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Augustan Poets, 2004.
Compares Augustan poets of the late 17th and early 18th century with poets from the "Graveyard School" from the mid-18th century.
1,453 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 0 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper compares the different styles of poetry exhibited by Augustan poets and poets from the "Graveyard School". The paper focuses on Dryden and Swift as examples of Augustan poets and Finch and Gray as examples of poets from the "Graveyard School". The paper looks at the three main qualities of each style of poetry and then uses examples from the poetry to compare and contrast those styles.
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"Secondly, both Finch and Gray use notions that reflect a Tudor revival. Finch makes a direct reference to Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice when she repeats: "In such a night..." which echoes the same repeated phrase in the night piece that opens act V of The Merchant of Venice, when Jessica and Lorenzo are having a lover's duel talking about tragic love stories. Also, Finch uses nature imagery, like Gray, which was a tactic that Shakespeare was famous for. By using Renaissance-like styles, the two poets suggest a desire for a lost age, one that was more innocent, pure, and free of cynical, experience-obsessed poets like Swift."
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Shakespeare and the Romantic Poets, 2006.
This paper discusses the reception of William Shakespeare by the Romantic poets as referenced in several text of both Shakespeare and these poets.
2,930 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 14 sources, APA, £ 45.95
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This paper examines the way in which Shakespeare was viewed by the poetic exponents of Romanticism, and how some of the characters of Shakespeare's plays may exemplify the Romantic ideal. This author explains that two hundred years separates the time of William Shakespeare in the Elizabethan era and the Romantic poets and their vision of a society, which put the concerns of the individual to the forefront of political issues. The paper points out that, while direct reference to Shakespeare's works by the romantic poets is less than abundant, John Keats, Samuel Taylor and Percy Bysse Shelley suggest a clear aesthetic link between Romanticism and Shakespeare's texts. The paper examines characters of Shakespeare's plays and how they exemplify the Romantic vision of individual liberty, the freedom of expression and mans' relationship with nature, which feature prominently in "King Lear", "Hamlet", "Romeo and Juliet"."
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"If then, life is to be lived according to one's ideals, as opposed to the rules of society, then the examination of cerebral conflict is a relevant concern. It would be a simple matter to make one's point by filling an essay such as this with quotations from "Hamlet", whose central character, it appears, is in a state of permanent confusion, or from Corialanus, who, it could be argued is the most egocentric character ever created by Shakespeare, and whose vanity, ultimately, proves to be his undoing. The Romantic hero referred to in my question however, is, for this critic, personified in the character of the eponymous protagonist of "Romeo and Juliet"."
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Five Poets, 2005.
This paper looks at five passages by five different poets to demonstrate the preoccupations of each of the poets and to show how each passage fits in to its relevant poem.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, £ 22.95
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This paper offers a discussion of five passages to show how they fit in the works of which they are a part and what they say about the preoccupations of the poets who produced these works, these being Gerard Manley Hopkins and "The Windhover," William Morris and "The Defense of Guenevere," Dante Gabriel Rosetti and "The Burden of Nineveh," Christina Georgina Rosetti and "Goblin Market," and Robert Browning and "Bishop Orders His Tomb at St. Praxed's Church.
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"In this poem, the poet celebrates the power and sacrifice of Christ. The windhover of the title is a type of kestrel, a bird, and the free soaring bird represents Christ and his dominion over the heavens and the earth. The passage in question demonstrates many of the interests of Hopkins, including his creative use of rhythm, with the rhythm enhanced by alliteration and repeated sounds. Each line contains a specific alliterative sequence, repeating "pl" in the first line as well as "s" sounds, the second repeating "bl" sounds, and the third "g" sounds, giving each line its own separate identity while linking all together in a creative play of sounds and words."
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Romantic Poets and the Representation of Memory, 2002.
A paper on how poets from the Romantic era sought to convey the complexities of the human mind through the representation of memory in their poetry.
2,255 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 36.95
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The paper shows how Romanticism was a period in human history where structure and form were abandoned for unrestricted thought and movement. It discusses its influence on poetry and how, through their representation of memory in their poetry, poets sought to illustrate the complexities of the human mind as well as explore Descartes' supposition of "I think, therefore I am." This paper specifically looks at two poems from the Romantic Era: "The Nightingale" by Coleridge and "The Idiot Boy" by Wordsworth. By conducting a thorough analysis of these two poems, the paper shows how many poets believed memory to be more than just observation to the past. Memories are loaded with the reminiscer's interpretation of previous events and are therefore subject to the reminiscer's culture, character and rationalising process. The paper discusses how, by representing memory in this way, poets provide their own interpretation of how the human mind operates and what it really means to be fully aware as a member of the human race.
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"From the onset, the descriptions of the natural surroundings given by the narrator demonstrates the thought processes of the mind in capturing images from the outside. When the narrator talks of "No cloud, no relique of the sunken day distinguishes the West, no long thin slip of sullen Light, no obscure trembling hues," they are not merely observations because the narrator talks of images that are not there. Instead, the narrator implies more about his expectations at seeing a cloud and a relique of the sunken day, and his surprise at finding neither in sight. This is an example of the mind interpreting more than just the surroundings but taking into account time and circumstance in evaluating what is going on outside the mind. This can also be gleaned from the choice of adjectives the narrator employs in describing his surroundings. The narrator observes the "soft bed of verdure" and "vernal showers." "
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American Poets, 2002.
A look at American poets, their poetry and sub-culture from 1951 To 1960.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, £ 22.95
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A paper about American poets during the period 1951-1960. It traces the style and mood reflected in the fifties and states the poetic preferences of the audience of the time. Basically it focuses on the poets of the era and their styles compared to others of the Beat generation.
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Evolution and the Romantic Poets, 2008.
An analysis of the relationship between Darwin's theory of evolution and the romantic poets in the nineteenth century.
1,107 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 19.95
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This paper discusses the conflict between evolution and religion since the publication of Charles Darwin's work in the mid-nineteenth century. It specifically focuses on the way in which this conflict affected the romantic poets. The paper shows how the romantic poets displayed a sense of physical change in the world, of the evolution of nature and of man over time. It suggests that their perceptions were not identical to Darwin's ideas.
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"The Romantic poets had some sense of physical change in the world and of the evolution of nature and of man over time, though not in the way that Darwin would describe. Many also had a mystical link with Nature whether more as observers like Wordsworth or as spiritualists like Coleridge. Evolution and religion would conflict more in the next generation, but the Romantic poets found ways to accommodate both at a time when ideas about evolution were only just gaining strength."
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Women Poets, 2007.
This paper discusses two contemporary female poets, Diane Wakoski and Raquel Chalfi.
997 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 18.95
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In this article, the writer looks at the careers and poetical works of Diana Wakoski and Raquel Chalfi. The writer looks at the style and influences on each of the poets and notes their major works respectively. The writer concludes that Diana Wakoski and Raquel Chalfi have differences in their nationality and experiences, however, both speak to the experiences of women poets in the contemporary world through their poems.
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"Like Wakoski, Raquel Chalfi has produced a large volume of poetry since beginning her career in the 1970s. Chalfi was born in Israel in 1945. She studied English Literature at Hebrew University where she received a Masters Degree. In addition to her literary studies, Chalfi graduated from The American Film Institute in Los Angeles. She used the skills learned in her education to work as a military correspondent during her mandatory army service in Israel."
"She continued to work in the journalistic field where she wrote and directed work for the radio and made independent documentary and experimental films. She has also written, directed and produced creative works for television and radio. For her work in film, television and radio, she has won several awards both in Israel and abroad. Another expression of her creativity has come in plays for which she has also won awards."
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American Poets, 2007.
A comparison of the different styles of writing of American poets, Phillis Wheatley and Walt Whitman.
1,257 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 13 sources, APA, £ 22.95
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This paper discusses two distinguished, but distinctive American poets - Phillis Wheatley and Walt Whitman. The paper compares and contrasts both of these poets respective works. It describes the various biographical factors that influenced their works, especially in terms of form, style, tone and content. It shows how they both write from different sources of personal inspiration, life experience and personal and artistic viewpoint.
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" Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing", on the other hand, is a straightforward celebration of America's diversity, or its "varied carols." Here, Whitman mentions American "singers" from all walks of life, each singing his or her varied songs, yet making harmony with the rest, "Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs." The singers in Whitman's poem may be mechanics; carpenters; shoemakers; mothers; young girls; or others, but each sings "what belongs to him or her and to none else", separately yet in harmony. This poem is an ode to all common working Americans from all walks of life, and a celebration of the diverse individuals, skills, interests, and jobs that comprise America. As Whitman further suggests, there for songs for day, songs for night, and songs for all times in between, yet each American has a distinctive and important song to sing."
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The Romantic Poets Were Not Prophets, 2000.
An argumentative paper about Romantic poets and how their poetry is viewed today.
1,325 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 2 sources, £ 23.95
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An argumentative paper about romantic poets. The author argues that romantic poets were not prophets as most view them to be but rather writers who desired to share their passion and appreciation of nature with their readers. A look at the works of William Wordsworth and John Keats.
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"The Romantic Period is characterized by a poet's fascination and harmony with the natural world. Lines upon lines were devoted to the description, exultation, and mystery of nature, yet the readers of the third millennium occasionally view Romantic poetry as pretentious and capricious. While only a handful of Romantic poets believed themselves to be prophets, others like Wordsworth proclaimed themselves voices "of the common man." Their intention was not to serve a higher power through their works of poetry, but instead they chose to describe natural beauty to an audience who might not have discovered the beauty for themselves. We can see through William Wordsworth and John Keats that most of the Romantics were not interested in being modern prophets; rather, they were merely sharing their passion for nature."
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American Poets, 2002.
An overview of several American poets.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, £ 37.95
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This paper discusses the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Bishop, Marianne Moore, Sylvia Plath, Wallace Stevens, and T.S. Eliot, and explores the unique perspective women bring to poetry. Two representative works of each of these poets are analyzed, then the paper concludes with comments regarding which poet has influenced the author the most, and which has had the least impact.
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"Dead Poets' Society", 2002.
A review of the film "Dead Poets' Society".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 22.95
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This is a critical analysis of the film "Dead Poets' Society". It is based on the generative thesis, from Pauline Kael: "Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate the great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them." Combining this sentiment with the analysis of the film in terms of Aristotelian drama, the essay concludes that said film is too conflict-driven to be great art, contains too much pathos to be great trash, and is thus merely trash by dint of its constant unoriginality. Specific examples from the film are cited.
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Three Eighteenth-Century Poets, 2002.
Shows how 18th Century poets, Pope, Finch and Thomson reflected nature in their works.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 22.95
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This paper examines the use of nature in three eighteenth-century poets, Alexander Pope, Anne Finch, and James Thomson.
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"Republic", "Dead Poets Society" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", 2002.
This paper discusses and compares Plato's 'Republic', 'Dead Poets Society' and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', with a focus on the messages they give out.
2,789 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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The following paper examines how movies can be even more instructive than more obviously "serious" forms of education because they wrap their messages in linguistic texts that are easier for us to recognize and understand. Plato's Republic, Dead Poets Society and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest each tell us something about the often precarious (and sometimes non-existent) balance between individual rights and desires and the conformity required by society to maintain organization.
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"It is braver, although in many ways more difficult, to keep trying to change society for decades - to understand that the fight must be continued for year after year - than to surrender. The difficulty of the fight in the long run is also the message of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. These inmates, unlike the students, are not in the first blush of youth. They understand that life is a series of the same battle fought over and over, and that those who come closest to winning on at least a personal level are those willing to lose skirmishes and then to return to fight again.
To the extent that the gods have given us the power to be wise, Plato and Socrates would have told us, we must use it to discover the nature of the natural and social worlds. But we must keep always with us - like a mental Praetorian guard - a constant reminder that we are limited in what we can and do know. Plato - and Socrates too, despite his enemies' accusations of impiety - knew that the wise person is the truly humble person, acceding omniscience, like omnipotence, to the gods alone even as he or she strains to see the world beyond the cave, and then to go forth to do whatever is humanly possible."
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Romantic Poets, 2001.
Discusses elements of Romantic movement; Shelley & other poets.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, £ 12.95
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""Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Bysshe Shelley is an example of a Romantic poem. One of the elements of the Romantic Movement in literature was the elevation of Nature as a subject not only for poetry but for study, for life, and as a source of philosophy. This element is seen in different forms in the works of different artists. Romantic poetry such as that by Wordsworth, for instance, takes a more realistic and naturalistic view of Nature than does the more other-worldly sense of Nature found in Coleridge. Each poet features Nature, creates images of the natural world, and makes a connection between human life and the world of nature. This point of view is partially a product of the Enlightenment and of a more human-centered conception of the universe. Shelley puts these ideas into "Ode to the West Wind," addressing Nature as a force in..."
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