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to Leaves of Grass-certainly more perfect as a work of art, being adjusted in all its proportions . . . But I am perhaps mainly sa...
In five pages this paper discusses how Walt Whitman represented the Civil War in such poems as 'A March in the Ranks Hard Prest an...
avails not, time nor place - distance avails not, I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations he...
each line to have a variety of meanings. Perhaps there is symbolism, simile or metaphor lurking in his descriptions. If not, would...
In 5 pages this paper examines the modern poetry contributions of uniquely American poet Walt Whitman. There are 6 sources cited ...
. . . perceives that it waits a little while in the door . . . that it was fittest for its days . . . that its action has...
ones own inner feelings. Whitman had been raised by Quaker parents (Hood). His orientation to religion was centered around the i...
disjointed discourse on a series of ideas and impressions that flow freely through a characters or narrators mind. The very person...
Whitmans lyric style -- "A Noiseless Patient Spider." Although the subject of the poem is a lonely spider, the tone is formal, wh...
himself with a sense of timelessness. Each of the poets gives the reader a sense of a good friend explaining something with an at...
to Whitmans own estimates, he aided over 100,000 soldiers during this period, many of whom became his devoted friends (Valiumas 70...
in colonial America and grew impressively after the Revolution, with ship production centering on the East River (NY Maritime Cult...
A 5 page paper which examines one poem from Longfellow, Whitman, and Dickinson. The poems examined are The poets, and their poems,...
For example, in verse six, Whitman is ". . . Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms/strong and content I tra...
printers apprentice and then went on to work as a journeyman printer and a teacher (Books and Writers). Following that period of...
and regular stress would at first strike his reader with incredulous amazement. But he was hardly prepared for the storm of abuse ...
In thirteen pages this paper discusses the romantic aspects of science and poetry in a consideration of the works by poets includi...
An analysis of this poem and what it reveals about the life and poetry of Walt Whitman is presented in five pages. Attached are 4...
In eight pages this paper discusses the social and political influences Walt Whitman exerted through his poetry from an historical...
on other writers who were to follow them. However, just as Emerson did not express his philosophy in the same way as Thoreau, foll...
In seven pages this paper compares the Romantic perspectives articulated in the poetry of William Blake, Walt Whitman, and William...
free through no other means than verse. "Out from behind this bending, rough-cut mask, These lights and shades, this drama of the...
1918, but there are no existent early drafts until the 1919 version, which was published at this time in a Cambridge edition of La...
deal of power because their populations were growing so much. At the same time, Southern States were losing power and they began t...
In three pages this paper examines the symbolic meaning of birds in Walt Whitman's poem 'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking' and ...
Two of Walt Whitman's most famous works, O Captain, My Captain and When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, capture the essence o...
actually ever addressed. The author states, for example, towards the beginning of the article, how "No gesture of style so prono...
this reveals his positive outlook toward the world and his own existence, and allows the reader some comprehension as to his value...
mankind needs to hear. One of those messages is that of the role of poetry, for himself, and for mankind. He sees himself as a t...
the Civil War and when he heard that his brother was wounded he left for Fredericksburg and cared for his brother, along with othe...