A 6 page paper analyzing Stevens' poem in terms of the way it deals with alternate modes of reality. The paper particularly concentrates on how 'The Rock' uses metaphor to emphasize the metaphysical nature of existence.
Bibliography lists six sources.
A ten page paper looking at the way poets William Blake and Felicia Hemans looked at the issue of romantic love in several selected poems. The paper argues that neither writer was really capable of seeing marriage and love as a relationship of equals. The poems covered include Hemans Image in Lava and The Mirror in the Deserted Hall, and Blake s Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Bibliography lists 12 sources. The writer argues that each of these poets spoke of how the world could be cured of its problems if man would only work in harmony with nature.