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Isolation in Poetry and Music, 2007.
An analysis of the isolation depicted in "Vincent" by Don McLean, "Cry" by Casey Scott and "Six Feet Under" by Alan Ball.
2,971 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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This paper discusses the recurring theme, in poetry, music and film, of isolation, loneliness and of being marginalized by society because a person is different. The paper discusses the song-poem "Vincent" by Don McLean, which looks at a portrait of Vincent Van Gogh. It then discusses the song, "Cry" by Casey Scott, which shows another form of marginalization of someone who is suffering from depression. Finally, the paper looks at the series "Six Feet Under" by Alan Ball and discusses the character of Billy, who is schizophrenic.
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"While almost all the regular characters on the show are on the fringes of societal norms and it is well known that this series highlights dysfunctional people and families. I think Billy is the saddest. He is diagnosed as schizophrenic and he is also a photo artist. Poor Billy lives the dreaded life of the life long mental patient. (Remember that this illness also has chemical and physical causes.) Billy on medication is likable and productive. He teaches photography and earns a good living. However, he has no edge to make his own photo essays unique. He is creatively dead. Billy off medication is sometimes wildly wonderful or violently insane and dangerous to himself and others. Billy constantly struggles with his desire to feel strong passion, which he cannot do while medicated. However, when he goes off medication, his life becomes a ruin."
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Poetry in Elementary School Curricula, 2004.
This paper discusses ideas for the integration of poetry and the creative energy poetry can engender into non-poetic school learning environments.
2,115 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper explains that poetry is a tool to stimulate creative problem solving, build an ability for creative expression, help a child develop literacy skills, and learn other subjects through the imaginative, resourceful use of poetry. The author points out that a 'persona poem' is a poem that is written in the first person; the writer imagines that he or she is an animal, a movie star, a politician, or anything or anyone he or she is not. The paper stresses that innovation and doing the unexpected are extremely important for elementary school teachers when coaxing students to love and use poetry throughout their curricula.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The American Poetry and Literacy Project
The Persona Poem
Using Persona Poetry in Social Studies, Music, Math, Science, and Art
Conclusion
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"To move to another area of study, math; the student could write a persona poem pretending to be Albert Einstein?s pencil sharpener. Imagine all the work that sharpener must do ? since Einstein was said to go through a number of pencils each day during his mathematical research and formula writing ? and imagine all the grinding sounds and shavings, too. Or, alternatively, what would it be like to be the number ?1?? Would that be a grand feeling of winning (?number one? can mean the best, the first, the top choice), or would being ?number one? seem like a person had a long way to go to get to ?50??"
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Metaphysical Poetry- Characteristics,Types and Major Poets, 2005.
A discussion of the origins and nature of metaphysical poetry.
2,728 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper examines the origins of metaphysical poetry and its characteristics. Poetic terms are defined and the types of metaphysical poetry are discussed. The major poets of this genre are introduced. Although the paper considers metaphysical poetry in a positive light, criticism of the movement is also presented.
Introduction
Characteristics of metaphysical poetry
A.Delight in Novel Thought and Expression
B.Far-Fetched Images
C. Affectation and Hyperbole
D. Obscurity
E. Learning
Types of Metaphysical Poetry
A. Amorous Poetry
B. Religious Poetry
Sources of Metaphysical Poetry
Poets of the Metaphysical World
A. John Donne
B. George Halbert
C. Andrew Marvell
D. Henry Vaughn
VI. Conclusion
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"Metaphysics or the branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of existence, truth and knowledge based on abstract reasoning, was first applied to poetry by Dr.Samuel Johnson. He borrowed it from Dryden's derogatory phrase about Donne-"He affects the metaphysics." Dryden criticized Donne for his excessive obscurity and Dr.Samuel Johnson later used the term 'metaphysical' to describe the specific poetic method used by poets like Donne."
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Nostalgia in Romantic Poetry, 1996.
An examination of the use of nostalgia in the poetry of the romantic era (1768 - 1839), focusing in particular on the poetry of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
1,951 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper argues that nostalgia in poetry can be considered a particular kind of literary device, through which it is possible to gain some degree of insight into the whole ideology on which the romantic movement was based. Through an analysis of the poetry of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, it looks at how the romantics mourn the fleeting nature of time and look back to the golden age of childhood - which can only be recaptured through nostalgia. It shows how nostalgia allows the poets the opportunity to not only recapture the past, but to manipulate and control it and how the nostalgia displayed in romantic poetry is, then, a tool of the intellect and a calculated attempt to make sense of a confused world of impressions and feelings, to bring order where previously there was only chaos.
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"Coleridge?s is an extreme model of nostalgia. Casting his mind back to childhood, he finds that the child he once was is also indulging in nostalgic thoughts of a still deeper past; the past he may have experienced even before birth, on a far different plane. This is the blissful, innocent world which becomes the ideal for all present existence, and the child who can still recall it, and imaginatively re-inhabit that world through nostalgia becomes, to the romantic mind, like a visionary without language or the proper means of expressing his recollection."
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Teaching Ethics Through Student Written Poetry, 2005.
A paper on the possibilities inherent in using poetry as a means of teaching morality/poetry.
2,387 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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In consideration of the age old question about where and how to begin teaching ethics to students, this paper looks at whether student written poetry might be an effective tool to teach the importance of living in an ethical manner.
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"Gibelman , Gelman , and Fast (1999) conducted what they called a quasi-experiment. They created a specific set of criteria for a research paper, based on course content in a social work graduate school program. Then they took an actual student-written paper, one bought "off-the-shelf" from a "paper mill" and a custom-written paper. The study doesn't say if the same service was used for both of the bought papers. The next step was to send the three variations to professors around the country for grading. It is interesting to note that the most well-received paper was the student-written one where the writer had actually attended the class the paper was for. The custom-written paper was the next best graded. These researchers suggest that the student written paper was most acceptable because the student had information and insight into what the instructor required for the paper that could only be gained from attending classes. Instructor formulate the parameters of essays and research papers to make specific determinations about student knowledge and ability."
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Children's Poetry, 2002.
An overview of poetic genres in children's poetry and how children relate/react to poetry.
960 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper looks at how poetry is a useful form of literature for children, intellectually and emotionally. It discusses the creative use of language, which is specialized to stimulate the imagination and arouse feelings of readers, especially children.
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"Narrative poetry evokes emotions that represent the mood or feeling of the work, rather than that of the poet. This type of poetry was often used orally to relate new or events to others and in written form it is read like a story. Although some narrative poems (such as epics and romances) are too sophisticated for young readers, ballads are an appropriate form for this age level. Originally designed for an illiterate people, ballads are easily remembered and adaptable for singing or recitation. Although some ballads are ancient and difficult for children to relate to, ?old ballads do serve to transport children to a more primitive past, to wilderness, to feudalism, to a time quite different from their own, yet not without flavorsome, musical, language.? The appeal of these ballads is often in the use of language, which evokes a mood or emotions."
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Social Isolation, 2007.
This paper discuses social isolation as an issue in the case of a 20-year old named Mark who is exhibiting symptoms of schizophrenia.
1,180 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 40.95
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This paper stresses that it is not the illness of schizophrenia that will cause the person in this case study on mental illness the most hardship, but rather society and his own response to his diagnosis in the form of social isolation. The author points out social isolation is related to stigma, which any patient with mental illness or dementia is certain to experience. The paper relates that the origins of both stigma and social isolation are found in the labeling process. The author stresses that social isolation creates very serious problems for treatment and recovery. The paper concludes that the main role of nursing in relation to social isolation must be a response to the patient's and the family's needs for understanding, support and health teaching.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Issue: Social Isolation
Therapeutic Intervention
Conclusion
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"At the same time, the labeling process which instigates the entire experience of social isolation produces a massive impact on the patient by not merely providing a diagnosis but imposing a new identity. Deegan (1993), herself a patient with schizophrenia, maintains that the label of mental illness arrives as a package plan which ensures that the patient will be utterly alone. Social isolation begins in the health care system because health care providers tend to confuse the person with the symptoms. The patient is forced to perceive themselves as health care providers view them through the label that comes with diagnosis."
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Poetry in the 21st Century, 2004.
Explains the continuing relevance of poetry in our current era.
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 43.95
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As the 21st century begins, poetry remains relevant to the lives of people in the Western world, an antidote to the popular culture of spectacle and instant gratification. Using the example of British poet, Jamie McKendrick, this paper argues that poetry remains relevant because it reflects what is universally felt and experienced by humanity. Poetry is irrelevant to popular culture, but not to the populace. McKendrick's poetry reflects life in a way that more spectacular entertainment cannot do. His poems invite the reader to reflect on great questions and to notice small details and beauties of the world. One of McKendrick's abilities is to express emotions in a way that the readers themselves could perhaps never manage. Poets are truth-speakers, and because their work truly reflects life, it is seldom straightforward. It is rare that a poem is fully appreciated after the first reading. Poetry demands engagement with the reader or listener; it cannot be passively watched like a Hollywood film. The reader must interact with the poem, and in the process, helps create the poem, since the meaning inferred by one reader may be different from that of another reader, and both may be different from the author's intended meaning. The paper concludes that poetry continues to be relevant because it expresses the human experience and does so with an uncommon intimacy and truthfulness.
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"A poem will last for centuries if it skillfully explores the human experience because the essence of that experience does not change. Sappho and John Donne, for example, will always be relevant because people will always develop romantic infatuations. Alienation, longing, love, grief, the search for meaning, the discovery of the sublime in mundane life: These things will always be relevant. McKendrick can set his poems outside of time, as he does with "The Belen", or set a poem in Dante's Hell, because he writes about being human, not about being human in a particular century. In Ink Stone, he often writes of loss. The struggle of the intellect to understand death and the loneliness felt at the death of someone who understood one's dreams will resonate with readers in the next century as much as in this one because the act of grieving will not change."
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Matthew Arnold's Poetry, 2002.
An examination of Matthew Arnold's criticism applied to his own poetry.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This five-page undergraduate paper applies the theories and principles found in three selections of Arnold's criticism of poetry to his own poetry. His longer poetry is excellent; his short poems are often far from what he says poetry should be.
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Isolation in American Literature, 2006.
An analysis of the theme of isolation within three classic American novels: "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and J. Alfred Prufrock's "The Love Song".
3,000 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 88.95
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This paper analyzes the novels "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and J. Alfred Prufrock's "The Love Song", focusing on the theme of isolation in America. The author explains that each of these three novels, in their own way, addresses how America is the land of freedom and open spaces, of boundless dreams and opportunities, but is also the land of "keeping up with the Joneses" and distances too vast to be bridged by mere mortals. The paper shows that, while the causes and the results are different in each book, isolation remains a motivating factor and determinant of individual characters' destiny. The paper begins with an assessment of "The Grapes of Wrath", demonstrating how it deals with isolation in its broadest sense - the isolation of one individual from the rest of humanity. Then the paper discusses "The Great Gatsby", which addresses the breaking apart of humanity on a much more individual level. The most isolating experience is depicted in "The Love Song", the paper concludes, which depicts the isolation experienced by every modern day individual.
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"Though T.S. Eliot treats us to an image of movement, and change, the metaphor he gives us is that of a "patient etherized on a table." Immediately, we have the sense that all of those wanderings are the stuff of dreams and fantasy. It is as if we are privy to the goings-on inside Alfred J. Prufrock's head. Symbolic of the intense isolation experienced by modern men and women is also the fact that, in those same lines, nothing without ourselves is ever distinctly heard or observed. We hear "mutterings," and see few people on the streets. The "one-night hotels" speak of transience, and of pleasures taken on the sly. Prostitutes are frequently associated with such places. Does Prufrock mean to infer that all the pleasures of the modern age are no better than the mercenary delights offered by a prostitute? Do we purchase even our own happiness? Nor must one forget the isolation of the prostitute. She is isolated from "good society." She is also isolated from her customers, many of whom she will never really know, and probably never see again. Those who patronize her, too, engage in a thoroughly anonymous experience."
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The View of Poetry in Ancient Times, 2008.
A discussion of poetry as viewed by ancient Greek and Roman philosophers and poets such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Horace and Longinus.
3,560 words (approx. 14.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 99.95
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This paper examines views of the ancient Greek and Roman poets and philosophers on poetry. The periods' most prominent thinkers, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Horace and Longinus are essentially analyzed through their writings, thoughts and quotes about literature in general, their views on God, forms of poetry, and the role of a poet in the society.
These philosophers and poets examined the world around them, asking questions about it, and seeking rational explanations. This was the beginning of natural philosophy, which inevitably included questions of art and poetry. The paper concludes that the early Greek and Roman philosophers' and poets' writings about art and poetry greatly affected their followers and were important in the shaping of today's poet and poetry.
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"Aristotle explicitly explains poetry and poet's duty explicitly in Poetics. For him, a poet's duty is not to deal with reality itself but to deal with the possibilities that are shaped within the nature of events. He differentiates between a poet from a historian. A historian naturally reflects reality itself, but a poet reflects the possibility of a probable reality. Poetry describes the general, but history reflects the only specific real events."
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Open Form Poetry, 2002.
A study of the open form style of poetry, as seen in the anonymous poem: "What a wonderful bird the frog are,?.
1,160 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper examines attention-attracting styles in poetry, primarily open form poetry. It uses the anonymous poem: "What a wonderful bird the frog are,? to highlight the characteristics of open form poetry explains the effect that this style of poetry has on the reader. It also touches on other attention-attracting devices, such as startling and repetition.
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"Artists and writers utilize all manner of devices to attract their readers? attentions. Vladimir Nabokov, in his tome ?Pale Fire,? framed a novel in the form of a poem and its associated criticism. Nabokov publically stated that he attempted absolute mediocrity in writing the poem ?Pale Fire,? but this only showcases the unerring genius in the remainder of the work -- and as some critics would have it, genius in the poem itself despite Nabokov?s own disclaimer. Thomas Pynchon, in his epic ?Gravity?s Rainbow,? used all manner of attention-getting including various songs that the reader automatically sets to music in her head."
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Contemporary Culture in Poetry, 2001.
This paper discusses contemporary trends of modern poetry, giving examples of Michael Wigglesworth and Anne Bradstreet's works.
860 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 8 sources, $ 30.95
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This paper provides a look at trends in poetry today. It focuses on two British poets, Michael Wigglesworth and Anne Bradstreet giving examples of their work and analyzing why they themselves are examples of these trends.
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"Writing is one of the most time-honored forms of self-expression and entertainment for readers and writers alike. Among all the forms of writing: play writing; essay writing; journalism; fiction; poetry is the most personal style and although one reveals something about themselves in everything they write poetry is the most straight forward and self expressive. Through the years there have been hundreds of different styles of poetry and even more poets to fit the form."
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Poetry, 2002.
An overview of the assessment of poetry.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper is on the topic of assessing poetry. Poetry has figurative language, musical sound, and different symbols. The assessment of poetry is similar to that of fiction, but more precise.
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"The Metamorphosis" and Poetry, 2002.
Discusses Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" within the context of elements of poetry
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper compares specific aspects of Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" to aspects of poetry. This allows Kafka's text to be seen in terms of both epic poetry and lyrical poetry, where the format and the content of the story are compared.
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