Debunking Myths in Cope and Thomas
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An eight page paper looking at two villanelles by Dylan Thomas and Wendy Cope, showing how they debunk myths we hold about love and death. The two poems discussed are Cope's 'Lonely Hearts' and Thomas' 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.' Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Dylan Thomas' 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'
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A 4 page paper analyzing, in detail, Dylan Thomas' great work, which has been called 'the finest villanelle ever written.' No additional works cited.
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Dylan Thomas' 'Do Not Go Gently Into.... ' / Rage Against the Loss of Light
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A 4 page paper arguing that Dylan Thomas' 'Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night' has various meanings about grieving and the fight for life, which are brought to light by Thomas through the use of adjectives, specific verbs, phraseology, and counter-terminology. 'Light' is not only a reference to the burning intelligence and gift of wise men, but also in reference to the body that houses that light. Thomas rages against the loss of light, of life--for his father and all good men. No additional sources cited.
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Dylan Thomas' 'Under Milk Wood'/ Analysis
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A 3 page account of the death of innocence, inevitability of death and cycle of life, and love of women in Under Milk Wood as it relates to Dylan's personal outlook on life. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Thomas, Roethke, & Rich / Theme Of Struggle In Poetry
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A 6 page paper arguing that struggle and its resulting helplessness has value for both the observer and the participant as seen from the viewpoint of Dylan Thomas in 'Do not go..,' Roethke in 'My Papa's Waltz,' and Rich in '...Woman Mourned....' The paper discusses death, the dance of struggle, will(power), and helplessness as they relate to these three poems. No additional sources cited.
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'The Unities' Examined
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A 5 page paper which explains the importance and significance of 'The Unities' in the development of literary structure, as interpreted by Aristotle and John Dryden and its implications as to how people may read literature in the future. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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John Dryden's 'Mac Flecknoe' -- How It Relates To Thomas Shadwell
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A 5 page paper that compares Dryden's development of the character of Mac Flecnoe which is a devastating attack on Thomas Shadwell, one of Dryden's contemporaries. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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A Chance Encounter: Interpretations of First and Second Generation Romantic Poets
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A 7 page overview of the writing styles of five first and second generation Romantic poets, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelly and Byron. Provides a fictional account of a meeting between the men where they encounter a young girl in the woods. Curious as to the reasons for her presence and saddened by her rapid departure each man mentally plans a poem to relate the experience. The girl returns and chooses the man whose poem was the most accurate. Written in the form of a story, this paper gives the student insight as to the differences and similarities between the five poets. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Death And Grieving In Wordsworth's Poems
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A 5 page paper analyzing two of Wordsworth's poems in Lyrical Ballads: 'We are Seven,' and 'Anecdote for Fathers' in terms of their logical sequence. The paper concludes that 'We Are Seven' logically follows 'Anecdote,' because the second poem builds and expands on the theme of the grieving process introduced in the first. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Hallmarks of Romanticism in Wordsworth’s “Strange Fits of Passion”
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A 5 page paper defining the influence of Romanticism in Wordsworth’s poem “Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known.” The paper shows how the poem depends on an awareness of the presence of two realms operating simultaneously: the everyday world of the material, and the secondary world of the ethereal. Bibliography lists five sources.
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The Cult of the Child in Wordsworth's Romanticism
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A 16 page paper on this seminal Romantic poet's fascination with the theme of childhood. The paper points out that this cult of the child was an important feature of Romanticism, and reflected the popular belief that children and primitives were morally pure, all others having been corrupted by society. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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The Romantic Revolution
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A 5 page paper analyzing the birth of the Romantic era in literature at the turn of the nineteenth century. Particular attention is paid to William Wordsworth's 'Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood' and (as an example of the old order) Samuel Johnson's 'The Vanity of Human Wishes.' Bibliography lists six sources.
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William Wordsworth & The Theme Of Nature In His Poems
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A 9 page research paper arguing that Wordsworth's poems frequently centered around the theme of nature. Examples are provided from 'Tintern Abbey,' 'To The Same Flower,' 'Michael,' and other works to support the writer's thesis. It is concluded that Wordsworth was particularly interested in the 'non-human' aspect of life and illustrated such throughout his works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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William Wordsworth / The Epitome of the Romantic Era Poet
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This 10 page paper looks at one specific aspect of Wordsworth poetry (nature) and how it is representative of the entire literary period known as the 'Romantic Era.' Bibliography lists six sources.
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William Wordsworth vs. Elizabeth Browning / Two Romantic Era Poets Analyzed
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This 5 page research paper examines two poems, 'Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known' by William Wordsworth and 'Sonnets From the Portuguese' (XXI, XXII, XXXII) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Specifically analyzed are the poets' attitudes about love -- Wordsworth's romantic notions despite acceptance of realism and Browning's more dream-like prose.
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William Wordsworth's 'The World Is Too Much With Us'
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A 7 page essay on this sonnet from Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads. The writer reviews what Wordsworth himself said about his poetry and his intentions in the 'Preface to the Lyrical Ballads' which was published with the poems. Wordsworth was attempting to depart from the overly decorative speech used in the poetry of the late 18th-century. The writer pays particular emphasis on how Wordsworth's poetry related to his beliefs about nature. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Wordsworth’s “She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways”
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A five page look at this poem by William Wordsworth. The paper observes that the poem begins by describing the young woman and ends by describing the poet’s feelings for her, which was really what he was describing all along. Bibliography lists two sources.
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