Whitman is a poet who set himself to resolutely deal with the vast developments of the 19th century, all teeming life and work of the Americas and of the wider world still, under aspects startlingly different in their scope and of tremendous significance to anything the world has known before.

In order to set himself up as 'The American Poet' Whitman needed to base all of his poems on America and praising the country in as many ways as possible. Whitman tries to show how great America is by reflecting the lives of American's and the strong spirit of patriotism that they share.

Whitman's poetry is clearly American because the subject of all his poems is the greatness of America and the American people. This is shown well in the poem - 'I hear America Singing'

Walt's exuberance for his native land on the verge of phenomenal growth and wealth finds expression in this short poem. This poem is about how America has emerged as a strong and youthful power and it is full of Happy, healthy young men fit for industry and agriculture. The first line of the poem says 'I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear' , the use of the word carols symbolises the strong sense of Christi

One poem that shows Walt Whitman best as a romantic poet is 'The Noiseless Patient Spider', which includes great use of language and has a real flow of words. The topic of a spider is also very important because he talks of the spider building, which links back to the poem 'I hear America singing' and how it talks of construction and working towards a new country. Also the link with nature in 'I hear America singing' is similar to 'The noiseless Patient Spider' because it is a very romanticised idea to give animals 'human like' thoughts and feelings and to easily integrate them with the human way of life.

The language in this poem is also very repetitive because all of the sentences are very long and made mostly 2 syllable words that keep a constant rhythm and flow to the poem, this emphasises the points that the poem is trying to get across. It also keeps the reader entertained and the rhythm of the poem gives the poem a character and style. There is a very strong theme of making and building in this poem which helps Whitman to show his patriotism and show how the people of America share it with him. This is because he has included people from all sorts of backgrounds in this poem so that it shows that the American way of life is the only way and that the American Dream really can come true.

an religion in this poem and how it is celebrating the birth of the American nation. The carols are supposed to show celebration because of their use in the bi

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