Jason R Sayles Professor Mark McGrath Literature 3-10-2013 Emily Dickinson vs. Walt Whitman During the time in American history known as the romantic period‚ two poets began to stray from the traditional methods of writing poetry. These poets were Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. These two poets led different lifestyles. Oddly enough‚ there writing was very similar besides having different lengths. “Whitman ’s poem "Song of Myself‚ No.6" and Dickinson ’s poem "This quiet Dust was Gentlemen
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Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson On the surface Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman may seem to be polar opposites‚ and in many regards that is true; however they bear many similarities as poets. Both Dickinson and Whitman are considered to both be poets that paved the way for what is known today as modern American poetry. One might find seemingly different accounts of the same subject matter in their poetry given their different lifestyles in the same time period . Both found that the natural world
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But‚ two authors who displayed these attributes in their writing most successfully were Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. Walt Whitman became widely known for his novel Leaves of Grass‚ published in 1855 (VanSpankeren). In the story‚ he embraced the democratic opportunity America possessed‚ which he expressed by characteristics of nature. He wrote about certain animals like birds‚ and how he saw himself in nature due to an adventurous
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"I have not gain’d acceptance of my own time‚ but have fallen back on fond dreams of the future" (by Walt Whitman‚ qtd. in Miller‚ Sex and Sexuality) SEX AND SEXUALITY IN THE POETRY OF WALT WHITMAN Perhaps‚ in the following essay I put a quart into a pint pot‚ because I intend to puzzle out‚ or rather‚ find and give a deeper insight into Walt Whitman’s sexuality that is still a question on agenda. There are readers and critics who state that it is a shame to humble his poetry to this level
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Poem analysis: “Miracles” by Walt Whitman 1. The first time I read through “Miracles‚” it felt like the positive energy stored in the poem was jumping onto me. I am more of an optimistic person‚ so I tend to be positive in everything I do. I feel very blessed when I’m eating dinner with my family‚ when I’m with friends‚ when I’m riding a school bus‚ and when I’m looking at the sky. So‚ I could relate to this poem very well; it was like the poet read my mind. 2. People may say why make much
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Walt Whitman and Tennessee Williams both lived during times of incredible social change in American history. Whitman grew up during the Industrial Revolution whereas Williams grew up when segregation was still prevalent and lived to see its demise. Both of these men channeled their feelings about these changes into literary works that despite further socioeconomic changes‚ are still relevant today. Whitman speaks of self-acceptance and trying to make a better version of yourself in order to achieve
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Journal-" Crossing Brooklyn Ferry " - Walt Whitman " Crossing Brooklyn Ferry " is a poem told from a man on a ferry between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The journey begins with the man leaning over a railing look into the water. The man ( Walt Whitman ) sees the clouds and the sun set reflected in the water and personifies them as "you". Throughout the poem Whitman will personify many other things in the poem. The business people and workers on the ferry a reflectively "curious" to him.
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Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are two notorious literary geniuses whose works influenced the world. These two poets are famous for having unique styles of writing that could be described as a contrasts between one another‚ though they do have similarities between their themes. Walt Whitman’s narrative works are very extensive and descriptive‚ you can see as he paints a picture with his words with his poems versus Dickinson whose writing style is condensed and to the point. Her poems are thought
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those that will come after. Whitman talks about the journey of life in “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”‚ as he is taking a ferry ride. He illustrates the similarities of his life to those that will take the same trip through the visions and emotions that he ponders while on his voyage. Walt Whitman speaks to not only the physical aspects of going through life‚ but also the emotional and spiritual struggles that one must reconcile through the course of one’s life. Whitman takes his readers on a journey
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Through the poem ：When I Heard the Learn・d Astronomer；‚ Whitman leaves a dominant impression of his own view of astronomy and it・s abundance. He describes how the speaker recounts a day sitting through an astronomy lecture‚ listening to the astronomer・s dull mathematical descriptions of the stars by charts and figures. Gradually the speaker gets sick of its content. Instead‚ the speaker finds understanding and satisfaction just by wandering off plainly looking up at the night sky. The speaker generates
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