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Papers On Poetry
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Alexander Pope's 'Rape of the Lock' / Use of Satire
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A 4 page paper that discusses how Pope used satire to mock the aristocracy, the Greek epic, and the feuding families over the loss of a lock of hair. The paper also discusses how the satire used parallels the Greek epic and its consequences. One additional source cited.
Filename: Rapelock.wps
Art and Artifice in Pope’s “Rape of the Lock”
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A five page paper looking at Alexander Pope’s poem in terms of the issues of art and artifice. The paper observes that he makes fun of the vain Belinda for trying to make a work of art out of her appearance, at the same time that he is consciously trying to make a work of art out of his poem. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: KBpope2.wps
The Beat Generation and Their Influence Today
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A ten page paper analyzing the characteristics and influence of the Beat generation of poets and writers in the 1950s. Although many poets and writers are mentioned, particular attention is paid to the work of Jack Kerouac; Allen Ginsberg; and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: KBbeat.wps
Identity in the Work of Olds and Plath
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A five page look at Sylvia Plath’s poem “Mirror” and Sharon Olds’ “The Death of Marilyn Monroe,” in terms of both poets’ observations on the nature of identity as opposed to appearance. Plath argues that as many times as we return to the mirror to see our reflection there, it is not ourselves we are seeing -- we are merely seeing something similar to what others see. Olds continues this argument by asserting that if others feel they know us by our outward appearance, they are wrong, because the outer shell is not us.
Filename: KBplath.wps
Sylvia Plath's 'Mirror' / Imagery
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The use of a mirror as illusion/allusion in poetry is compelling, to say the least. The most obvious use of the imagery of the mirror is that it is a reflection of the author. A search in a mirror is ultimately a search for the self. The image that is important is that of the woman, not the child whose innocence has drowned in the depths of the lake; nor the old woman who is like a terrible fish. Most people have the desire to reminisce about the past and, or speculate on the future. It is important. This 4 page paper explores the multiple meanings of the imagery presented by Sylvia Plath in the poem, 'Mirror.' No additional sources cited.
Filename: Mirror.wps
Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar' / Violence & The Father
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A 6 page paper on the strange mixture of violence and sexuality in the autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath. The paper asserts that Plath was haunted all her life by the fantasy of rejoining her dead father, and unfortunately, it would take violence to do this. Bibliography lists six sources.
Filename: Platjar.wps
A Lament and A Complaint: Comparing the Style of Shelley and Wordsworth
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A 5
page paper which discusses the different poetic styles of romantic poets Shelley and
Wordsworth. The poems are, respectively, 'A Lament' and 'A Complaint.' No additional
sources cited.
Filename: RAlament.wps
Blake’s “Marriage of Heaven and Hell” and Shelley’s “Prometheus Unbound”
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A seven page paper looking at these two works in terms of the way their respective authors, William Blake and Percy Bysshe Shelley, define love. The paper concludes that although their approaches are very different, both poets seem to feel that love is a great healer, and that seeming opposites can be reconciled through its power. No additional sources.
Filename: KBblake.rtf
Percy Bysshe Shelley / Critical Assessments
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A 6 page paper examining the change in critics' views of Shelley's work from his own day to ours. It looks particularly at the style and subject matter of five poems, in an effort to discover what critics of the first few decades of this century found so objectionable about Shelley in particular and the Romantics in general. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Shelleyp.rtf
Shelley and Wordsworth: A Discussion of “Mutibility” and “Mont Blanc”
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A 6 page discussion regarding three poems written in the early part of the nineteenth century: Shelley’s “Mutibility” and “Mont Blanc” and Wordsworth’s “Mutibility”. Contrasts Wordsworth faith in religion and Shelley’s faith in self and nature. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPshelle.rtf
Shelley’s “Alastor”
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A five page paper looking at Percy Bysshe Shelley’s long poem from a feminist perspective. The paper charges that the poem’s vision of womanhood is really less a representation of a flesh-and-blood woman than an idealized feminine version of Shelley himself. No additional sources.
Filename: KBalast.wps
