Research Reports To Assist College Students Writing Term Papers And Essays

"Welcome to Hiroshima," by Mary Jo Salter: A Review
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5 pages in length. The misery and horror of war and the atomic bomb are all made alive in this war memorial. The narrator tells of the sights and emotions that are found within the walls. Discusses the poem at length and the use of satire, irony and similes in the poem. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JGAhiros.wps

Owen and Hardy on World War I
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A 5 page paper comparing Wilfred Owen's 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' and Thomas Hardy's 'The Man He Killed,' both poems born of combat in World War I. Reaction to Owen's descriptions in 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' transcends mere emotion; in 'The Man He Killed,' Hardy evokes it by avoiding any allusion to it. Both, however, leave the reader affected. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSOwenHar.wps

Robert Burns' 'Tam o'Shanter'
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A 5 page analysis of the poem which Burns wrote in his Scottish dialect. It tells the story of the night that a drunken Tam o'Shanter came face to face with the devil and a party of witches. The writer demonstrates how Burns' rollicking poem is reminiscent of Chaucer and also has elements of satire. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Tamo.wps

The Symbolism of Grass in Whitman’s “Song of Myself”
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A five page paper looking at Whitman’s use of metaphor in this poem. The paper shows how through the use of the image of grass, Whitman manages to convey not only his identity with the community of life, but his eventual participation in the company of the dead. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: KBwhitm3.wps

Walt Whitman / Comparative Analysis Of Two Poems
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In this 6 page essay, the writer uses two of Whitman's poems 'Out Of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking,' and 'Song Of The Open Road, to show how the poets works were usually similar in theme yet dissimilar in purpose. The first of these is a poem filled with rich images, sounds, and symbolic meanings. The second is a collection of meaningful yet ambiguously patterned sentences decorated with inquiries into life-- yet each remain focused upon the underlying theme of humanity, nature, etc.; Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Whitmanp.wps

Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself'
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A 6 page paper that provides an overview of the narration in Whitman's poem, considers the nature of the speaking eye, and discusses the narrator in terms of the effect on the poem. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Songmy.wps

Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself' and 'Sleepers'
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A 6 page paper contrasting Walt Whitman's outlook on life and the universe in these two poems. It concludes that In 'Song of Myself,' Whitman seems to assume that the other living creatures he observes and celebrates are as awake and exultant as he is; by the time he writes 'Sleepers,' he has observed that they are not. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Sleepers.wps

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