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Medieval Poetry/Alysoun
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A 4 page essay/research paper that offers an explication of "Alysoun," a medieval lyric poem. The writer argues that an examination of this poem illustrates the medieval perspective on life, as well as the people's love of life and its pleasures. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khalys.rtf

Medieval Text/The Wanderer
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A 3 page essay that comments on a medieval Anglo-Saxon poem. The European world changed greatly during the Middle Ages, both physically and spiritually. While some individuals were able to accept the precepts of Christianity easily, others experienced emotional turmoil over the changes that advancing Christianity brought, which included the destruction of cherished cultural values, such as the mead-hall and having primary allegiance to the clan ruler. The Wanderer is a medieval text in which the author explores the spiritual changes he is undergoing. To describe this spiritual transformation in concrete terms, the poet uses the physical world allegorically in order to describe his spiritual journey. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khwanasp.rtf

Melvin B. Tolson
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A 3 page paper which examines how Melvin B. Tolson was a very talented individual and yet never truly appreciated during his lifetime. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAmeltol.rtf

Men and Women in the Age of Enlightenment
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A 4 page paper which examines the roles of men and women during the age of enlightenment as presented in “Phaedra” by Jean Racine and “The Rape of the Lock” by Alexander Pope. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAphaed.rtf

Mending Wall and To Kill a Mockingbird
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A 3 page paper which compares Robert Frost’s Mending Wall and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAmenbid.rtf

Metaphor and Meaning in John Donne’s “The Flea”
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This 5 page report discusses John Donne’s poem “The Flea.” Donne (1572-1631), English poet, writer, and clergyman, has come to be considered as the greatest of the metaphysical poets and one of the greatest writers of the poetry of love. Donne belonged to a group of writers for whom personal passion was more important than social prominence, and whose writing reflected the gender bias of their century. Donne’s use of metaphor and language establish the ways in which he sees connections, romantic and meaningful, in even the most commonplace of circumstances. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWflea.rtf

Metaphor and Structure in George Herbert’s “Prayer”
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A five page paper explaining the way this seventeenth-century poet uses both the structure of the Elizabethan sonnet and a very dense metaphoric language to show the relationship of the Christian story of sin and redemption to the act of prayer. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: KBherber.wps

Metaphor in Poetry
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A 5 page research paper that examines three poems looking at the role of metaphor in conveying meaning in poetry. The writer analyzes the statement that poetry if the "bread of faithful speech." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khmetpoe.rtf

METAPHORS IN POETRY
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This 4 page paper discusses the use of metaphors in the work of Ezra Pound and Jean Toomer. Examples cited from texts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBpmet.rtf

Milton’s Grand Style: “Paradise Lost”
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An 8 page paper which examines Milton’s “Paradise Lost” in terms of elements which support Milton’s “grand style.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAmilt2.rtf