Essays on Literary Genres

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The Portrayal of Desire in Ginsberg’s Poems "Kaddish" and "Howl"

3 pages / 1455 words

Desire is ubiquitous, it is the essence of wanting or hankering for something or someone, it has limitless objects. The longing for a person to be with us or for an inanimate object, whether it be a car, a house, a shoe, or the yearning...

Literature Review Poetry

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Self-reflection and Philosophy in The Poems of Robert Gray

4 pages / 1793 words

Poetry, a language used in various creative elements and forms by distinct poets carries significance in terms of the poet’s ambition, decisions and ambience. The primary objective of poetry is to essentially endow pleasure on an audience or reader. Robert Gray, a contemporary Australian poet...

Literature Review Poetry

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Nature and Humans in The Short Stories of Jack London and Henry David Thoreau

4 pages / 1827 words

Two short stories ‘To Build a Fire’ by Jack London and ‘Solitude’ by Henry David Thoreau demonstrate situations when a person is liaised with nature. However, the approach of the main characters of the short stories to such state of events is exactly opposite. Both...

Jack London Short Story To Build a Fire

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Analysis of Symbolism in Ted Hughes' Poetry

3 pages / 1576 words

Ted Hughes is a poet laureate lived from 1984 to 1998. He was a British poet, well renowned in his time and referred as the poet of 20th century. He also won a lot of awards for his extraordinary works i.e. The Whitbread Book of...

Literature Review Poetry

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Emily Dickinson's Poetry: an Analysis of Death and Loss

5 pages / 2140 words

Considered one the most original and greatest poets of American literature, Emily Dickinson throughout her poetry tries to challenge the reader’s own view of it, often through themes of death, grief, truth, and fame. It is believed that she lived most of her life in...

Emily Dickinson Literature Review Poetry

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The Theme of Love and Death in The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

4 pages / 2017 words

Love and Death are the primary obsessions of human society. Love is an intense feeling of deep affection, while death is the permanent cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living, physical organism. Love and Death are the principle fixations of Edgar Allan Poe’s...

Edgar Allan Poe Literature Review Poetry

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Free Compare and Contrast The Two Poetry Sets Portraying War

3 pages / 1173 words

“War is what happens when language fails” said Margaret Atwood. Throughout history and beyond, war has been contemplated differently form one nation to another, or even, one person to another. While some people believe in what war stands for, which is the “resolution” to all...

Civil War Poetry

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Poetry and Its Effect on Mental Health

2 pages / 1084 words

Music always been therapeutic to the mind; it can help someone cope through a rough patch of their life. The lyrics of song made the listener feel relaxed, loose, or they aren’t alone. The same effect has been observed with poetry; the University of Exeter...

Depression Poetry Stress

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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margret Atwood: Feminism in The Context of Dystopian World

4 pages / 1767 words

The Handmaids Tale is a piece of literature that teaches the reader universal truth as well as life lessons. The novel has been banned in some school for being too offensive to Christians and sexuality explicit. Other think the novel should be read by many....

Dystopia Gender Equality The Handmaid’s Tale

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Why Poetry is Important: The Power of Poetry Therapy

4 pages / 1922 words

Poetry has been around for centuries, going back to the 2nd century. Poetry has a tendency of helping sooth the pain, suffering of mental illness and so much more. In “Will a poem a day keep the Doctor away?”, talks about the use of poetry...

Mental Health Poetry Therapy

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Poetry is Important in The English Language

4 pages / 2023 words

Poetry is one of the most important and powerful forms of writing because it takes the English language, a language we believe we know, and transforms it. Suddenly the words do not sound the same or mean the same. The pattern of the sentences sounds...

English Language Poetry Seamus Heaney

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Poetry is Still Important in The Modern Society

5 pages / 2244 words

According to Webster’s Dictionary, “poetry is metrical writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhyme.” If any poet, any lover of words, any enthusiast of the magic they...

Modern Society Poetry

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Analysis of "Parable of The Sower" Through The Characteristics of Dystopian Literature

2 pages / 1052 words

Parable of the Sower, by Octavia E. Butler, conveys many similar topics from history, such as slavery, not having equal rights, and decrease of civilization, which is what makes it diffcult to put the book under one genre classification. Regardless, Butler is able to fit...

Book Review Dystopia Parable of The Sower

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Research Paper: Personal Experiences of Robert Frost in His Poems

2 pages / 860 words

Robert Frost said, “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Through the life in which he went through, Frost has learned a lot, such as the value of things and been through a lot, such as the...

Personal Experience Poetry Robert Frost

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How Robert Frost’s Poems Reflected His Life: Research Paper

5 pages / 2297 words

Robert Frost is one of America’s greatest poets. He was born on March, 26 1874 and died January 29, 1963. He wrote several books in England as an American author. He suffered from depression and had several occurrences of death and crisis in his life,...

Famous Person Poetry Robert Frost

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Critical Analysis of Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery

2 pages / 845 words

Henry S. Haskins once said, ‘Tradition is a prison with majority opinion the modern jailer.’ The quote is related to the short story, ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson because tradition is substantial and important to their community. They have been doing the lottery for years...

Shirley Jackson Short Story The Lottery

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Critical Analysis of a Short Story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

3 pages / 1289 words

Born on December 14th, 1916 Shirley Jackson was a well-established American writer until her death on August 8th, 1965. She primarily wrote horror, mystery, and supernatural stories. Within her two-decade long career she wrote six novels, two memoirs, and over 200 short stories, with some...

Shirley Jackson Short Story The Lottery

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Short Story The Jewelry by Guy De Maupassant: Summary and Analysis

2 pages / 706 words

Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Jewelry” intricately weaves themes of deception, regret, and the complexities of human relationships. The narrative centers around M. Lantin, a middle-class clerk whose life takes a dramatic turn following the death of his beloved wife. Through the lens of...

Literary Devices Literature Review Short Story

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A Research Paper on Robert Frost – One of The Most Celebrated Figures in American Poetry

2 pages / 1117 words

“Now close the windows and hush all the fields; If the trees must, let them silently toss; No bird is singing now, and if there is, Be it my loss. It will be long ere the marshes resume, It will be long ere the earliest...

Famous Person Poetry Robert Frost