesh
still remain a significant notion in contemporary thought. Even Whitman's
literary predecessor, Eme...
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Poetry / Edgar Allan Poe
Best known for his poems and short fiction. Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous American poets. He deserves most credit for short suspenseful mysteries and he perfected the area of horror stories. He wrote many famous poems like "The Raven" and "The Bells". Poe was a genius and very meticulous in his stories every clue had to fit and that's why he didn't make a lot of short stories but a sma...
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Poetry / Essay On Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson spent a large portion of he life in isolation. While others concerned themselves with "normal" daily activities, Emily was content to confine herself to her house, her garden, and her poetry. Due to her uncommon lifestyle, she was considered odd and was never respected as the great poet she is now recognized as. Living life as an outsider, her poems are written from a perspectiv...
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Carlo A.
Devices such as paradoxes and the use of connotations, and conceits are tools in which a
poet can create a certain ambiance. Sonnet 30, from Amoretti is such an example which use
these literary devices. Sonnet 30, which structure is a Spenserian that has a rhyme scheme of abab bcbc cdcd ee, is about the speaker's (Spencer's) unrequited love for his love who is rumored to be El...
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Poetry / Explication: Briches By Robert Frost
Explication: Briches By Robert Frost
"Birches" is a poem that is interesting enough to give more than one reading. Robert Frost provides vivid images of birches in order to oppose life's harsh realities with the human actions of the imagination. "Birches" has a profound theme and its sounds, rhythm, form, tone, and figures of speech emphasize this meaning.
"Birches" provides an interesting ...
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Poetry / Explication: The Road Not Taken
Explication: The Road Not Taken
"The Road Not Taken" is a poem written by Robert Frost. In his poem Frost describes a traveler's choice between two roads and how this choice effects his life later.
In the first stanza the poet gives the reader the image of 2 paths in the woods. This represents a choice. The poet has a tone of sorrow when he writes "...and sorry I could not travel both..." ...
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Poetry / Famous Keats? Not In His Lifetime
John Keats was an amazing poet during England's Romantic Movement. He
produced extraordinary work in his short 25 year life span. "...Had he lived it is possible
that he would have taken his place among the 'big three' of English Literature - Chaucer,
Shakespeare, and Milton" ("Before You Read" par.1). Keats achieved such a remarkable
accolade despite a less than desirable childhood. Born ...
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Poetry / Grecuan Urn
Keats's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' deals with the perplexing and indefinable relationship between
life and art. Paradoxically it is the life of the urn that we would normally associate with
stillness, melancholy and bereavement that is shown to be representative of life. Indeed the decorative scenes on the side of the urn identify a world that is enriched through a myriad of senses, such...
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Gwen Harwood
Q2
Gwen Harwood is a technically versatile poet, deeply interested in the materials
of her art - in the poetic form, sounds, images, structures, voices and musical
possibilities. Long After Heine and The Flight of the Bumble Bee use each of these
poetic devices extensively, appealing to all of the readers senses in order to create
meaning.
In The Flight of the Bu...
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Poetry / Hamlet's Moral Stance
Aaron Williams
Eng 202
November, 19,1999
Hamlet's Moral Stance
In the story, "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark," Hamlet's moral stance is that he will get revenge no matter what it takes. He is also indecisive in whether or not he wants to kill his uncle. By getting revenge he will avenge his father death. He will not let someone get away with murder.
Hamlet is commanded to avenge th...
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Poetry / Indians
Indians Of Early America
Long before Columbus discovered America their were a lot of people living here. Their tribes lived in many different regions. Each region had a different environment that helped explain the cultures of the tribes that lived in each region. I am going to describe these cultures and show how they had differences and similarities.
The first region is Eastern Woodlan...
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Poetry / Interpretation Of Poe's Fire And Ice
Fire and Ice
(From Harper's Magazine, December 1920.)
1 Some say the world will end in fire,
2 Some say in ice.
3 From what I've tasted of desire
4 I hold with those who favor fire.
5 But if it had to perish twice,
6 I think I know enough of hate
7 To know that for destruction ice
8 Is also great
9 And would suffice.
When I first read this poem, ...
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Poetry / Intrepid Traveler
The Intrepid Traveler
By Travis Scott
You might be wondering what intrepid traveler means. Anyone who is familiar with the Intrepid Traveler
knows that the Intrepid Traveler is a shadow, if you will, that floats around from galaxy to galaxy watching us.
You might ask if he is god or not. Well he's not, he has no religion and doesn't make things and he isn't perfect.
You know those times ...
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Poetry / King Lear: Extended Speeches
An Old Man
In William Shakespeare's play King Lear, three of Lear's extended speeches relate
to the play as a whole and are significant in revealing his character. In Lear's extended
speech beginning with "Peace Kent," (I, i, 123) Lear rages over Cordelia's lack of servility
towards him. Later, Lear denounces both of his evil daughters, Goneril and Regan, in an
extended speech beginning wi...
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Poetry / Metric Poem
The metric system is really cool,
We use it all day long at school,
Forget America's inches and feet,
They're way too boring and put us to sleep.
Let's take the meter for example,
The basic unit of length in metric measure,
It's really simple and very neat,
It makes any math a simple feat.
Measuring volume is truly easy,
You don't have to use American gallons to please me,
You can br...
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Poetry / Mexico
Nogales
We arrive in the border town around 7:00 PM. Crowded narrow streets and car fumes mix to create an almost erie merge of two cultures. Allready I can see changes taking place; this city is breathing with life, almost too fast to catch with the human eye. At the border control, problems arise. It turns out that my brother and I don't have a letter of permision from our father, (who lives...
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Money: An Introductory Lecture
by Howard Nemerov
This piece is, on the surface, an analysis of the
symbols on an Indian head nickel. However, these
analyzations can themselves be analyzed for
further meaning which subtly attacks the very
foundations of America. The nickel itself is a
symbol of American modernization and
industrialization, representing greed, power,
ambition, and ex...
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Poetry / Next Day By Randall Jarrell
Next Day by Randall Jarrell
I think, generally, people wish they were
somewhere or someone else, no matter where they
are or how objectively good their situations are.
They're not really complaining; consciously they
know things are going relatively well for them,
but there is always that nostalgia for more
romantic times past, or that nagging what if in
the back of the mind.
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Poetry / Out Out Brief Candle - Robert Frost
"Out, Out--" by Robert Frost is a poem about a young boy who dies as a result of cutting his hand using a saw. To describe this event Frost uses different stylistic including imagery, personification, repetition, iambic pentameter, blank verse and variation in sentence length. He also makes a reference to Macbeth's speech in the Shakespearean play Macbeth.
Frost begins the poem by describing a ...
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Poetry / Pain Has An Element Of Blank...
Subject: English - Dickinson, "Pain has an element of blank..."
Although cryptic in language and structure, Dickinson gives her work an
instinctually vivid sense of emotion. Her examination of the feeling of
pain focuses in on only a few of the subtler nuances of pain that are
integral parts of the experience. She draws in on an "Element of Blank"
that she introduces in her opening line. In...
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Poetry / Pain Has An Element Of Blank...
Although cryptic in language and structure, Dickinson gives her work an
instinctually vivid sense of emotion. Her examination of the feeling of
pain focuses in on only a few of the subtler nuances of pain that are
integral parts of the experience. She draws in on an "Element of Blank"
that she introduces in her opening line. In exploring pain, she proposes
that this "blankness" is a self-prop...
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Poetry / Poetry: The Solution
Poetry: The Solution
In the "Seven Stages of Man," Shakespeare suggests that "All of the world is a stage, and the men and women just merely players." Are all humans just players in life? There are many confusing questions about many confusing issues. In an a sence, poetry is a method of debating issues. By defining poetry, evualating poetry, and noticing the impact it has on lives, we can d...
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Poetry / Pope's "The Rape Of The Lock"
Rhythm, Meter & Action in Pope's The Rape of the Lock
 Liana R. Prieto (February 1998)Â
Pope uses paces and rhythm to emphasize the climax of the poem. Caesuras and variations in the pattern serve to quicken or slow down the action and elicit an emotional reaction from the reader. The Rape of the Lock is a strongly structured poem with five foot iambic base feet, medial caesuras, and c...
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Porpheria's Lover vs. My Last Duchess
by Daniel Vila
The similarities between Robert Browning's two poems, My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover, are uncanny, as they can be compared in theme, plot, style, language, perspective and various other ways. The two poems make the same statement concerning men and love and men and their relationship with women. In both poems, the male narrator loo...
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Poetry / Red Wheelbarrow
So much depends upon the red wheelbarrow,
Glazed with rain-water
Beside the white chickens.
Poetry is art. It is written not for enjoyment or entertainment of the author or reader. It is written because the writer thinks it needs to be. Poetry is a written expression of complex human emotion, a way to sort things out and give your feelings physical form.
Poetry is also intended to reach oth...
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Regret: A Hopeless Quality
Tenets of Tenneyson in Tithonus
"Tithonus" was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The poem's setting is the ancient
story
of Tithonus. Tithonus fell in love with Eos, goddess of the dawn, and asked her for
immortality.
Unfortunately for Tithonus he did not ask for eternal youth, only eternal life. He,
therefore,
grows old but never dies while Eos not only n...
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"Tithonus" was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The poem's setting is the ancient
story
of Tithonus. Tithonus fell in love with Eos, goddess of the dawn, and asked her for
immortality.
Unfortunately for Tithonus he did not ask for eternal youth, only eternal life. He,
therefore,
grows old but never dies while Eos not only never dies but also never grows old.
What makes
Tithonus's situ...
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Poetry / Robert Browning
Robert Browning, an English poet, was born May 7, 1812, to Robert browning Sr., Sarah Anna Wiedmann Browning. Sarah Browning, from German-Scottish descent, was a musician, a lover of nature, and a devout evangelical Christian. She was the stronger of the two parents, and also guided Robert through his developmental stages. Mrs. Browning was a woman of common sense and stability. Browning's si...
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Poetry / Robert Frost Anaylsis
Five Poem Analyses
Robert Frost is a simple, yet unconventional poet. Frost did things his own way
and as a result took quite a bit of heat from the critics of his time. The main reason why I
chose Robert Frost is because his poems are relatively simple and fairly easy to
understand.
"Ghost House" is an extremely descriptive poem descriptive poem illustrating an
old haunted house. The...
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Poetry / Robert Frost's Use Of Ambiguity
Ambiguous:
capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways
Is our destiny set forth in front of us without the possibility of our own intervention? Should we follow traditions rather than making a new path for ourselves? These are but a couple of questions that Robert Frost sets forth for us to answer. Robert Frost's use of ambiguity in the poems "The Road Not Taken," "Desi...
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