Samuel Coleridge's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' / A Critical Analysis
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An 8 page paper discussing an analysis of the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Rime of the Ancient Mariner along with its symbolism and influences. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Rime.rtf

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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A 7 page research paper on the life and work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who was a poet and philosopher-critic of the English romantic movement. His poems are considered to be some of the greatest and most original in English literature. During his own lifetime, public opinion on Coleridge and his work was sharply divided. He garnered a great deal of criticism from some of his contemporaries, while others revered his intellect and talent. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Black Poetry & Literature -- A Reflection Through the Ages
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A 5 page paper comparing today's black literature and poetry to poems of the days of slavery. The writer discusses contemporary authors and ways in which their works still reflect the themes and issues of the old poems & chants of slavery. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Blackpo2.wps

Ghosts of the Earth in the Poetry of Seamus Heaney
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A fifteen page paper looking at this Irish poet's views of the thin veil between life and death, as depicted in his works. The paper asserts that Heaney views the dead and the living, the past and the present, as occupying the same space. Bibliography lists fifteen sources, including seven poems of Heaney's.
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Seamus Heaney's 'Mid-Term Break' & Elizabeth Bishop's 'First Death in Nova Scotia' / Imagery
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A 4 page paper discussing the imagery present in the poems 'Mid-term Break,' by Seamus Heaney, and 'First Death in Nova Scotia,' by Elizabeth Bishop. Both poems are incredibly effective in their use of imagery. Each one presents a different view which is quick and to the point. The reader, with only a few words, understands all of the situation, as well as all of the implications. No additional sources cited.
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Anti-Semitism In The Poetry Of T.S. Eliot
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This 8 page paper examines the premise that renowned U.S. expatriate writer T.S. Eliot was notoriously anti-Semitic. To develop this thesis, several samples of Eliot's poetry are quoted and analyzed. Bibliography lists 8+ sources.
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T.S. Eliot's 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' / Two Views
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A 5 page paper discussing two views of the poem by T.S. Eliot, those of Elisabeth Schneider and Michael L. Baumann. Schneider's position is that Eliot himself is Prufrock; Baumann's is also, but with the focus of there being nothing of purpose in the life of a male aside from sex and death. If copulation has occurred even once, then there is nothing left but death. The paper supports Scneider's position and opposes Baumann's. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Prufrock2.wps