Katie Waddle English 12‚ 3 Mr. Decker April 5‚ 2013 "A Supermarket in California" by Alan Ginsberg addresses Walt Whitman‚ who as it becomes evident throughout the poem‚ is Alan Ginsberg’s poetic hero. Ginsberg looked up to Whitman for many reasons. Ginsberg was a bisexual or homosexual Jewish man‚ and Whitman was also thought to have been bisexual or homosexual. Ginsberg portrays Whitman’s style and his legacy of writing by continuing Whitman’s poetic assault to industrialized society and
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The Harshness of War Effects Soldiers‚ As Well As the People Close to Them in “The Wound Dresser” and “Wars is Kind” @“The Wound Dresser” by Walt Whitman and “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane‚ are both sad yet beautifully poetic works of art that focus on the harshness of war with many similarities displayed in diverse ways like tone‚ writing style‚ theme‚ and how the author’s individual experiences with war have helped create these works of art. @First‚ both “The Wound Dresser” and “War is Kind” are
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Shelby Pletcher American Literature Since Whitman Dr. Hada 1/27/2015 “Wild Nights and Plunging Tongues”: A Comparison of the Incomparable Emily Dickinson‚ a well-regarded poet from the 19th century‚ once wrote in her poem titled Tell all the truth but tell it slant - ‚ “The truth must dazzle gradually / Or every man be blind - “. (lines 7-8) These two simple lines connect two otherwise very different poets from across the board. For anybody whom has not read anything from Dickinson‚ or perhaps
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Natural World around Us Two poets from two different centuries address a particular theme with two very distinct perceptions. “The World Is Too Much with Us‚” by William Wordsworth of the 18th century‚ and “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer‚” by Walt Whitman of the 19th century‚ both address the importance of appreciation and involvement in the natural world around us. Although essential characteristics such as tone‚ structure‚ literary approach and language differ in each poem‚ both poets seem portray
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Feeling and Intellect Since Feeling is First by e.e. cummings and When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman are two poems whose main ideas contrast very much from each other. They both reflect the basic most form of human experiences‚ that being feeling and intellect since they often come hand in hand. When one is emotional‚ they often only consider emotion in a given situation rather than facts. In contrast‚ when one is intellectual‚ they generally focus on logic rather than sentiments
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Compare and Contrast: Whitman and Dickinson “America experienced profound changes during the mid-1800’s. New technologies and ideas helped the nation grow‚ while the Civil War ripped the nation apart (O Captain! My Captain! (Memory)”. During this tumultuous period‚ two great American writers captured their ideas in poetry. Their poems give us insight into the time period‚ as well as universal insight about life. Although‚ polar opposites in personality‚ Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman created similar
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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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English 303 Semester Final Review Answer the questions or complete the sentences. There is an answer for every number. Unit 1 1. List the three core values Puritan literature in Unit 1 share: a. Piety b. Courage c. Industry 2. In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”‚ why did Jonathan Edwards fiery sermon use imagery‚ such as being held in God’s hand over a lake of fire and brimstone? Jonathan Edwards wanted to create a mental picture for the audience. The imagery emphasizes the intensity
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validity to it July 13‚ 2011 at 10:44 pm Walt Whitman: Whitman‚ Walt. “Song of Myself.” The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Jeanne Campbell Ressman and Arnold Krupat. 7th ed. New York‚ London: W.W. Norton & Company‚ 2007. Print. July 13‚ 2011 at 11:09 pm In the poem “Success is counted sweetest” by Emily Dickinson the narrator depicts the true essence of success and its meaning to those who have failed July 13‚ 2011 at 11:21 pm In Walt Whitman’s famous work “Song of Myself” he
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LITR 221 Quiz 1 Speaking from your own life experience and observations‚ which writer least accurately represents what it means to be American? I would have to say it is Walt Whitman least accurately represents my life experiences in America. Why? Well in his poem “America” he talks of a “Centre of equal daughters‚ equal sons” (Whitman). There is nothing equal about America. There are those who have connections‚ networks of people‚ families of support that provide all with certain advantages or disadvantages
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