The Wound Dresser‚ written by author Walt Witman‚ tells the struggles that the soldiers had to endure and in the story how ptsd affects their kids tells the effects ptsd can cause the soldiers to worry about their children’s safety because of their trauma. The Wound-Dresser expands on Nguyen’s idea because it talks about the soldiers’ war experiences. In the article “The Wound-Dresser” by author Walt Whitman in the paragraph (3)”Waves wash the imprints off the sand” This tells that when war is forgotten
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Journal 1-Walt Whitman-The Wound-Dresser I believe the experiences that Walt Whitman had as a nurse during the outbreak of the Civil War‚ inspired him for the poem “The-Wound-Dresser.” The descriptions of the wounded soldiers in the poem is very real and vivid‚ “From the stump of the arm‚ the amputated hand‚ I undo the clotted lint‚ remove the slough‚ wash off the matter and blood” (line. 45-46‚ p. 72). From reading the poem‚ I feel pain and suffering‚ “Hard the breathing rattles‚ quite glazed
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I chose Walt Whitman for my biography report because Mr. Farlow said that if I wasn’t going to take this class seriously and pick a real poet I might as well not come to class anymore. Walt Whitman was an awful child molester who was born in ancient Hong Kong. He is over 3‚000 years old and remembers the names of all the forgotten Gods. Walt Whitman is 90 stories tall‚ and his adventures are legendary. With his blue ox‚ Emily Dickenson‚ Walt Whitman traveled across young America and helped
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The second piece I reviewed was entitled The Wound Dresser. This is a composition for chamber orchestra and baritone singer. John Adams based this piece off of The Wound Dresser‚ a poem by Walt Whitman. The poem was written in in 1865 and was based on Whitman’s experiences working as a nurse in the American Civil War. John Adam’s is most often recognized as a minimalist‚ and well known for his pieces Doctor Atomic‚ and Short Ride in a Fast Car. You can hear examples of minimalism all throughout
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Old Walt Old Walt Whitman Went finding and seeking‚ Finding less than sought Seeking more than found‚ Every detail minding Of the seeking or the finding. Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding‚ Each detail minding‚ Old Walt went seeking And finding. Langston Hughes‚ 1954 from A Supermarket in California Where are we going Walt Whitman? The doors close in an hour. Which way does your beard point tonight? (I touch your book and dream of our odyssey in the supermarket and feel
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Walt Whitman‚ a true representative of American literature‚ overcame the suffering of many of those in the outbreak of the Civil War. Poet and journalist‚ Whitman before and after the Civil War shows the impact of the romantic idealism which reached its pinnacle in the years to follow. Along with another famous poet who became known for his cynical viewpoint of human nature‚ Ambrose Bierce. Bierce shows his audience the realist violence brought about by the Civil War. These two literary landmarks
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Very few people will contest that Walt Whitman may be one of the most important and influential writers in American literary history and conceivably the single most influential poet. However many have claimed that Whitman’s writing is so free form as evident in his 1855 Preface to Leaves of Grass and Song of Myself that it has no style. The poetic structures he uses are unconventional but reflect his very democratic ideals towards America. Although Whitman’s writing does not include a structure that
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Rainey Pre-AP English 11 9 April 2013 Heroes Among Us Walt Whitman had a knack for emitting heroic qualities‚ like those of soldiers‚ into average people. Whitman was a volunteer nurse in the Civil War and vividly relives his experiences from the hospital tents through his poetry and his characters. While a nurse‚ Whitman was advised by other‚ more experienced nurses to not build personal relationships with the patients. Walt Whitman did not heed these warnings and collected information from
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Dickinson and Whitman. Though they choose to depict it and explore its meaning in different ways‚ the initial intrigue in the topic is unquestionably shared. In many of their works‚ ideas and thoughts of life after death are proposed and examined. Emily Dickinson takes a more personal approach by depicting herself as holding an actual relationship with Death. In many of her portrayals‚ Death is considered a courtly lover‚ proposing to Dickinson a choice‚ a chance‚ and an end. Whitman gives death
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Walt Whitman: Poet of the American Paradox Walt Whitman is generally regarded as one of America’s most important and influential nineteenth century poets. Whitman’s diverse life included becoming a printer‚ schoolteacher‚ reporter‚ and editor. All of which added to his love of literature and the English language as a whole. Some of his major works‚ including Leaves of Grass‚ were inspired in part by his travels through the American frontier and by his admiration for poets like Ralph Waldo Emerson
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