YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman
Essays 61 - 90
In eight pages the importance of setting historical setting in order to take readers back to an earlier period is considered in an...
just enough on the ball to attempt to rise to a higher level. However, the plays hero is not a particularly unique or sensitive i...
was the spirit of Zen, as he drew his imagery from the "taproots" of the earth, the presence of a moment (Hassain, 1995). The "su...
to Whitmans own estimates, he aided over 100,000 soldiers during this period, many of whom became his devoted friends (Valiumas 70...
Whitman and Dickinson In both of these poems, the tone of the poem is conversational. Each poet has preserved within the rhythm o...
transcribe concerning the inevitable. One author notes that "The central theme arouses from Whitmans pantheistic view of life, fro...
in colonial America and grew impressively after the Revolution, with ship production centering on the East River (NY Maritime Cult...
center of the work is that which relates to length and depth. This is the longest poem in the work and it is a poem that deeply an...
are structured in the form of questions, which are subsequently answered throughout the poem (Holloway 147-148). His declaration ...
With the plain-speaking simplicity that was his trademark, Whitman constructed this poem in such a rhythmic way that it could be s...
and regular stress would at first strike his reader with incredulous amazement. But he was hardly prepared for the storm of abuse ...
the natural surroundings, with the death of a powerful man. More often than not we, as human beings, keep memories of such powerfu...
. . . perceives that it waits a little while in the door . . . that it was fittest for its days . . . that its action has...
Whitmans, just that the ones being examined do not examine that same sort of subject matter. In Whitmans The Ox-Tamer the poet s...
the same as every other human being; there is really no other way to interpret the line "For every atom belonging to me as good be...
Walt Whitmans Song of Myself is a poem that is not necessarily about any one particular thing, not possessed of one single theme o...
Walt Whitman contended that a city absorbs a person as affectionately as he has absorbed it. Five sources are listed in this four ...
tells his readers to "undrape," because, to him, no one is guilty of shame or worthy of being discarded (line 145). Everyone and e...
drug addict living a life very similar to Sonnys. : "Thats right, he said quickly, aint nothing you can do. Cant much help old Son...
and insights as previous nature poets and against the threat of a materialism that seems to be viewed as a destructive force capab...
12, Whitman was indoctrinated in the printers trade (AAP). It was at this time that he fell in love with words, and began to read ...
now" (Whitman, 2005). Clearly, this illustrates his belief that heaven and hell are right here on earth, which was a very controv...
printers apprentice and then went on to work as a journeyman printer and a teacher (Books and Writers). Following that period of...
for her considerable work and success as the CEO of eBay. However, Whitman was not always a part of this international internet ph...
selected one thing (one person, one book, she is not specific) and close her attention to all others. However, the "Soul" is not...
1). Using this metaphor, he goes on to say that Science "alterest all things with thy peering eyes," which preys upon his poets h...
therefore sees the differences between the two as being "artificial" - Dickinson was reclusive, and ridden with doubt, whereas Whi...
In six pages the influence of Emerson upon Whitman's poetry is examined with the primary focus being 'Song of Myself' and poetic l...
Part forty seven is the focus of this poetic explication consisting of six pages in which symbolism uses by the poet are the prima...
time, as well as giving rise by their death to the new life, the "stalwart heir who approaches" (Whitman 1) of the new America....