In their respective fields‚ both Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson were considered to be quintessential American writers. Their thoughts and statements regarding nonconformity and individuality were revolutionizing for the era that they lived. Thanks to them‚similar thoughts and statements‚ are now much more mainstream and unexceptional.Although they used different tactics to get their points across‚ their shared opinions become evident. Both Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson believed strongly
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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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necessities of the human race. We need medicine to heal us‚ laws to keep us in order‚ business to keep us off the coach and engineering to advance us. He is saying that we stay alive for “poetry‚ beauty‚ romance [and] love.” John quotes one of Walt Whitman’s poems “O me! O life” to gather further meaning to what he was saying to the students. It’s almost like John is saying the answer to our lives and why we’re still going is poetry.
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Allen Ginsberg‚ William Blake‚ and Walt Whitman were three poets who greatly impacted the poetry world. All the poets used poetry as a way to express their feelings with different situations from the society to relationships. The poets made a lasting impact throughout their "reign" and their names are still recognizable to this day. The poems of Ginsberg‚ Blake‚ and Whitman have many similarities amongst themselves. All their poems demonstrate powerful emotions depending on the subject. Some
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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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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 was
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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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American Voice what is it? After reading three poems that have a different view on the “American Voice” and it gives me a different view on the subject. According to these poems the American voice is characterized by the themes of hard working‚ diversity‚ and subjective. The American Voice is characterized by the theme of hard working. This is demonstrated in the poem by Walt Whitman when he states “I hear America singing” (1). This means that Americans are happy hard working people. This idea is
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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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