What Is Walt Whitman American Identity
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English 1302
Mr. Benefield
American Identity of Walt Whitman
What is American Identity? American identity could be any specific way a person would perceive America, or how he or she can identify America. Walt Whitman, a strong independent person but willingly was considered the most American of American poets here today. Mr. Whitman is part of American identity. The way Mr. Whitman lives his life and writes his poems it reflects some methods or behaviors of things that are going on in America today. Song of Myself (1855) is one of the most famous work that Whitman has done. Song of Myself was one of the original twelve pieces in the 1855 first edition of Leaves of Grass. Walt spent a lot of time to revise and edit, reaching
its final rearrangement in 1881. Song of Myself is a mixture of biography, lesson, and flowing thought. Whitman uses symbols and sly commentary to get at important issues; his poems or songs are full of important topics. One, Mr. Whitman was the poets of an egalitarian democracy. Second, sex was not a topic that was talked about in public during that century, but Walt was an independent man and showed little worry about what he wrote. In conclusion, Walt Whitman is a good example of American identity because he has experienced it mentally and physically.
One, America is one country that consists of a lot of different ethnicities Caucasian, African American, Japanese, Hispanic etc. For someone like Mr. Whitman he believes that everyone must be free and equal. That is what part of being in an egalitarian democracy is. An egalitarian democracy is the belief in equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life. “He sings of himself, he sings equally.” –Walt Whitman Second, In America around the 1850’s sex was never talked about in public, but Mr. Whitman had the courage to write a poem “Live Oak with Moss” that tells about a homosexual love affair. Walt Whitman‘s Live Oak, With Moss, is an complicated portrayal of love, both physical and mental. All over the poem, Whitman combines an arrangement of images symbolic of love and many characteristics associated with love. Unlike the normal poetry, Whitman presents a friend-lover relationship between two men, telling the pain and happiness came with their love.
All through Live Oak with Moss, Whitman shows the great pleasure that comes with love announcing his love as a in tenseness. Whitman gains the complete attention of the reader. Once useful, Whitman begins to describe the many feelings associated with his love. Using elements such as the wind, the water, fire and nature as his tools, Whitman embraces the reader with a sense of warmth and love. Before going on to a different topic, Whitman reveals the meaning of Live Oak, With Moss. Symbolic of himself, he describes the Live Oak, With Moss as a rude, unbending, and lusty creature, alone in a field, with only soft moss for comfort.
In conclusion, Walt really cared about homoerotic work, sex, poetry, and energies. Walt Whitman is a good example of American identity because he has some quality’s that can be associated with American Identity.
English 1302
Mr. Benefield
American Identity of Walt Whitman
What is American Identity? American identity could be any specific way a person would perceive America, or how he or she can identify America. Walt Whitman, a strong independent person but willingly was considered the most American of American poets here today. Mr. Whitman is part of American identity. The way Mr. Whitman lives his life and writes his poems it reflects some methods or behaviors of things that are going on in America today. Song of Myself (1855) is one of the most famous work that Whitman has done. Song of Myself was one of the original twelve pieces in the 1855 first edition of Leaves of Grass. Walt spent a lot of time to revise and edit, reaching
its final rearrangement in 1881. Song of Myself is a mixture of biography, lesson, and flowing thought. Whitman uses symbols and sly commentary to get at important issues; his poems or songs are full of important topics. One, Mr. Whitman was the poets of an egalitarian democracy. Second, sex was not a topic that was talked about in public during that century, but Walt was an independent man and showed little worry about what he wrote. In conclusion, Walt Whitman is a good example of American identity because he has experienced it mentally and physically.
One, America is one country that consists of a lot of different ethnicities Caucasian, African American, Japanese, Hispanic etc. For someone like Mr. Whitman he believes that everyone must be free and equal. That is what part of being in an egalitarian democracy is. An egalitarian democracy is the belief in equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life. “He sings of himself, he sings equally.” –Walt Whitman Second, In America around the 1850’s sex was never talked about in public, but Mr. Whitman had the courage to write a poem “Live Oak with Moss” that tells about a homosexual love affair. Walt Whitman‘s Live Oak, With Moss, is an complicated portrayal of love, both physical and mental. All over the poem, Whitman combines an arrangement of images symbolic of love and many characteristics associated with love. Unlike the normal poetry, Whitman presents a friend-lover relationship between two men, telling the pain and happiness came with their love.
All through Live Oak with Moss, Whitman shows the great pleasure that comes with love announcing his love as a in tenseness. Whitman gains the complete attention of the reader. Once useful, Whitman begins to describe the many feelings associated with his love. Using elements such as the wind, the water, fire and nature as his tools, Whitman embraces the reader with a sense of warmth and love. Before going on to a different topic, Whitman reveals the meaning of Live Oak, With Moss. Symbolic of himself, he describes the Live Oak, With Moss as a rude, unbending, and lusty creature, alone in a field, with only soft moss for comfort.
In conclusion, Walt really cared about homoerotic work, sex, poetry, and energies. Walt Whitman is a good example of American identity because he has some quality’s that can be associated with American Identity.