the heart of Walt Whitman’s celebrated poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” As Whitman’s speaker observes the ferry cross from Manhattan to Brooklyn‚ he reflects upon the crowds of men and women making the familiar passage and‚ more expansively‚ all people making similar passages – past‚ present‚ and future. He knows well what they experience and feel‚ for the same experiences and feelings make up his own life. In this shared journey‚ he finds a certain kinship and harmony. Ultimately‚ Whitman asserts that
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Walt Whitman was one to the most influential and timeless poets America has ever produced. A master of the written word‚ Whitman never failed to produce anything less than what was needed to convey his ideas precisely. Of the some eighty years he was alive‚ Whitman never ceased to create and never stopped giving to the world more than it deserves in terms of poetry. Through his life‚ work‚ and lasting impact on the world you can ascertain why he is considered the father of American poetry. Whitman
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Walt Whitman relates humans to nature in many of his poems. He often refers to us being part of the circle of life. Whitman believes in the idea that humans never really die. “I celebrate myself‚ and sing myself‚” is one poem that he relates himself and humankind to nature. In this poem‚ Whitman offers the idea that we are made from nature. One line reads‚ “My tongue‚ every atom of my blood‚ form’d from this soil‚ this air…” Whitman also believes that humans live on after death. In “A child said
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are many articles on the topic of Walt Whitman in NCLive. There are several that discuss that Whitman is an optimist. Specifically‚ the articles cited in this paper will examine Whitman and will shed light on his optimism. Genoways‚ Ted. “Inventing Walt Whitman.” Virginia Quarterly Review. 81.2 (2005): 1-4. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 15 Nov. 2012. http://www.nclive.org/ Ted Genoways is the author of two books of poems and the literary history Walt Whitman and the Civil War. His awards include
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Walt Whitman’s "To A Locamotive in Winter" and Emily Dickinson’s "I Like to See It Lap The Miles" are two very different poems about the same subject. Where Whitman uses strictly free verse‚ Dickinsons work is much more structured‚ with poynient line breaks‚ and punctuation. Their styles of personification also differ greatly. Where Whitman’s work is almost an ode to the locomotive‚ Dickinson’s is more a feeling of a journey. Another major difference in these works is the language they use.
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“Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” is a nine section poem written by Walt Whitman that was originally published in 1856‚ then revised and republished in 1881. The poem seems to be an attempt to address the future to an audience that is composed of people from the future. Whitman’s first section opens with imagery of what the character is seeing in his immediate vicinity. Whitman begins to consider the other people on the ferry with him and those that are on the other ferries on the river. With the words:
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Walt Whitman has neither related his biography nor glorified himself in the poem as the title suggests. Infact‚ the apparent indication of the title is here of no importance. The poem is the song of celebration of every object of nature in general where a question put to the poet by a little child triggers off a philosophical trend of thought relating to death and the meaning of death. In the poem‚ he has celebrated his own idea (that nothing collapses due to death but instead life moves on) and
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In the poem “O Me! O Life!” by Walt Whitman he starts by saying that he has always questioned himself and life like most people regularly do. The fact that there are tons of others in this world like him‚ faithless and without direction and foolish‚ he admits he may be amongst the worst of them. He claims that he is always criticizing and analyzing himself in a negative light and how he along with other people long to become more and long to see the truth of what the meaning of life is. The poem
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O Captain My Captain by Walt Whitman O captain My captain was an expiring poem for me. This poem filled my mind with great memories snd make think of my loved ones who are now Angels.I am still feeling the connection. In my opinion‚ I can say that peopleare physically dead be we can keep them in our mind alive as long as we want them to be part of our lives. Father and I had different character. We had the same interest such as reading‚ watching news‚ assisting on conference-debates
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Walt whitman‚ Angela De Hoyas‚ Langston Hughes. All great authors of many great poems. Wonder how they stack up against each other? Well that’s what’s going to happen. How do all three of these poets are different an alike. Three people‚ three different types of pens. Three different types of handwriting. Walter (Walt) whitman is an american poet‚ essayist‚ and a journalist. A humanist‚ he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism‚ incorporating both views in his works
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