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"Mark In This": Strategies Of Persuasion And Argument In John Donne's Poetry, Nazreen Laffir

Honors College Theses

Whether he is writing an erotic lyric, a mutual love poem or a holy sonnet, John Donne's poems employ a similar argumentative structure. Although "The Flea", an erotic lyric, "The Canonization", a mutual love poem, and "Batter My Heart", a holy sonnet portray different types of love, Donne's argumentative structure in these poems is similar to each other. In "The Flea", "The Canonization" and "Batter My Heart", Donne's speakers present a claim or command which they defend throughout the rest of the poem. The speakers use persuasive strategies to defend and validate their assertion. As the poems conclude, the speakers …

Lizards And Bugambilias, Jose A. Rodriguez

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

This is a creative-writing thesis, a collection of poetry. The poems are divided into three sections, which share thematic content. In this collection, the poetry explores issues of place, family and identity, all closely tied to the geographic/cultural area of South Texas. The critical introduction explains both the organization of and the influences on the poems.

Keeping Gardens: Poetry And Essay, Deja Anne Earley

Theses and Dissertations

This creative thesis includes two creative non-fiction essays and twenty-two poems, introduced by a critical essay that examines my work. The poems and essays share an origin in personal experience as well as an interest in language. Specifically, the poems and essays explore issues of family, relationships, spirituality, and observations of the natural world. The introductory essay discusses my interest in re-fashioning individual vision through the act of writing, relating to Helene Cixous's idea of creating a "portrait of God" through the act of art. The essay also examines the connections between the genres of creative non-fiction and poetry, in …

Chambliss Collection (Mss 152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 152. Collection includes memoirs of Issachar Bates; Shaker letters; correspondence of Emma B. Chambliss; prescriptions and remedies; newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous items.

Joshua, This Is Your Story: Tribute To Joshua Uzoigwe, 1946-2005 (With Three Poems By The Deceased From Nsukka Harvest, 1972), Chukwuma Azuonye

Africana Studies Faculty Publication Series

Renowned Musicologist and poet, Professor Joshua Uzoigwe, former head of the Music Department at the University of Uyo, joined the ancestors last month. Described as "a music educator, composer, performer and musicologist [and as someone who] directed several musical concerts in which he featured his own works and works by other modern Nigerian composers." It was also said that "his intention was to create an awareness of this music in an intellectual environment such as Obafemi Awolowo University and in Nigeria at large."

Reprinted below are a tribute to Professor Uzoigwe by our ALA colleague and friend, Professor Chukwuma Azuonye …

Vol. Xlii, No. 3: Oswego Poems And Poets: Murabito And Davis, Lewis Turco

The Hollins Critic

No abstract provided.

Father's Kitchen, Elisabeth Kuhn

Journal of International Women's Studies

No abstract provided.

Mud And Ashes., Timothy Mcdonald

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The artist discusses the work in Mud and Ashes, his Master of Fine Arts exhibition held at Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, from March 28 to April 1, 2005. The exhibition marks a turning point in the artist’s work, occupying a beginning place as he completes his graduate career. The work consists of fifteen paintings and one sculptural installation. The paintings are on paper and employ local materials such as red clay, pollen, and beeswax along with traditional artist’s materials such as oil and charcoal. Fire and a power sander have also been used as …

Poem No. 93, May 2005, Huntsville Literary Association (Huntsvile, Ala.)

POEM

The Huntsville Literary Association was founded in 1967 to provide a community for writers, readers, and artists through workshops, readings, and educational programs. One of their key contributions is the literary magazine titled POEM which showcases original writings from both established and emerging writers. This issue features poems from various writers.

2005 Forces, Scott Yarbrough

Forces

No abstract provided.

Vol. Xlii, No. 2: The Publishing Legacy Of Leslie E. Phillabaum, Henry Taylor

The Hollins Critic

No abstract provided.

Zephyr: The Sixth Issue, Zephyr Faculty Advisor, Catherine Giaquinto, Liz Andrews, Christine Felser, Jessica Lemire, Jamie Thompson, Rebecca Wood

Zephyr

This is the sixth issue of Zephyr, the University of New England's journal of creative expression. Since 2000, Zephyr has published original drawings, paintings, photography, prose, and verse created by current and former members of the University community. Zephyr's Editorial Board is made up exclusively of matriculating students.

Analysis Of The Function Of Songs And Poetry In J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings, Lisa Soderberg

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors program.

The Lantern Vol. 72, No. 2, Spring 2005, Patrick Roesle, Julie Gentile, Joshua Solomon, Ashley Higgins, Megan Bossler, Rachel Daniel, Thomas Richter, Victoria Wynne, Susannah Fisher, Jennifer Mingolello, Sarah Kauffman, Trevor Strunk, Jessica Schoff, Abi Munro, Klaus Yoder, Sean Neil, Alison Shaffer, Shane Borer, Whitney Roper, Daniel Bruno, Chris Curley, Shannon Burke

The Lantern Literary Magazines, 1933 to Present

• Transmigration
• Faces of the Moon
• Euphony of the Euphonium
• He Met Me in the Arcs & Ebbs of Frailty
• An Adoration of Ordination
• Ebony: The Essence Thereof
• Curbside Statue Has No Legs Left
• Triggerfinger Romance
• Lost
• Running Through Connecticut
• Eve
• The Day Lates and the Dollar Shorts
• Somnambulist
• That's That
• The Glenn Machine
• Evenfall in Bad Homburg
• Absence of Field
• Dating Myself
• Traveling Without a Map
• The Non-Euclidean Way to Get Some Bagels
• La Belle Epoque
• Satin Boxes

2005 Spring Quiz And Quill Magazine, Otterbein English Department

Quiz and Quill

No abstract provided.

As Fire, Richard Tice

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Opus 2004-2005, Issue Iii, Suny Geneseo English Club

Opus

POETRY
9 Dana LePage, Dusty Wooden Panel
10 Duncan Carranza, Petty Games
13 Terasa Hahn, Sensation
17 Nicole Schwartz, Center Stage
17 Schuyler Woos, Night Terrors
18 Harrison Watkins, E is for
18 Meg Vasey, So You Grow Up
18 Beth Pinkerton, Sleep
22 Michael Chin, Good Night for a Cigarette
22 Dana Lepage, Together Descending
23 Alex Egan, I Think I'm Starting to Understand Why I Always Wear Black
30 Duncan Carranza, Typo
30 Pia Fleischmann, Homage to Night
30 Meg Vasey, it's a good romantic movie, In the bullshit kind of way
31 Jessica Allen, Stagnant
31 James …

Sheep, Marilyn Nielson

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, March 31, 2005, Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Hilary Mcnamara, Lauren Carrescia, Megan Helzner, Matthew Pastor, Toyna Towles, Jaclyn Partyka '06, Kristin Carter, Bart Brooks, Hunter Berry, Ashley Higgins, Derek Talley, Cecily Macconchie, Kevin Murphy

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Poem-palooza Tonight • Senior Speaks About Giving Back • Get Amped for Airband! • No Boredom Allowed • Students Petition for Comcast Cable • SERV Members Attend National Conference • Help Hobson Help Others • Ursinus Students Build House During Spring Break • Study Abroad Cancellations • Erectile Dysfunction in Young Men • Experiencing the London Perspective • A New Drink: Water from the Body • Conversation with Mike Ditty • Fitzgerald Returns to Coach Women's Lacrosse • Chemistry is the Ingredient for Success • Men's Lacrosse Team Loses in a Nail-biter to F&M

Vol. Xlii, No. 1: Momentous Bodies: The Poetry Of Larissa Szporluk, Lisa Williams

The Hollins Critic

No abstract provided.

Poetry And Mystical Heterodoxies: Leopoldo Panero, Manuel Asensi, Scott Weintraub

Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Translation of “Leopoldo Panero: Escrito a cada instante”. By Manuel Asensi. In Cien años de poesía—72 poemas españoles del siglo XX: estructuras poéticas y pautas críticas”. Bern: Peter Lang, 2001

Reflexiones Sobre La Relacion Poesia-Musica, Marianella P. Machado

Languages, Cultures, and Humanities Faculty and Staff Research

A lo largo de la historia de la cultura universal es posible apreciar que la poesia y la musica siempre han estado muy intimamente unidas.

Anthony Seidman Folio, Anthony Seidman

Corresponding Voices

A folio of English-language poetry, entitled "Alibis," by Anthony Seidman.

Bruce Smith Folio, Bruce Smith

Corresponding Voices

A folio of English-language poetry, entitled "American Dances and Other Poems," by Bruce Smith.

Logos-Sophia, Pittsburg State University Philosophical Society

LOGOS-SOPHIA: The Journal of the PSU Philosophical Society

Logos-Sophia, Volume 13, Fall 2005. The Journal of the Pittsburg State University Philosophical Society has largely been a student publication with occasional faculty contributions.

The Hypnotic Meter Of "The Charge Of The Light Brigade", Michael Rifenburg

The Corinthian

Lord Alfred Tennyson, composer of beautifully melodic verse during the Victorian Age, used meter to create for the reader a musical milieu. In his 1854 poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade," Tennyson uses dactylic meter (stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables) to slip the reader into a hypnotic state and to convey to the reader the futility of the charge.

Incarceration Nation: Investigative Prison Poems Of Hope And Terror [Book Review], Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D.

Faculty Publications

The author reviews the book Incarceration Nation: Investigative Prison Poems of Hope and Terror by Stephen John Hartnett.

The Beautiful Lesson Of The I, Utah State University Press

Swenson Poetry Award Winners

May Swenson Poetry Award Volume 9, with foreward by Rachel Hadas. Frances Brent's poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Notre Dame Review, Yale Review, and in many other journals. She was born in Chicago and was educated at Barnard College. She studied poetry at Columbia University and the University of Illinois, Chicago. From 1984-1991 she co-edited the literary journal Formations. In 1987 she co-translated Beyond the Limit: poems by Irina Ratushinska-ya She has taught at Yale, Northwestern, Loyola University, and Barat College. She lives with her family in New Haven.

Joyce Hayden Folio, Joyce Hayden

Corresponding Voices

An English-language folio of poetry, entitled "Through the Ruins," by Joyce Hayden.

Corresponding Voices Volume 2 (Complete)

Corresponding Voices

The full issue of Corresponding Voices volume 2, featuring Joyce Hayden, Tamara Kamenszain, Mary Karr, Anthony Seidman, Bruce Smith, and edited by Pedro Cuperman.