No additional sources cited. A five-page paper analyzing Walt Whitman s poem in terms of its relationship to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The paper looks carefully at symbolism and imagery, concluding that Whitman uses his poetic art to help him work through his shock and grief. No additional sources. A five page paper looking at two poems by W.H. Auden in terms of the way he consciously hearkens back to earlier poetic forms and diction to make a very contemporary anti-war statement.
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A six page paper looking at the dissension between the upper and lower classes in Maria Edgeworth s Castle Rackrent and Anthony Trollope s An Eye for an Eye. The paper shows that even though the two novels present their arguments very differently, both authors assert that the lower classes are not doormats created for the landed gentry to walk on at will. Bibliography lists three sources. An eight page paper looking at the effect of Jules Verne's futuristic technology on his society and our own. Bibliography lists 5 sources.