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The “Spring Songs” of Tennyson’s “In Memoriam”
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This 4 page report discusses the “spring songs” of the poem’s sections 38, 83, 91 and 115. In each, Tennyson discusses the return of spring, the possibility of rebirth, and a measure of hope and reassurance. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
Filename: BWtenmem.rtf

The ‘Poetic Evolution’ of Theodore Roethke (1908-1963)
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A 4 page analytical paper that examines one of the most influential poets of the late-twentieth century. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGroethke.rtf

The ‘Religious’ Techniques of Emily Dickinson’s Poetry
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A 6 page paper which examines how Emily Dickinson employed the hymns and sermons that were very much a part of her New England upbringing to construct a truly unique style of poetry that enabled her to express deeply personal thoughts about religion, nature, and death. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TGedstyle.rtf

The Anti-Heroic Age
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A 4 page paper which examines how this is often called the anti-heroic age and how it has been in the making for some time. Individuals discussed in this discussion are D.H. Lawrence, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and William Butler Yeats. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAantihr.rtf

The Appearance Of Birds
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The poems, The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe and Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking by Walt Whitman both feature the appearance of birds. This 3 page paper asserts that The predominant symbolic meaning used in both poems for the particular bird is a call to memory. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KTbirdcd.wps

THE ART AND FUNCTION OF LOVE IN THE POETRY OF DONNE AND PHILLIPS
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This 15 page paper compares and contrasts the function of love as espoused by Katherine Philips and John Donne. Quotes cited from texts, both primmary and secondary. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: MBdonphil.rtf

The Art of Indirection
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This 6 page paper compares Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 (“My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”) to John Donne’s poem “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning,” and argues that they are examples of the poet using indirect methods to make his point. It also argues that neither poem could be considered a traditional romantic effort. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVindrct.rtf

The Battle of the Sexes, As Explored in Robert Lowell’s “To Speak of the Woe That Is in Marriage” and Anne Sexton’s “Unknown Girl in the Maternity Ward”
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A 13 page paper which examines gendered conflicts from both male and female perspectives, considering how the era in which they were written influenced the poems. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TGsexlow.wps

The Chimney Sweeper And The Unknown Citizen
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This 3 page paper argues that The Chimney Sweeper by William Blake and The Unknown Citizen by W. H. Auden both utilize metaphors to bring the deeper meaning of the poem to the reader. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTsymptr.wps

The Concept of Love in the Poetry of Garcilaso de la Vega
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A 7 page paper which examines the concept of love in the poetry of the Spanish writer Garcilaso de la Vega. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: RAvegapt.rtf