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Religion and Sex Views of Walt Whitman

ones own inner feelings. Whitman had been raised by Quaker parents (Hood). His orientation to religion was centered around the i...

'Salut au Monde!' by Walt Whitman

are structured in the form of questions, which are subsequently answered throughout the poem (Holloway 147-148). His declaration ...

'Song of Myself,' 'When I Read the Book,' and 'One's Self I Sing' by Walt Whitman

With the plain-speaking simplicity that was his trademark, Whitman constructed this poem in such a rhythmic way that it could be s...

Benito Cereno by Herman Melville and 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

Romantic tradition, of which Melville was a nominal or part-time member, of the innocence and moral superiority of a pastoral moti...

Comparative Analysis of 'Sleepers' and 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

This paper compares and contrasts the universe and life outlook featured in these two poems by Walt Whitman in six pages. There a...

Major Images in 'Song of Myself' and 'Sleepers' by Walt Whitman II

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the images featured in these two poems by Walt Whitman. There are no other sources...

Narration in 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

In six pages this paper discuses how the narrator and the speaking eye impact the poem 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman. There ar...

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman and its 1855 Preface

time, as well as giving rise by their death to the new life, the "stalwart heir who approaches" (Whitman 1) of the new America....

Poetic Persona of Walt Whitman Expressed in 'Song of Myself'

This paper discusses how his American vision is expressed by Walt Whitman in 'Song of Myself' in five pages. There are no other s...

Perils and Promises of American Society in The Federalist and Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

accurately and appropriately described as of a "shared identity." However, that shared identity also has a level of uncertainty w...

Essay Example on Walt Whitman and Changning American Society

and insights as previous nature poets and against the threat of a materialism that seems to be viewed as a destructive force capab...

'A Noiseless Patient Spider' by Walt Whitman

Whitmans lyric style -- "A Noiseless Patient Spider." Although the subject of the poem is a lonely spider, the tone is formal, wh...

Longfellow, Whitman and Dickinson

A 5 page paper which examines one poem from Longfellow, Whitman, and Dickinson. The poems examined are The poets, and their poems,...

Science and 19th Century Romanticism

In thirteen pages this paper discusses the romantic aspects of science and poetry in a consideration of the works by poets includi...

'Noiseless Patient Spider' by Walt Whitman

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...

Historical Influence of Walt Whitman

In eight pages this paper discusses the social and political influences Walt Whitman exerted through his poetry from an historical...

Comparative Analysis of the Romantics and Sigmund Freud

In seven pages this paper compares the Romantic perspectives articulated in the poetry of William Blake, Walt Whitman, and William...

Romanticism of Poet Walt Whitman

free through no other means than verse. "Out from behind this bending, rough-cut mask, These lights and shades, this drama of the...

Walt Whitman

printers apprentice and then went on to work as a journeyman printer and a teacher (Books and Writers). Following that period of...

Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Transcendentalism

on other writers who were to follow them. However, just as Emerson did not express his philosophy in the same way as Thoreau, foll...

Life and Works of Walt Whitman

the Civil War and when he heard that his brother was wounded he left for Fredericksburg and cared for his brother, along with othe...

Birds in Literature

In three pages this paper examines the symbolic meaning of birds in Walt Whitman's poem 'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking' and ...

On the Beach at Night by Walt Whitman

stanza carries the fathers musings further as he tells his child that there is "Something...more immortal than the stars" (Whitman...

Whitman: "Song of Myself"

except "en-masse" (Morace). Whitman refers to equality again in Section 5 when he says "...all the men ever born are also my brot...

'Americana and the American Renaissance' by Wallace Stevens

In 5 pages this 1950 poem serves as a reflection on the American literary Renaissance characterized by Walt Whitman and Ralph Wald...

Walt Whitman and the Influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In six pages the influence of Emerson upon Whitman's poetry is examined with the primary focus being 'Song of Myself' and poetic l...

American Poetry

array of individuals that Whitman clearly associated himself with as perhaps an American. He states, "I am enamourd of growing out...

Paul Dunbar’s Use of Double Consciousness

all tears and sighs?" (Dunbar "We Wear"). In other words, the world is callous and pays no heed to the pain that it causes, but D...

Life and Poetry of Emily Dickinson

In a paper consisting of 6 pages Emily Dickinson's life and poetry are considered with a discussion of her American literary contr...

Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson

Whitman and Dickinson In both of these poems, the tone of the poem is conversational. Each poet has preserved within the rhythm o...