Essays on Poems

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The Theme of Moral and Natural Decay in Both The Fiction and Film of "The Road"

4 pages / 1707 words

Natural decay directly influences moral decay in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and John Hillcoat’s film adaptation by the same title. The end of the world in this narrative is so severe because of the loss of nature. When humans see the end of their natural...

Cormac McCarthy The Road

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Journey Motif in American Literature: Unveiling Paths of Self-realization

4 pages / 2035 words

Introduction “Life is a journey, not a destination.” This quote by nineteenth-century American writer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, describes how life’s lessons, special moments, and hardships will help one achieve their life purpose, the final destination. This message regarding the journey of one achieving their final...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Road To Kill a Mockingbird

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A Cruise to Maturity in "The Road"

4 pages / 1788 words

The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a piece of literature that depicts the possible effects of a post-apocalyptic world on a man and his son. From a surface-level reading, the novel portrays the bond between parent and child and the struggle to survive unforgiving scenarios....

Cormac McCarthy The Road

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Unorthodox Use of Punctuations in "The Road"

2 pages / 1006 words

Introduction If a student tells his or her teacher that adhering to grammatical rules proves unnecessary to acceptable writing, the teacher would in all likelihood balk at the student’s claim and continue reinforcing the need for proper punctuation. If someone asked Cormac McCarthy about the...

Cormac McCarthy The Road

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Elements Reflecting The Era in The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

3 pages / 1333 words

Renowned French writer and philosopher Francois-Marie Arouet (better known as “Voltaire”) once stated, “One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.” Indeed, his words could not ring truer when used to describe the Romantic Period (1785-1830)....

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

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The Mediative Allegorical Meaning of Dore's Illustrations to "The Rime of The Ancient Mariner"

2 pages / 1094 words

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is without a doubt considered to be a lyrical masterpiece and a cornerstone in Coleridge’s writing career. The epic seven part poem was originally published in 1798 as a part of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads, with a Few...

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

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Analysis of Narrative Method in Chapter 7 of The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

2 pages / 913 words

Part 7 forms the dramatic climax of the poem in which the Mariner returns to his own “countree”. Coleridge uses the focal character, the eponymous Ancient Mariner, to narrate the aftermath of the journey and his life since and includes dialogue from the pilot, his...

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

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The Theme of Supernaturalism in The Rime of The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge

4 pages / 2039 words

Introduction Poets in the Romantic period were not preoccupied with reason, unlike most of the intellectuals in the Eighteenth Century. Rather, they were able recognize the importance of non-rational processes in the mind. S.T. Coleridge was particularly interested in the supernatural. As a result, the...

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

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Analysis of Coleridge's Use of Literary Devices in The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

3 pages / 1352 words

In Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’, a range of interesting narrative techniques are used to explore the fundamental core of man, the relationship between man and nature and how our actions leave an irreversible mark on the universe. Published in 1798 in the...

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

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Ethics in The Rime of The Ancient Mariner: Cherishing Life

2 pages / 1188 words

Introduction Anna Barbauld may have believed that The Rime of the Ancient Mariner had no moral, but Coleridge is correct when he insists that “the poem had too much”. The moral of his ballad is to appreciate all forms of life. To develop this theme,...

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

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Man's Relationship with Nature in The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

3 pages / 1670 words

To the same extent that the Ancient Mariner entrances the Wedding-Guest with his ‘glittering eye,’ Samuel Taylor Coleridge sought to draw his audience in to The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere (1798). The poem, written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is constructed using various elements associated...

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

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Coleridge's Observations of The Natural World to Convey Thematic Ideas in His Poems

3 pages / 1570 words

Coleridge, in common with other romantic artists such as Wordsworth and Keats revolted against the artificial eighteenth century philosophy of a dislocation between man and nature. Coleridge developed an extremely analytical, passionate and spiritual interest in nature and the idea of ‘the one life’. His...

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

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Coleridge's Failure to Attain Unity in His Poem The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

2 pages / 868 words

“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a striking example of how Samuel Taylor Coleridge failed to attain his vision of perfect poetic unity. The work in question leaves the reader with unanswered questions regarding its stated moral, its failure to adequately account for the...

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

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The Use of Allegory in The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

3 pages / 1459 words

Samuel Coleridge is viewed as one of the most important poets of the Romantic period. Part of this distinction hinges on Coleridge’s beautiful, nature-themed poetry, but it also rests on his ability to infuse fantastical and haunting elements into his poems. His talent in mixing...

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

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Analysis of Multiplr Perspectives in The Rime of The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge

4 pages / 2131 words

In a revision of his enduring poem Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Coleridge added a pointed Latin epigraph, perhaps to clarify what he hoped the poem would convey upon his readers. The added lines ask us to reevaluate our perceptions of man and nature,...

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

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Romanticism and Expressionism of Germans as Epitomized in The Rime of The Ancient Mariner and Nosferatu

4 pages / 2075 words

“It is reasonable to argue that the German cinema is a development of German Romanticism, and that modern technique (cinematography) merely lends a visible form to Romantic fancies”, Lotte Eisner asserts. Both Romanticism (late 18th-19th Century) and Expressionism (early 20th Century) were reactions to a...

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

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The Albatross's Lessons in The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

6 pages / 2661 words

In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” Samuel Taylor Coleridge tells the story of a sailor and his perilous adventures. This tale follows the Mariner and his crew as they travel between the equator and the South Pole, and then travel back to England. On...

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

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O Brother, Where Art Thou: The Relationship Between an Epic Poem and The Film It Inspired

2 pages / 1087 words

The Coen Brothers’ 2000 adventure film O Brother, Where Art Thou? is an American adaptation of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. This recent comedy follows three escaped convicts as they search for a hidden treasure. Despite the considerable gap between the creation of these two...

The Odyssey

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A Look at The Theme of Gender in The Odyssey

4 pages / 1780 words

In the Homeric world, the very roots of stories were gendered. The Muses, who inspired humans to create story and song, were women, the daughters of Memory. Stories thus have gendered identities from their very inception, and in the Odyssey, the men and women telling...

The Odyssey