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    to separate‚ and his father moved to Mexico. His grandmother‚ Mary‚ mainly took care of Langston while his mother moved around when he was younger. She eventually died in his younger teens‚ by then his mother had settled down in Cleveland‚ Ohio. Walt Whitman‚ and Carl Sandburg introduced him into poetry‚ later on they both were primary influences on Langston. He would submit literary work and poetry magazines into his school‚ which would ultimately reject him. Once Langston graduated from High School

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    People may view America differently than how you envision America. Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes are a great example of the different point of views of America. One poet believes America is a dream whilst the other doesn’t believe America is all it is cut out to be. So answer this one question‚ do you think America is a Dream? America wasn’t a dream for everyone because everyone has different viewpoints of America. Walt Whitman took an optimistic approach in his poem about America while Langston

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    two of them being Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. Although they were both very impactful after their lifetime because of their poetry exemplifying the change going on in America‚ many couldn’t see that change while they were living. Both poets had many differences and similarities that are shown in their poetry. In order to determine the similarities and differences of Whitman and Dickinson’s poetry‚ one must look at their background‚ themes‚ and style of their poetry. Whitman was a very unique

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    Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes are famous. Their races matter of what they wrote about in their poems because Walt Whitman is a white man and‚ white people had it better than black people.Some of those rights were that black people can not use the same bathroom. If you’re black you can not sit in the front of the bus and‚ if a white person tells you to get up or you will go to jail. Even though Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes saw their American dream different because their races made it that

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    Whitman’s purpose in writing “Song of Myself” was to bring Americans together and end many hostilities by spreading the idea that even with all their differences‚ they’re all human and must embrace each other as equals. In pre-Civil War America‚ a time when the country was tearing itself in two because of their differences‚ this message was needed more than ever. Though to what degree of success Whitman actually had on the state of the nation at the time is arguable‚ the message in the poem‚ specifically

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    Swearingen Ms. Petronella English 1320 21 February 2015 Close Reading- Song of Myself by Walt Whitman In Walt Whitman’s poem‚ Song of MyselfI found different key pieces of Whitman’s diction and language to be more in depth and not so cut‚ black and white. This poem really makes you think by giving you different perspectives of life to wonder about through the use of his words. I have gotten the impression that Whitman really values himself and his beliefs of a good world and being alive in the present

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    Song of Myself is the most popular of Whitman ’s works‚ which was one of the first twelve pieces in the 1855 first version of Leaves of Grass. Like a large portion of his different poems‚ it excessively was modified arriving at its last change in 1881. “Song of myself” is a sprawling blend of history‚ sermon‚ and beautiful reflection. The poem has likewise helped shape the thought of what it intends to be an American. It is a "fair" poem that draws all various types of individuals

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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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    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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    Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are different and similar in many ways. Both personality of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman are different. The style of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are different but also alike. How people remember Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are very similar during this time. Growing up is different for both Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. All in all Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman personalities are different. Walt Whitman is a more outgoing and sociable person than

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