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Poetry of Sensibility, 2004.
An examination of the Romantic period of English poetry.
1,102 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper briefly looks at the poetry of Thomas Gray and William Wordsworth and discusses how they symbolize the poetry of the English Romantic era. The paper consists of examples of their poems and an explanation of the different characteristics of Romantic poetry.
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"It has also widely been felt that the English Romantic poets were the direct inheritors of the eighteenth century tradition of ?poetry of sensibility.? In truth of fact, romanticism as a genre in English literature, developed out of social repression by the government and press censorship, which forced writers to develop a form of narrative that was more ephemeral in nature. Thus, sensibility and the issues on which it focuses found a more romantic form of expression."
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Henry Howard's Sonnet 12, 2002.
An analysis of Henry Howard's (Earl of Surrey) Sonnet 12: "Alas So All Thinges Nowe Doe Holde Their Peace" and his contribution to sixteenth century English poetry.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 133.95
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This essay will explore, through an analysis of Surrey's Sonnet 12 ("Alas so all thinges nowe doe holde their peace"), the significance of Surrey's work in the context of sixteenth century English poetry. It will be argued that Surrey's greatest contribution in this regard was not in terms of poetic talent. His sonnets do not leave the reader "breathless" in admiration as do so many of Shakespeare's. Similarly, although his sonnets are often modeled on works by the Italian master Petrarch, they are generally considered inferior to the Italian originals. Rather, as will be seen, Surrey's contribution to English poetry was as an innovator. In terms of both form and content his sonnets - including the one discussed here - assimilate and revise existing Continental (Petrarchan) forms within an English context for an English audience. Includes annotated bibliography.
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What is Poetry?, 2006.
The paper looks at how Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his "Philosophic Definitons of a Poem and Poetry" defines poetry.
736 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 26.95
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The paper relates that Samuel Taylor Coleridge's approach to defining poetry is a combination of an examination of the purpose of poetry as well as the humanistic qualities of the poet. The paper discusses Coleridge's idea that the conglomeration of the human condition is necessary in order to manifest poetry. The paper explains this to mean that the full force of the heart and soul is necessary in order to create true art.
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"Throughout the ages, philosophers have attempted to answer the question, what is poetry. Plato, Aristotle and Longinus contributed fine essays on this topic. During the Romantic era, a redefinition of the art of poet occurred, mandating a re-evaluation of what poetry is. The Romanic author and poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge endeavors to answer this question in his essay, Philosophic Definitons of a Poem and Poetry. Coleridge's approach is a combination of an examination of the purpose of poetry as well as the humanistic qualities of the poet. Coleridge examines what poetry is, what a poet is and what the cumulative result of answering these two questions."
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Nostalgia in Romantic Poetry, 1996.
An examination of the use of nostalgia in the poetry of the romantic era (1768 - 1839), focusing in particular on the poetry of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
1,951 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper argues that nostalgia in poetry can be considered a particular kind of literary device, through which it is possible to gain some degree of insight into the whole ideology on which the romantic movement was based. Through an analysis of the poetry of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, it looks at how the romantics mourn the fleeting nature of time and look back to the golden age of childhood - which can only be recaptured through nostalgia. It shows how nostalgia allows the poets the opportunity to not only recapture the past, but to manipulate and control it and how the nostalgia displayed in romantic poetry is, then, a tool of the intellect and a calculated attempt to make sense of a confused world of impressions and feelings, to bring order where previously there was only chaos.
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"Coleridge?s is an extreme model of nostalgia. Casting his mind back to childhood, he finds that the child he once was is also indulging in nostalgic thoughts of a still deeper past; the past he may have experienced even before birth, on a far different plane. This is the blissful, innocent world which becomes the ideal for all present existence, and the child who can still recall it, and imaginatively re-inhabit that world through nostalgia becomes, to the romantic mind, like a visionary without language or the proper means of expressing his recollection."
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Poetry in the 21st Century, 2004.
Explains the continuing relevance of poetry in our current era.
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 43.95
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As the 21st century begins, poetry remains relevant to the lives of people in the Western world, an antidote to the popular culture of spectacle and instant gratification. Using the example of British poet, Jamie McKendrick, this paper argues that poetry remains relevant because it reflects what is universally felt and experienced by humanity. Poetry is irrelevant to popular culture, but not to the populace. McKendrick's poetry reflects life in a way that more spectacular entertainment cannot do. His poems invite the reader to reflect on great questions and to notice small details and beauties of the world. One of McKendrick's abilities is to express emotions in a way that the readers themselves could perhaps never manage. Poets are truth-speakers, and because their work truly reflects life, it is seldom straightforward. It is rare that a poem is fully appreciated after the first reading. Poetry demands engagement with the reader or listener; it cannot be passively watched like a Hollywood film. The reader must interact with the poem, and in the process, helps create the poem, since the meaning inferred by one reader may be different from that of another reader, and both may be different from the author's intended meaning. The paper concludes that poetry continues to be relevant because it expresses the human experience and does so with an uncommon intimacy and truthfulness.
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"A poem will last for centuries if it skillfully explores the human experience because the essence of that experience does not change. Sappho and John Donne, for example, will always be relevant because people will always develop romantic infatuations. Alienation, longing, love, grief, the search for meaning, the discovery of the sublime in mundane life: These things will always be relevant. McKendrick can set his poems outside of time, as he does with "The Belen", or set a poem in Dante's Hell, because he writes about being human, not about being human in a particular century. In Ink Stone, he often writes of loss. The struggle of the intellect to understand death and the loneliness felt at the death of someone who understood one's dreams will resonate with readers in the next century as much as in this one because the act of grieving will not change."
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Matthew Arnold's Poetry, 2002.
An examination of Matthew Arnold's criticism applied to his own poetry.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This five-page undergraduate paper applies the theories and principles found in three selections of Arnold's criticism of poetry to his own poetry. His longer poetry is excellent; his short poems are often far from what he says poetry should be.
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"The Metamorphosis" and Poetry, 2002.
Discusses Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" within the context of elements of poetry
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper compares specific aspects of Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" to aspects of poetry. This allows Kafka's text to be seen in terms of both epic poetry and lyrical poetry, where the format and the content of the story are compared.
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