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The Life, Politics and Poetry of Edgar Lee Masters, 1999.
This essay explores his life and anti-imperialist and populist views but focuses primarily on his poetry.
2,902 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 86.95
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Edgar Lee Masters was both a poet and essayist. This essay explores his anti-imperialist and populist views but focuses primarily on his poetry. It begins with a short biography and develops views on his writing as well as
providing details about his life, death and epitaph writing style.
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Urban Life and Poetry, 2008.
A look at the portrayal of urban life as portrayed in William Blake's "London," T.S Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," and "Ode to Frank Silvera" by Bill Bissett.
1,165 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This essay discusses how urban life is portrayed in three poems: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "London," and "Ode to Frank Silvera." It looks at how all three of these poems portray urban life as utterly alienating and depressing; places where people find horrible jobs, diseases, superficial social interchanges, poverty, and on and on with a depressing litany.
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"T.S. Eliot wrote "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" just before the outbreak of World War I. It was an anxious time for urbanites such as the lonely J. Alfred Prufrock portrayed in the poem. Prufrock belittles himself, as for example in lines like "Almost, at times, the Fool" (Eliot 119). Yet despite this, the poem seems to be primarily a serious poem about the isolation of modern humanity. Eliot paints a depressing picture of an isolated man in a city, lonely, neurotic, anxious, depressed and pathetic. This paints the city as a contradictory setting in which even though population is dense, each person may be isolated completely from her neighbours. "
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Wordsworth: A Life In Poetry, 2002.
A look at the influence of life experiences on th poems of William Wordsworth.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This essay uses biographical information about poet William Wordsworth (author of "I wandered lonely as a cloud") to illustrate the relationship between the content of his poems and his life experiences, particularly his relationship with his sister Dorothy, his affair with Annette Vallon, and his conflicts with the later Romantics including Byron and Shelley.
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Life and Poetry of Gary Soto, 2002.
A discussion of the poet's involvement in the literary world.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 9 sources, $ 63.95
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Discusses the poet's involvement in the literary world. Themes of his poems, prose and stories centered in his background. Overview of his early life as a child in a poor working class Chicano family. His academic career. Examples several of his poems in detail, cotent & form. His "narrative recollection" prose of the 1980s.
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"Introduction
Gary Soto, currently one of the most recognized Chicano poets in the American literary mainstream (Olivares, 1990), said once that, as a child, he assumed he would "marry Mexican poor, work Mexican hours, and in the end die a Mexican death, broke and in despair" (Soto, quoted in Lee, 1995, p. 1). For someone who has published over twenty books, including seven volumes of poetry, and achieved numerous honors in literary circles (Lee, 1995), this may seem like a surprising comment, yet his statement is not unexpected considering his background. Because Soto returns to this background repeatedly in his stories and poems (Torres, 1995), it is important to briefly detail the environment that Gary Soto grew up in, and how he became involved in the literary world, before discussing his poetry, prose, and stories."
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Life and Love after Death in Poetry, 2009.
A comparison of John Donne's message of life and love after death in in his poem, "Valediction Forbidding Mourning" with that of Andrew Marvell in his poem, "To His Coy Mistress."
1,301 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses the nature of life and human love after death as discussed by 17th century poets, Andrew Marvell and John Donne. The paper compares the imagery and messages presented by Donne in his poem, "Valediction Forbidding Mourning" and by Marvell in his poem, "To His Coy Mistress." The paper also compares the language that the poets use in conveying their messages.
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"Marvell's poem is addressed to a specific woman, a mistress unlike Donne's more vague, spiritual, androgynous and anonymous beloved. Marvell openly begs his coy mistress to come to bed with him--the poem begins as if he is rejecting a refusal she has just given him to do so. "Had we but world enough, and time, /This coyness, lady, were no crime." The poem then evolves in a series of hyperboles, or deliberately extreme statements, that make his appeal to his mistress humorous, rather than crassly sexual. To add to the humor of the poem, and to make the hyperbole even more delightfully absurd, Marvell uses religious references, like stating he "would Love you ten years before the Flood;" that he would wait for his beloved until "the conversion of the Jews," at the end of time, if it were not for his awareness that death awaits them both, and after death there is only a "desert" of "vast eternity.""
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Keats' Letters Regarding Poetry and Life, 2002.
This paper analyzes Keats' letters offer and tries to shed light on his attitudes, ideas and feelings.
2,200 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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The first section focuses upon Keats' letters with regards to his ideas and attitudes reflected within his poetry. The second section analyzes what is described within the letters. It shows that the topics of the letters concern his life, character, family and critics as well as many other aspects of his career and life as a poet.
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"Keats' letters are a series of letters to his family and friends, expressing his views upon a wide range of issues, not the least of which were literary, moral and philosophical. It is deemed obvious that from his letters creates a man who had so much to say but so little time and space to say it all, and this becomes clear as the letters stray from one subject to another. It is apparent in many of his letters that his ideas are not fully developed and the reader can easily see his thoughts and ideas taking shape as he gropes for the right words. Within these letters Keats shows his mind at word as he grappled with his ideas about poetry, about the actual nature of a poet and the obvious relationships between poetry, reality, philosophy and most importantly feelings. He also had the ability to conjure up amazing imagery and phrases within his letters."
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Death in Poetry, 2005.
Explores the theme of death in the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe and Sylvia Plath.
1,315 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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Through an analysis of the poetry of these famous writers, this paper explains how each writer illustrates the diverse ways that death touches each one of us.
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"In her poem, "I Heard a Fly Buzz in my Head," Dickinson imagines what the first few moments after death might be like. Interestingly, the speaker is looking back on her death, which forces her to write a poem that depends heavily on her senses. The first thing we realize about this poem is the fact that the poet does not see death as something magnificent that has happened to her. Instead, death is nothing if ordinary. This notion goes against the traditional idea of passing into a glorious afterlife. She hears no trumpets; instead she is keenly aware of the "stillness in the air" (Dickinson 3). At the end of the poem, the speaker becomes aware of a "blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz" (13). One of the most eerie aspects of the speaker's death is the fly and how it distracts her even from her death. The fly is probably the most important aspect of the poem, which might indicate the speaker's sees death as an insignificant event that draws flies. The speaker's mood is surprising in that she treats her own death as just another occurrence. She is clearly aware that she is dead and this in no way shocks or horrifies her. Her attitude toward death is cavalier and from this, we assume that she feels no angst over her own death, whenever it may occur."
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Death in Poetry- An Analytical Comparison, 2007.
This paper compares John Donne's poem "Death Be Not Proud" and Wislawa Szymborska's poem "On Death, without Exaggeration."
873 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 31.95
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This paper compares and analyzes two poems about death that were written almost three centuries apart. The reviewer believes that the poems "Death be not Proud" by John Donne and "On Death, without Exaggeration" by Wislawa Szymborska demonstrate the beliefs of two different generations on the topic of death. The reviewer further describes the former as condemning death's pride, and the latter as mocking death's frailty. "Death Be Not Proud" speaks of death as a subtle reality of life, whereas the modern-day poem "On Death, without Exaggeration" criticizes the imperfection of death.
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"Donne goes on to say that death is similar to natural rest or sleep. "From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be" (1453) implies that every time a man falls into sleep, he is performing an innocuous practice for the experience of death; however, death remains a part of life from which no one is exempt. Death, inevitable as it may be, is an assurance of Donne's believe that there is a supreme destination after death. It is a component of humanity and causes the poem to reflect a reverence toward and optimism about death."
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Death in Poetry, 2004.
An analysis of the portrayal of death in John Donne?s ?Sonnet 10? and Emily Dickinson?s ?Because I Could Not Stop for Death?.
921 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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Different perspectives are always interesting. This is especially true with matters regarding death. This paper examines how John Donne and Emily Dickinson offer very unique perspectives on death in their poems, ?Sonnet 10? and ?Because I Could Not Stop for Death.? It looks at how these poets look death straight in the eye and face it with a strange calmness and security. It shows how, through the techniques of personification, structure, rhyme scheme, symbolism, and imagery, each of these poems offers unique perspectives on death and how, with their unique styles, Donne and Dickinson force us to think about death in a different way.
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"Structure is also significant in each of these poems. In ?Sonnet 10,? the form of the poem creates tension. It is written in a traditional Italian sonnet form, ending with a dramatic couplet, normally associated with Elizabethan sonnets. The poet utilizes a different rhyme scheme to demonstrate his attitude toward death. While each line in a sonnet generally has ten syllables and five metrical feet, the lines in ?Sonnet 10? do not follow this pattern. The challenging rhymes seem to emphasize the powerlessness of death. Interestingly, the first and the last lines seem to echo the same sentiment. On the other hand, ?Because I Could not Stop for Death? reads like a lyric poem and its easy rhyme scheme clashes with its complicated subject matter. It is also important to note that Dickinson?s poem is penned by an apparently deceased poet."
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Death Theme in Poetry, 2006.
This paper analyzes the structure as well as the predominant themes of death and despair that are clearly evident in both "The Voice" by Thomas Hardy and "The Widow's Lament in Springtime" penned by W.C. Williams.
1,525 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 50.95
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The writer of this paper examines the underlying theme of death in both works of poetry. In "The Voice" poet Thomas Hardy questions the reality of the voice he's hearing by questioning if ,it is in fact the wind, and not his recently deceased wife. In his poem, Hardy believes his wife is still with him as she speaks to him in whispers of breeze. The poem "The Widow's Lament in Springtime" by William Carlos Williams is full of metaphorical content. From the beginning of the poem Williams describes the extent of grief which is felt by the widow as she finds memories of her life with her husband and cannot bear to gaze upon them. This paper also clearly details the structure of both poems.
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"Now, in this stanza Hardy introduces his second thoughts about the voice actually being the voice of his wife. He wonders if it is just the breeze, and a lazy breeze at that, which just seems to catch his attention as it floated past him. In the last two stanzas, Hardy describes the abandonment of his wife if it is the breeze. He describes that if he only hears the wind, then his wife has been cast into a realm where she will never be heard again. Therefore, these stanzas describe the other side of Hardy. He has created an elaborate poem in which his wife is remembered through her whispers to him. Then in this stanza he comes out and says that is could just be the wind. This sets him up to conclude his poem."
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Death in Renaissance Poetry, 2005.
A comparative analysis of the presentation of death in William Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis", Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress", and John Donne's "Holy Sonnets" numbers 1 and 10.
1,448 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper looks at the literary theme of death in a specific historical context. It examines the way death is juxtaposed and contrasted with allusions to violence, life, love and sex, building up a discussion of whether we should ultimately read death as positive or negative in Renaissance poetry.
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"Meanwhile, Donne's 'Holy Sonnet 1' begins with death as an imminent threat. It appears as early as the first line with the word 'decay' , which, when we link it to the similar threat of death in 'To His Coy Mistress' with its 'worms shall try that long-preserved virginity' (ll. 27-28), appears almost certainly to refer to posthumous decay. Moreover, the repetition of 'now' (l. 2) twice in the same line and words like 'I dare not' (l. 5) convey the speaker's urgency and fear because of death. However, with closer reading, it may not be simply death that the speaker finds threatening. Towards the middle of the poem, Donne twists the reader's expectations by beginning to mention 'sin' (l. 8) and 'our old subtle foe' (l. 11) as a reference to the devil. "
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Death in Poetry., 2002.
A contrast of views on death in poems by various poets.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the views of death expressed in "Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat" by Thomas Gray, "Death Be Not Proud" by John Donne and "One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand" by Edmund Spenser.
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The Theme Of Death In Three Works Of Poetry, 2000.
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This paper compares and contrasts three poems: two by Emily Dickinson "My Life Closed Twice Before its Close", and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death", and John Donne's "Death Be Not Proud Though Some Have Called Thee", analyzing how the personification of death and abstract, powerful words are used to grab the reader?s attention, but the uses of tone and structure create three very different ideas and different poems.
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"In the first poem by Emily Dickinson, death is implied by the word ?Immortality?. The first stanza, lines three and four, ?If Immortality unveil a third event to me?, is where personification appears. The second poem by the same author uses personification for three different things. The very first two lines, ?Because I could not stop for Death? He kindly stopped for me-??, introduces the audience to the driver of the carriage. In the fourth stanza the speaker talks about passing the sun, but then says, ??Or rather-He passed Us-?(13), bringing the sun to life. I should also mention that throughout this journey ?The Carriage held but just Ourselves?And Immortality.?(lines 3-4), personifying an idea. In the third poem by John Donne, the entire piece is addressed to Death as a person. It begins, ?Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dread?ful, for thou art not so;?(lines 1-2). By using person?ification, each author transforms his work into a powerful statement. Bringing this abstract concept into the tangible, concrete world makes far more ominous and more frightening."
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The Life and Death of Sylvia Plath, 2005.
Explores poet, Sylvia Plath's past and the influences they had on her poetry. It explores and explicates two of her poems "Edge" and "Daddy."
3,247 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 93.95
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Sylvia Plath's life was tainted with repeated tragedies that influenced her work. The paper delves into important biographical details of her life, including the death of her father, her fear of failure, her first suicide attempt, electroshock therapy, her successes and failures as a poet and short-story writer, her marriage, miscarriage, split from her husband, death, and her rise to fame afterwards. The paper then specifically looks at two of her poems, the "Edge" and "Daddy", and how the violent images and death work within.
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"For thirty years, Sylvia had lived in the shadow of her father's death. It affected her profoundly, but she becomes ready to move on. The shoe, which is often seen as an extension of the Nazi metaphor, alludes to the repression of grief for her father and denial of the hatred she has for him. She never truly mourned his death and the shoe becomes suffocating. The poet has hidden away in this shoe; this cage of suppressed emotion. "Barely daring to breathe or Achoo" may refer to her childhood when the upstairs-downstairs system was being used because Plath's mother was afraid that the children's noise would cause him pain. It may also refer to her fear of her father."
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Life and Death: Abortion and the Death Penalty, 2005.
Explains why there is no contradiction in simultaneously viewing abortion as permissible in the early stages of pregnancy but the death penalty as impermissible.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper explains why a woman's views that abortion in the early stages of pregnancy is permissible but that the death penalty is never permissible are congruent and consistent from a moral and ethical standpoint.
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"Though Abby rejects the application of the death penalty in all instances she does advocate the permissibility of abortion in the early stages. Despite the seeming contradiction of ethics or morals in these views, Abby's views on abortion and the death penalty are more congruent than they might initially appear. This is because abortion is part of a woman's overall reproductive rights guaranteed by law while the death penalty is often applied in a biased manner and represents state-sanctioned homicide..."
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