Hamlet

Delay in revenge

An essay on how poets from "Blue Light Clear Atoms" deal with complex ideas and concepts of life.

The essay is about Harlem. It deal with the stuggles of African Americans. The poem was written by Langston Hughes.

Discusses "Harlem," also known as "A Dream Deferred," an open form poem by Langston Hughes. Explores Hughes' use of poetic devices, including imagery and similes. Describes the open form technique and how Hughes made use of it.

About a child who lives during the holocaust and has been taken away but escapes.

Joseph Conrad's - Heart of Darkness An inner truth concealed.

Heresy for a Classroom is a poem that symbolizes life and death. Good things come out of death, such as life itself. The poem utilises symbolism of the seasons to illustrate life and death.

Eliot's use of literary device such as imagery and repetition in the poem serve to emphasize Prufrock's hesitation, repression of desire, and indecisiveness.

Personal analyis of the poem is "House Guest" by Elizabeth Bishop

Discusses the poem "The Snowstorm", by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Demonstrates how it embodies the true meaning of transcendentalism by giving the reader an image of how we are all individuals yet are connected through intuition.

Describes thematic concerns typical of John Donnes poetry with close reference to the poem Hymn to God the Father. Examines the numerous biblical or religious references contained in the poem.

Rage in book one of the Lliad by Homer

A look at how the form and structure of sonnets portray different moods, feelings or ideas, with examples from William Shakespeare and Christina Georgina Rossetti.

An analysis of the concept of change as conveyed in the poems "Mid-term Break" by Seamus Heaney, "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell, and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost.

Discusses the poem "How Cruel is the Story of Eve," by Stevie Smith. Describes how his castigation towards the biblical story of Eve demonstrates how women have been victims of despair and suffering since the beginning of time. Argues that Without a doubt, women have fallen victim to an untrue, religious tale from the beginning of time, and the poem is an outcry representing the suffering of women throughout history.

A comparison of two Robert Browning poems, "Porphyria's Lover" and "My Last Duchess," both about possessive, psychotic men who kill their lovers. In both poems, the two men kill their lovers based on what their respective psychosis caused them to see; however, what each man saw was different, and the reason why and the way in which the men killed their lovers are different.

Compares two poems by Carol Ann Duffy, 'Valentine' and 'Stealing.' Discusses Duffy's use of symbolism and other literary devices to engage her readers. Examines major themes in both poems.

A comparison of two sonnets, Walt Whitman's "Patrolling Barneget" and John Clare's "Sonnet," and how each describes nature and other aspects. Meaning, structure, language, and poetic devices in the two poems are considered.

The telemachy and well these first four books of The Odyssey barely feature Odysseus as a character, yet desctibe him profoundly through various means to prepare the reader for the arrival of this great hero.

Describes how the poetry of Thomas Hardy relates to events in his own life. Provides biographical detail on Hardy's life. Contends that Hardy wrote many of his poems motivated by the ironic death of his wife, Emma.

A discussion concerning whether or not the character of "The Wife of Bath," by Chaucer, conforms to medieval stereotypes regarding women.

Poems written during the first half of the twentieth century, such as "O What is That Sound," "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," and "Prayer Before Birth," reflect the issues of the time. These issues included war, revolution, morality, disillusionment, the Great Depression, and the future of the human race, and the three poems analyzed focused particularly on issues of war and morality.

Poems by the romantic poets had definite characteristics that set them apart from the works of other periods. This essays describes how Lord Byron can be identified as a romantic poet.

Essay shows how the gods both help and hinder Odysseus regain his throne in Ithaca.

Analysis of some of Gwen Harwood's poetry.

Describes how William Shakespeare presents Cleopatra in the play "Antony and Cleopatra" as a women and how she is difficult to categorize. Also discusses if she is domineering.

Analyzes and compares a collection of William Shakespeare sonnets.

This essay discusses the character of Achilles in The Illiad, in both a negative and positive light, ultimately venerating the character.

Many forms of love exist, as does many ways of conveying it. Both John Donne's secular and divine poetry and Dorothea Mackellar's more modern-day "My Country" offer textual references that show the importance of love in life and how love can be found in everything.

Analyzes the poem "Musee des Beaux Arts", written in the year, 1938 by W.H. Auden. Detials how the poet is clearly describing Pieter Brueguel's painting, "Fall of Icarus." Considers how, through various figures of speech, the poem examines human reaction or response to disaster.

1) The poem lets us discover things about our every day life that we have never thought of before, 2) The poet makes us relate to the poem using life experiences that we all share, 3) The poem does not discover a new philosophy it only expresses it. 4) The poem is not open to interpretations.

The poems "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell and "The Bull Moose" by Alden Nowland both meditate on the meaning of death. While Marvell romanticizes death, Nowland takes a realistic approach.

The poem "Musee des Beaux Arts" by W H Auden portrays the ignorance of people toward human suffering. Suffering is portrayed as a mundane, everyday occurence that people should not just ignore.

How poetry relates to human issues. Patterns by Amy Lowell and The Aura of A Blue Flower that is A Goddess by Ray A. Yung Bear