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disjointed discourse on a series of ideas and impressions that flow freely through a characters or narrators mind. The very person...

seems to be making a statement about independence of spirit, but an involvement with mankind. "I markd where on a little promontor...

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

transcribe concerning the inevitable. One author notes that "The central theme arouses from Whitmans pantheistic view of life, fro...

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

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

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...

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...

In five pages this paper discusses the untraditional structural unity that is present in the poem 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman...

occupation or condition, unworthy of being saluted in his poetry. Although he was relatively successful in terms of worldly succe...

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...

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...

Thomas Eakins: A Friendship of Artistic Gain). In fact, this particular painting is clearly a representation of a scene in Whitman...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

in colonial America and grew impressively after the Revolution, with ship production centering on the East River (NY Maritime Cult...

this reveals his positive outlook toward the world and his own existence, and allows the reader some comprehension as to his value...

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...