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Love Poetry and the Victorian Age
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This 5 page report discusses the love poetry of the Victorian era. The writers of the Victorian Era responded to the innovations and changes of the world with their own literary changes. Just as the scientists, inventors, and politicians of the time refused to believe there were boundaries to what could be accomplished, the writers and poets saw that it was possible to explore new realms of expression. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Love, as Considered by Medieval Poets Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder, Sir Walter Raleigh, Christopher Marlowe and Geoffrey Chaucer
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A 5 page paper which examines how love is depicted in Wyatt’s “The Long Love That My Heart Doth Harbor,” “Farewell, Love,” “Whoso List to Hunt,” “My Gallery,” “Divers Doth Use,” “Madam, Withouten Many Words,” “They Flee From Me,” “My Lute, Awake!,” Raleigh’s “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” “The Lie,” “Farewell, False Love,” Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” and “Prologue,” “The Knight’s Tale,” and “The Miller’s Tale” from Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales.” No additional sources are used.
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Lucille Clifton's 'Homage To My Hips'
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This 4 page essay deals with Lucille Clifton and her changing body--her hips in particular and what that really means. No additional sources cited.
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Lucille Clifton/forgiving my father
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A 4 page essay that explicates Lucille Clifton's poem "forgiving my father." The writer argues that this poem concerns the legacy of a childhood made harsh by a father's inability to provide for his family. Clifton, as a woman, identifies most heavily with her mother's anger and disappointment at having married a man who could not provide for his family. However, within the context of this poem, Clifton comes to perceive that her mother's anger is not necessarily her own and that she can forgive them both and, in doing so, move on with her own life. No additional sources cited.
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Lucille Clifton/Move
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A 4 page explication of Clifton's poem "Move," which was written to commemorate the bombing of Philadelphia Afro-centric movement in Philadelphia in 1985. The writer argues that Clifton's poem is an indictment against the black mayor of Philadelphia at that time for authorizing the attack. No additional sources cited.
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Lynn Emanuel/Big Black Car
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A 3 page essay that discusses the poet's use of metaphor. Poets frequently face the question of how to describe the indescribable, that is, how to convey, within the limited context of a poem, the complexity of life and its multi-layered, convoluted reality. One way of accomplishing this task is through the utilization of metaphor, imagery and action, which are part of the poet's "toolbox" for conveying complex meaning through the representation of sights, sounds, smells, touch, etc. An ideal example of this point is Lynn Emanuel's poem "Big Black Car." No bibliography is provided.
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Mallarme, Baudelaire and Goethe
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This 4 page paper discusses the poem “Afternoon of a Faun” by Mallarme; and the poem “Correspondences” by Baudelaire; and how these two symbolic works compare to Goethe’s works. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Margaret Atwood/Variations on the Word Love
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A 5 page essay that examines Margaret Atwood's poem "Variations on the Word Love." In this poem, Atwood expresses her thoughts and feelings on the inadequacy of the English language at expressing what is meant by "love." Atwood accomplishes this by exploring the many connotations, or "variations," in which this word is used. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Marie de France/The Lais
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An 8 page research paper that examines the work of Marie de France (circa 1155-1170), a French poet, whose work offers a fascinating view into what life was like for the medieval French noblewoman. Her surviving works are a collection of 'Lais,' which are short stories in verse form that usually dealt with romantic themes. The writer relates the literary elements of her poetry and its significance to what the poems tell the modern reader about medieval life. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Marlowe & Donne/Faustus & Holy Sonnet 10
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A 4 page research paper that contains two distinct sections. The first section discusses Christopher Marlowe's Dr. Faustus, and why Faustus make this choice to sell his soul to the devil. The second section is an analysis of John Donne's Holy Sonnet 10. No additional sources cited.
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