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Ted Hughes and the Poetry of Death
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An 8 page paper which examines how Ted Hughes is a poet of death. The paper examines how he is not a celebrant of death but an adversary. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: RAtedhgh.rtf

Ted Hughes’ “Phaethon”
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A 3 page analysis and review of Ted Hughes’ tale/poem “Phaethon.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAtedpha.rtf

TELL ALL THE TRUTH BUT TELL IT AT A SLANT
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This 5 page paper discusses the effect that Emily Dickinson's poetry has on the average reader, to unsettle perceptions and leave one unsure of the exact meaning. Examples are given from sample texts, cited and quoted. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBdicnsn.rtf

Tennyson and Browning
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A 5 page paper which compares some of the poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Alfred Lord Tennyson. The poems examined are “Mariana” by Tennyson and Sonnets from the Portuguese 21, 22, 32, and 43. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
Filename: RAtenn.rtf

Tennyson's "Morte D'Arthur" and "The Passing of Arthur", Compared:
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A twelve page paper discussing these two poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The paper notes that for the most part "Morte D'Arthur" is a fragmentary part of the later "Passing of Arthur" from "Idylls of the King," but the later material added around the fragment gives the latter poem much more meaning and significance. Bibliography lists twelve sources.
Filename: KBmorte.wps

Tennyson's Enoch Arden
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Enoch Arden by Tennyson is a long narrative poem that is much too short and with too little adventure to be considered an epoch. This 7 page paper argues that Enoch Arden is a tragic hero whose life served as a metaphor for the resurrection and sacrifice of Christ. Tennyson utilizes the theme of nature to show spiritual development. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KTenchan.wps

TENNYSON’S IN MEMORIUM
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This 3 page paper discusses the struggle between doubt and faith apparent in Tennyson's poem, In Memorium. Examples and quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBnmem.rtf

Tennyson: “Ulysses”
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This 4 page paper argues that the poem “Ulysses” by Tennyson demands that a reader consider that with old age comes not decay, but dignity, and if the body is weaker, the intellect, soul and determination are stronger than ever. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVtnyuls.rtf

Textual Analysis of Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est”
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An 8 page paper which provides a textual analysis of the poem by examining heroic diction, hyperboles, alliteration, similes, metaphors, imagery, and descriptive verbs carefully designed to get the poet’s message across. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGdulce.rtf

The “Beat” Poets: Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Snyder
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A seven page paper analyzing the kind of world that produced the rebellious “Beat” poets of the 1950s and 60s, as well as the way their iconoclastic ideologies affected American attitudes in their own time and later on. The paper concludes that the Beats went a long way toward transforming our society from the smug, narrow-minded, self-congratulatory people we were at the end of World War II, to the “inquiring minds” we are today. Bibliography lists five sources.
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