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Anne Sexton: Cinderella.
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(5 pp) At a turning point in art history, Marcel Duchamp turned a porcelain urinal, upside down and hung it on the wall, labeling it art, after he signed it 'R. Mutt.' The supposed sophisticated community at large took that to mean - 'whatever I say is art, is art.' The same argument could be made for a poet. If the poet claims it, a poem. Is it then a poem or does it have to follow certain structure, form or meaning to get that title? In this discussion we will examine the poem, Cinderella by Anne Sexton, within two categories, meaning and mechanics of, and see how it stands on its own.
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Anonymous/"Sir Patrick Spence"
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A 3 page essay that analyzes "Sir Patrick Spence," a medieval poem (author unknown) that was written in the twelfth century. The poet relates how Sir Patrick Spence set to see on the king's command and met with watery grave. The poem is a sea saga that is told in vivid images, which serve to connect the modern reader to the real human feeling of loss that is portrayed in the verse. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khsirsp.rtf

APPEALS TO EAR BY VARIOUS POETS
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This 3 page paper discusses the use of prosody in Langston Hughes' work, Let America be America Again, and Marge Piercy's work, WellFleet Sabbath. Quotes cited from text as examples. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBprosody.rtf

Argos and Odysseus
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This 5 page paper is a detailed examination of the scene between Argos and Odysseus in "The Odyssey." Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVArgOdy.rtf

Arnold's "Dover Beach" vs. Hecht's "Dover Bitch"
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A five page paper looking at these two poems in terms of their relationship to one another. Hecht's poem is a parody of Arnold's, but the paper concludes that Hecht is not so much mocking Arnold as he is bidding goodbye to a belief system the twentieth century could not support. No additional sources.
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Aron Kessbury/Song to a Waitress
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A 5 page essay that interprets the poem "Song to a waitress" by Aron Kessbury. The poem is included in its entirety as the writer offers a stanza by stanza analysis. "Song to a Waitress" is a blank verse poem that expresses a great deal of anger and dissatisfaction with the transformed nature of male/female relationships that have come with the dismantling of patriarchy. The thrust of the poem expresses the narrator's longing for -- what to him -- appears to be a simpler time, a time when women, particularly lower class women, were somewhat cowed by men, that is, a time when women "knew their place." No bibliography is offered.
Filename: kharnkes.rtf

Article Analysis: The Poetics of Anne Finch by Jennifer Keith
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This 4 page paper is an analysis of Jennifer Keith’s article on poet Anne Finch. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVJKeith.rtf

Artistry in Frost’s Poetry
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A 4 page paper which examines the artistic in Robert Frost’s poems “Mending Wall,” “The Road Not Taken,” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” No additional sources cited.
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Athena and Penelope in Homer’s “The Odyssey”
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A 5 page paper which examines how the wife and the goddess influenced Odysseus, thus assuring their importance in the epic poem. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGpenath.rtf

ATTITUDES TOWARD DEATH: POETRY OF DONNE, THOMAS, AND DAVIS
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This 3 page paper discusses the views of death by three poets: Donne, Thomas, and Davis. Each analyzed for themes and mesages about death, use of symbolism, personification, metaphor. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MBdeathpoet.rtf