Essays about: "poems"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 78 essays containing the word poems.
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16. Poetry, Nature and Trauma during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Intersectional Examination of the Traumatised Subject and their Relationship to Nature
University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – MediaAbstract : This thesis explores the ways in which ‘‘Ides of March, 2020’’ (2020) by Didi Jackson, ‘‘Sing a Darkness’’ (2020) by Carl Phillips, and ‘‘Desert Lily’’ (2020) by Rigoberto González engage with concepts of nature and trauma. All three poems reveal poignant elaborations on human position and relationship to nature, and how nature might help the speakers dealing with the traumatic present of the pandemic. READ MORE
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17. Bolts of Melody : The Poetic Meter and Form in Poetry of Emily Dickinson
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay analyses a selection of poems written by the American poet Emily Dickinson. The essay aims to explore the function of the meter in Emily Dickinson’s poetry. READ MORE
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18. The Bee & the Crown : The Road to Ascension in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)Abstract : Though born a century apart, American poets Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath share several similarities: Both were born in New England, both fought for their rights by writing, and both broke new poetic ground. In this thesis, I look at their poetry through a movement in space, which begins with the poets’ precarious position as societal outliers and ends with ascension. READ MORE
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19. Translating Ogura Hyakunin Isshu – An analysis of translating decorative language from Japanese to English
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : In this thesis, translation of classical Japanese poetry into English will be examined by analysing translations of five selected poems from the anthology Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Translations by three different translators will be examined and the differences highlighted. The main focus will be on examining how the decorative language is translated. READ MORE
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20. The Flamekeeper : The Confessional Purgation of the Soul in the Poetry of Robert Lowell
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : This essay is a critical textual analysis of the poetry of Robert Lowell with focus on religious symbolism used in his work, and the Catholic theology which informed it. This results in a new, contrasting interpretation to the conventional view that he had abandoned his religious focus by mid-career, while accounting for his own assessment that he had not. READ MORE
