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Dickey's Poem "Kudzu", 2004.
This essay describes major themes in James Dickey's poem about kudzu. It explains how he uses these themes to personify the plant.
872 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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Kudzu is a plant that was introduced into the South with hopes it would prevent erosion. It spread very rapidly and has become a pest. It explains how James Dickey personified this plant in his poem, "Kudzu". He uses several different themes to describe this pesky plant.
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"James Dickey's "Kudzu" offers a quite untraditional view of a local southern pest. Generally speaking, Dickey describes the plant in its true form, a quick-growing plant that spreads so fast it is almost impossible for farmers to sleep for fear of it. Overall, Dickey uses several themes, including military, supernatural, and communication themes, to personify this very humanlike plant. Dickey develops these individual themes using personification, similes, and metaphors."
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Dickey's "Eagles", 2002.
A review of James Dickey's poem "Eagles".
1,244 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 42.95
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This paper examines James Dickey's "Eagles" and in particular, how Dickey's narrator specifically expresses needs for belonging and freedom. It looks at how his desire for flight is born much more out of a desire to escape rather than to simply delight in the flying or to see the face of God and how unlike the eagles, his muscles aren't designed for escape. It discusses the theme of rejection that runs through the poem and how the narrator is not so afraid of rejection nor so prideful, that once he is shook off, he gives up the chase, nor is he put off by his conflicting desires for belonging and freedom.
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"Despite the noble and brave way, the narrator starts out the poem -- pondering, actually claiming the possibility that he might know the "circular truth of the void" -- he gets caught up battling to satisfy his more personal needs. The narrator's desire for flight is born much more out of a desire to escape rather than to simply delight in the flying or to see the face of god. He doesn't even speculate what the heavens contain; no mystery is speculated upon, except to say that the eagle "moves through /Clouds that will open to nothing." Rather than pursuing in this poem a more sublime quest, such as the qualities of the void, the narrator of the poem is much more preoccupied with the mundane matter of his escape."
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Kudzu, 2005.
Examines this exotic species of plant and why it is considered a problem in the United States.
1,544 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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Written in question and answer form, this paper traces the history of the Kudzu vine from its natural Asia to its introduction to the United States in the late 19th Century. The paper focuses on the problems caused by Kudzu and why it is considered more of a menace these days. The paper concludes with the benefits of the plants and argues that if more people were educated about its beneficial properties, they would not be so quick to eradicate it.
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"All non-wooden parts of the plant are edible; the leaves can be made into cooked greens or used in fresh salad, the flowers can be sauteed or fried like is traditional with squash flowers, and the roots can be used as a whole prepared dish or to starch liquids. In fact, researchers have found that traditional Asian medicine was correct about the healing properties of kudzu. Kudzu has been proven to be effective in treating alcoholism, reducing hangovers, treating migraines and other headaches, acting as an anti-inflammatory, and even being a cancer preventative. (Wikipedia) With all of these possibilities, eradication may be the least beneficial control method available. Education about this plant is the key to success for all concerned parties."
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Marriage of the Archetypal Comic and Tragic Visions in Dickey's "The Sheep Child", 1999.
How these two antithetical ideas combine in the poem to make the grotesque become beautiful.
1,515 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 2 sources, $ 49.95
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The World of Cherrylog Road, 2004.
This short paper addresses the "world" created by James Dickey in his poem, "Cherrylog Road."
897 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 31.95
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This paper explains how, through clever juxtaposition and contrast, Dickey emphasizes the youth and energy of the two main characters. The junkyard setting not only contributes to the other-worldly aura of the poem by setting it far apart from day-to-day life, but also shows the pain of aging when juxtaposed so roughly with the youth of the two main characters.
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"?Cherrylog Road? by James Dickey is a poem that delivers more than just its combination of components. Just like entering a room that gives off a certain aura or vibe so does the poem ?Cherrylog Road? creates its own unique world that stretches farther than its blend of ingredients.
These ingredients are simple. The setting: a Southern junkyard full of overgrown, deteriorating cars. The characters and era: a young boy and girl trysting in a junkyard, sometime in the 1930?s or 40?s. So the setting, the characters, and the time are relatively unambiguous. But the world created in ?Cherrylog Road? is not."
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Love in Literature, 2007.
This paper describes various ways love is portrayed in literature.
1,825 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper explores the concept that love as portrayed in literature may affect one's personal expectations of romance. The paper analyzes an article by Robert J. Sternberg, who suggests that individuals can write their own love stories. Additionally, he cites the impact of childhood stories of love on adults' expectations. Sternber's article cites three literary works--a poem by James Dickey entitled "Cherrylog Road," a short story by Susan Glaspell entitled, "A Jury of Her Peers", and the famous play by Oscar Wilde, "The Importance of Being Earnest." In each of these works an important message about love is conveyed.
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"Within literature there are countless replayed stories of romantic or sometimes not so romantic love. The stories we see in our heads, as children that dictate our expectations of the future are according to Sternberg reflective of how our lives, and more specifically our love lives will eventually be played out. Literature is a reflection of the stories we know of love, the good the bad and the indifferent, through the eyes of the writer and through the memories of the reader. "At some level, lay people recognize what many psychologists don't: that the love between two people follows a story. If we want to understand love, we have to understand the stories that dictate our beliefs and expectations of love." (Sternberg 52)"
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