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 man
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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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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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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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“I Has” is a free verse poem written by Walt Whitman. “LABAA” was written by Langston Hughes. Walt Whitman wa born in 1819 and died in 1892. Both writers have kind of a similar writing style. Langston grew up reading some of Walt Whitman’s poems‚ so he kind of got his writing style from Whitman. Both of the poems have very good vocabulary. Langston’s poem is longer‚ but Whitman’s is a free verse poem. Free verse’s are easier because you don’t have to write about one specific topic‚ and are able to
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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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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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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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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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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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