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Elizabeth Bishop / Simple Structure Masks Inner Complexity
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12 pages in length. Poet Elizabeth Bishop was as simple as she was complex. The lucid and uncomplicated images she created with her seemingly elementary style were anything but; in fact, the complexity that resides within her characteristically simple prose, which demonstrate a purity and precision like no other, are known only to those who can see beyond their façade. Attention to outer detail and an unquenchable desire to portray her inner pain, Bishop favored a more simplistic approach to convey the immense pain and suffering she endured throughout her life. Utilizing the concepts of surrealism and imagism, as well as incorporating landscape and geography, the troubled poet cleverly and quite appropriately captured her audience with images of her own anguish. The writer discusses various concepts in relation to Elizabeth Bishop's poetic structure. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Elizabeth Bishop's 'The Fish'
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This 4 page paper provides an analysis of Elizabeth Bishop's The Fish. The thesis is that the poem was clearly intended to represent man's unfair domination over animals and nothing more. No additional sources cited.
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Three Poets View Their Origins
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A 5 page analysis of three poems, William Blake's 'London,' Maya Angelou's 'My Arkansas,' and Carl Sandburg's 'Chicago.' Concentrating primarily on 'London' and 'Chicago,' the writer shows how two poets in two different ages looked on similar circumstances and saw very different things. Quotations from the source. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'Self-Reliance'
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A 5 page paper on this famous essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The paper provides a careful and thorough explication of the main points of the essay, concluding that like plants and animals, man carries within him the seeds of his own essence and his own divinity, and this essence must be expressed. Bibliography lists one source.
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The West Country”: A Review of the Poem by Alice Cary
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A 5 page analysis of this early nineteenth century poem. This paper points out the simile and metaphor which is presented in regard to nature and how they correspond to the many societal changes which took place during the Industrial Revolution. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Emerson's Call to Action in The American Scholar is Answered by Whitman in Song of Myself
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In 6 pages, the author discusses Emerson's speech on 'The American Scholar' and shows how Walt Whitman answered this call using Whitman's 'Song of Myself.' Emerson's call was for intellectual, cultural, and spiritual independence, which are important to transcendentalism. No other sources are cited.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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5 pages in length. Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the greatest philosophers of our time. His essays remain among those of the most popular of philosophers and embrace the mysticism of life. This paper discusses his life, his works, and analyzes a website devoted to him. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson / 'Inventors Read Well'
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A 4 page essay on the Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: 'One must be an inventor to read well.' The paper discusses Emerson's philosophies around this quote, a call to read beyond words to find their intellectual, spiritual, emotional and physical meaning. The writer argues that the purpose of all words to an inventor is that they foment in the mind until an idea is created, and once created, the idea is put into action.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson / Romanticism
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An 8 page paper analyzing the influences on the poet who has been called 'the first of American Romantics'. It concludes that Emerson was less an original thinker than at a crossroads where a large number of disparate philosophies came together and found common ground. Bibliography lists six sources.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Pursuit of Happiness
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A 6 page essay on the writings and influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson. The writer reviews some of Emerson's writings, writing style and devices, expresses various interpretations on Emerson's writings, and discusses their effect on the reader in transcendental and realistic terms. The writer agrees with those who posit that Emerson was correct in his predictions about the American soul. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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