YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :On the Beach at Night by Walt Whitman
Essays 31 - 60
tells his readers to "undrape," because, to him, no one is guilty of shame or worthy of being discarded (line 145). Everyone and e...
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...
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 ...
Whitmans, just that the ones being examined do not examine that same sort of subject matter. In Whitmans The Ox-Tamer the poet s...
Walt Whitmans Song of Myself is a poem that is not necessarily about any one particular thing, not possessed of one single theme o...
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 Whitman contended that a city absorbs a person as affectionately as he has absorbed it. Five sources are listed in this four ...
to Whitmans own estimates, he aided over 100,000 soldiers during this period, many of whom became his devoted friends (Valiumas 70...
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...
In five pages this report discusses the 'pale face' or 'redskin' literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth century with the 'pal...
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...
In thirteen pages this paper discusses the romantic aspects of science and poetry in a consideration of the works by poets includi...
thinks of an icon, most people who immediately come to mind are athletes, movie stars or politicians; hardly ever is someone more ...
well have acknowledged that mankind stands alone in his endless quest for more, a concept behind the reason society is its own opp...
In five pages Emerson's 'The Poet' essay is used to evaluate the writings of Walt Whitman. Two sources are cited in the bibliogra...
occupation or condition, unworthy of being saluted in his poetry. Although he was relatively successful in terms of worldly succe...
In five pages this paper discusses the untraditional structural unity that is present in the poem 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman...
In eight pages the importance of setting historical setting in order to take readers back to an earlier period is considered in an...
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...
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...
Whitman and Dickinson In both of these poems, the tone of the poem is conversational. Each poet has preserved within the rhythm o...
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 ...
transcribe concerning the inevitable. One author notes that "The central theme arouses from Whitmans pantheistic view of life, fro...
accurately and appropriately described as of a "shared identity." However, that shared identity also has a level of uncertainty w...