What I love about “Luna” is it’s one of its first narratives of it’s time written for young adults. It includes in my opinion one of the best literary explanations of what it’s like to be transgender‚ (““It’s horrible because you want to be this person you are in here‚ “ I pressed my heart‚ “and here”. I touched my temple. “But you can’t because you don’t look the way you should. You look like a guy. And that’s what people expect you to be. Every day you have to put on this act‚ play a role‚ and
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still people living in poverty. Two poems‚ ‘’I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman and “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes determine whether America was a dream for everyone or not. If the front people try to force this country to be or the truth about how people live determine if it’s a dream or not. In “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman‚ America was a dream for everyone. It symbolizes the American dream
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Lincoln gave his life after striving to abolish slavery. Soon after Lincoln’s murder‚ Walt Whitman wrote an apostrophe poem to Lincoln. In this eulogy‚ Whitman praised Lincoln’s accomplishments and mourned his death. In “O Captain! My Captain!”‚ Walt Whitman uses repetition‚ symbolism‚ assonance‚ and metaphors to portray the theme that every great leader should stand ready to lay down his or her life. Whitman uses repetition to show uncertainty about Lincoln’s death and symbolism to relate his
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many issues within society as they align with the typical American view versus Ginsberg’s own. Contrasting views to be examined in the poem include homosexuality versus the nuclear family‚ loneliness versus the need to relate‚ and the reverence of Walt Whitman versus the desire to lead a life different from his. Ginsberg talks of the nuclear family as a unit when he’s examining the people within the supermarket.
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"The words of my books‚" said Walt Whitman‚ "are nothing‚ the drift of it everything." The various themes in Whitman’s works are the most important‚ the actual erudite terms are only important in upholding these ideas. The main themes of his "O Captain! My captain!" are death of a hero‚ family‚ a journey‚ and defeat vs. victory. The themes are supported by a variety of concrete stylistic techniques‚ including tone‚ apostrophe‚ allusions‚ archetypes‚ and repetition. Death of a hero is the first theme
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America was built on the principles of “life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” These political ideas bred a type of individualism never seen before. Fueled by these ideas and America’s diverse economic and cultural backgrounds‚ writers like Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson came to embody American literature. Two pieces by these writers that portray their unique individualism are Song of Myself and Self Reliance‚ respectively. While both works tackle the perplexing concept of self‚ their differences
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with the Halle Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates Choral Cantate based on texts from Whitman‚ scripture‚ Catholic Mass‚ Political speech by John Bright Text of the piece Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 64 years old when he composed Dona‚ Died 22 years later Had fallen in love with Walt Whitman’s poetry with his composition Sea Symphony that he had taken texts from Whitman from. Walt Whitman Born May 31‚ 1819- March 26‚ 1892 Long Island Printer‚ Journalist‚ reporter‚ teacher
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Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) paints a scene of a little girl and her father looking up at the stars on an autumn night‚ at a beach. Notice that Whitman approves of the father teaching his daughter astronomy. Whitman had very liberal ideas about education that were ahead of his time‚ the 19th century. She sees clouds engulf the stars‚ blocking her view. The voice of the poet reassures her that one‚ the stars will return‚ and two‚ a force exists that is even more eternal than the stars. Whitman really
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The Language Used to Connect With Nature Willa Cather‚ Emily Dickinson‚ and Walt Whitman all utilize different forms of language to make themes in their writings. Through personification‚ symbolism‚ and various rhetorical devices‚ we can connect to nature through O Pioneers!‚ “There’s a Certain Slant of Light‚” and “Song of Myself.” These languages are used in these pieces to connect us with nature. Cather uses personification to connect us to nature. By personifying nature‚ she makes it seem
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Appreciation of I Hear America Singing I Hear America Singing is a poem written by Walt Whitman‚ who was an American poet‚ essayist and journalist. He was in the period of the transition of transcendentalism and realism‚ and his works were incorporated with both views. Meanwhile‚ Whitman was the father of free verse. I Hear America Singing was published in 1860‚ in which Whitman depicted a concert of his fellow Americans. This poem is in free verse form‚ which means there is no rhyme or a fixed
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