Walt Whitman Walt Whitman, a great poet, is said to be one of the best poets of his time. ... Walt Whitman was born May 31, 1819 in Long Island, New York. ... Most of them In fact. ... From what I have read about this man he was incredible. ... After Walt's life ended many people wrote about him including me. ...
The transcendentalist perspective on life, as defined by Walt Whitman and Durand through their creative and artistic mediums, is an eternal and unbroken cycle that is void of a strict beginning or an absolute end. ... The illusion that both are separate is a misconception that Walt Whitman seeks to rectify through the sixth poem by stating that "all goes onward and outward, nothing collapses" (Line 37). ... The interaction between the boy and the narrator in Whitman's poem serves as a reminder of the fact that life is meant to be experienced with others, "fetching it to me ...
Whitman's Secret Mentor Walt Whitman was a man who slowly developed his personality throughout the course of his life. ... Many people feel that there are no similarities between Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman. ... Perhaps Whitman is a little over zealous about the idea of death. He speaks many times during the course of "Song of Myself" about the fact that death does not scare him, nor does god scare him. ... Even though, Walt Whitman and President Lincoln did not have a personal relationship, Whitman loved the president with all of his heart. ...
One poet who became world renowned was Walt Whitman. ... Walt Whitman's "Song to Myself" is a long, unique poem that jumps from point to point with no clear plotline. ... Originally named, "Walt Whitman", the poem was changed to "Walt Whitman, an American", and then again to, "Song to Myself.... What is even more interesting is the fact that the clause "and sing myself" was not originally included. ... As characterized by his role in the U.S. civil war, Walt Whitman was a devout patriot of the United States. ...
Walt Whitman Through the history of the United States there have been many poets; with them came an equal number of writing styles. Walt Whitman is certainly one of the most unique American poets. ... Because of this, many composers have taken Whitman's poetry and set it to music (About the poetry). ... On the other hand, his admirers were in denial to the fact that Whitman was a homosexual. "readers have created a Walt Whitman suited to it . ...
Walt Whitman was a follower of the two Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. ... Whitman lent himself to this concept of independence. ... Because Whitman immodestly praised the human body and glorified the senses, "Walt Whitman's poems assert the worth of the individual and the oneness of all humanity." ... Both poems talk about death and the impression in the tone and symbols that exudes creativity. ... Eternity and death are two important characters in the poems; in fact eternity is a state of being. . ...
For the purpose of this paper, I chose to focus on the writings of Anne Bradstreet, Benjamin Franklin, and Walt Whitman. ... Puritanical literature is all about glory to God, but Franklin's writing was about the self-made man. Franklin's form of resistance was manifested in the fact that he did not contribute the beauty and quality of the book to God, but to the craftsman who made it. Walt Whitman was all together a different writer than Anne Bradstreet or Benjamin Franklin. ... It is in setting up this foundation that Whitman showed resistance. ...
In the poem "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,"" by Walt Whitman, connection is being explored between humans in relation to space and time. ... Whitman begins to illustrate his love and curiosity for the hundreds of people that ride the ferry every day. His thoughts lead him to curiosity, which made him think about all the people who had commuted in the past, and how many are yet to repeat it in the future. ... (Stanza 2) He tries to bring out the fact that we are all from the same place, and since we're all from the same place, wouldn't we all see the same images? ... Reading this poem made...
This line expresses Walt Whitman's philosophy on life and is an almost perfect description of the poet. ... Walt Whitman gives much insight into himself and others in his poetry, and gives his readers a great deal to think about. ... One would never find Walt Whitman writing about Greek gods, or using the words "ye", "ev"n", or any other antiquated word. ... This poem shows very much Whitman's belief that it is important for one to stand up for what one believes in and to make it clear about one's feelings. 5. ... His last releases went under a great deal of revisal and were by ...
Walt Whitman(1819-1892), broke the literary tradition of his time with regards to content, form and style of his vigorous verse. ... Writing about sex, (the) human body, many other "taboo" subjects and common objects and people, Whitman and Dickinson address the larger matters of life, namely death and religion. ... In fact, the poem 334 is actually the body of a letter that Dickinson sent, enclosing a rose, to her cousin Eudocia Flint(www.emilydickinsonpoems.org). 2. ... Walt Whitman 1. ... In fact, the title highlights his love for individuals: each leaf of grass possesses its o...
A comparison made between Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman and The Lime-Tree Bower My Prison by Samuel Coleridge effectively demonstrates the validity of this assertion. Romantic Poetry in the 19th Century Romanticism in the 19th century came about as a result of circumstances peculiar to the era, such as changes in philosophy, religious dogma, and a rapid growth of industrialization in both England and America. ... The fact that This Lime-Tree Bower was also written in a free-flowing conversational style also identifies it as a romantically oriented poem. ... Also, the fact that Whit...
This paper will examine the writings of Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass-, John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity- and Thomas Jefferson's "First Inaugural Address & Autocracy and Liberty- (Bellah 44, 22, 27). The conclusion will address my thoughts on Walt Whitman's "Leave of Grass-. ... The writings of Walt Whitman express a democratic poet in relation to government, John Winthrop focuses more on the religious aspect of humanity and government while Thomas Jefferson incorporates the two together. ... Their connection is partially contributed to the fact that...
Margaret Fuller, who was also a transcendentalist, had radical beliefs about the roles of women and desired for there to be drastic change in women's rights. Finally, Walt Whitman, who wrote in free verse about topics that no one else was writing about, believed in equality and pushed for democracy and individualism. Writing in the Nineteenth Century, Romantics such as Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, and Whitman had radical beliefs about the individual's role in society for their time period. ... In this essay, Emerson expresses "a central doctrine: divinity [existing] intimately in ...
Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes are just two examples, of many, why New Criticism should be disputed. ... In "Cavalry Crossing a Ford" Walt Whitman draws on many life experiences that provide both realism and conviction to the poem. ... "Cavalry Crossing a Ford" is not only about the North winning the Civil War, it is also about Whitman's views on what the country has allowed itself to become. Being from the North it is only natural that Whitman would write about the soldiers that he witnesses go into battle. ... Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes wrote about the tragedies that they f...
It is quite obvious that he believes he is the only person worth bragging about. ... The narrator knows that Bartleby's constant defiance and never wanting to check over his work shouldn't be the way he answers his boss and the fact that he constantly ignores him seems to annoy him greatly. ... Another story in which it becomes evident there is someone with power with an attempt to control another is evident in the work of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself." ... In Walt Whitman's case, we now know that Whitman was a homosexual male and his works are evident that he include...
Matthiessen's American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman, written in 1941. Matthiessen was influential in determining the canon of American writers from this period: Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman. ... In fact, there were a number of stories circulating which focused upon sexually transgressive clergymen, and this may have been an influence on Hawthorne's portrayal of Arthur Dimmesdale. ... The political influences on American romanticism include 18th century notions about human perfectability, the ideals of American democrac...
Walt Whitman was a Transcendentalist, and Rainer Rilke wrote at the beginning of the Modernist period, yet both have very similar ideas about a poet's dedication to "things." ... Seeing as how Rilke had such a troubled life, as well as the fact that he was a rather dour German, probably not, but it still makes one think Whitman believed that the self was an amalgam of all people - alive or dead, good or bad - in the world. ... His life source was what we were missing about the world, but could never achieve. ... Instead of offering a way to connect with this fountain, or this fig tre...
She was a woman who wrote poetry about love and all the things that went along with it. In the 1850s to 1860s it was not the normal thing for a woman to write about. That topic was not the only one she had written about though. ... The affair of empirical information continues from "Dehumanized," to Walt Whitman's poetry. ... The narrow mind leads to a tunnel of people being able to relay facts not indulge into topics that may help people in life. ...
Many aspiring authors, such as Poe, Whitman, Emerson, and Dickinson, found notoriety with their writings. ... The exact origins of Romanticism are still in debate today, but it is generally agreed upon that it came about as a challenge to the Age of Enlightenment (1660s-1780s). ... The fact that Romanticism elevated the masses through democratic means meshed well with American ideals, though in truth it was only white males who saw themselves elevated. ... Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, and Edgar Allen Poe became well-known advocates of Romantic ideals. Their writings had a unique style, often...
One day at Stieglitz's he heard about an ongoing series of art classes and lectures sponsored by the Ferrer Modern School, which had just moved to a brownstone building at 63 East 107th Street from downtown headquarters, first at St. ... The trip was made even more tolerable by the fact that Robert Henri was the art teacher. ... Henri celebrated democratic vistas and gritty, impoverished urban landscapes in the spirit of his hero, Walt Whitman. ... Emma Goldman invited Henri to join the Ferrer School faculty in late 1911 "by then he had painted her portrait and shared his admiration...
The story is not about death but about the emotional reaction to the death and about love, a topic that can be related to all with relative ease. ... When Andrew arrives back at the house Mary assumes that Jay is dead and Andrews confirms that fact that he did die in the accident. ... During breakfast that morning Mary tells the children about the wreck and they ask question about it. ... His mother, Laura Whitman Tyler, was well educated and refined (Kramer 19). ... There were a few writers that inspired Agee to write such as Walt Whitman and Hart Crane (Seib 23). ...
In his book, "Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology," Neil Postman describes a society where technology is deified and, in fact, becomes a source of rationalization in which it takes the place of humans. ... Baudrillard, however, was more ambiguous about technology's impact on the human. ... To a greater degree, Postman's interpretation and understanding of McLuhan seem to be slightly skewed since McLuhan's famous aphorism about the "media being the message" speaks about the effects of communications media and that the media itself, not its contents, should be the i...
America does not care about visionary literature or art that contradicts the image it sells to the hungry masses, but Ginsberg provides a salvation, a light in the darkest of places. ... This is his response to America: that all can be saved, and he does this by challenging America's own beliefs about the soul. ... Ginsberg sees this as a fault of America's forefathers, asking Walt Whitman what it was like 100 years ago, if America had already lost its soul. ... A materialistic paradise, sold by the media, where in fact, an entire nation becomes flawed by a designer disease. ...
Students concerned about their future are put under too much academic pressure. ... Students are not learning anymore, they are too worried about that final letter grade. ... Walt Whitman High School senior, Julie, experienced hair loss as a junior. ... Standardized tests are in fact one of the most commonly cited causes of stress. ...
During this time he was able to me some of America's greatest writers including Henry Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Walt Whitman. After his tour in America Wilde returned home and did another lecture tour in England and Ireland that lasted till about 1884. ... The evil that machinery is doing is not merely in the consequence of its work but in the fact that it makes men themselves machines also. ...
