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Examination of Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself'

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

Democracy According to Socrates and Henry David Thoreau

pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

Philosophical Comparison of Benjamin Franklin and Henry David Thoreau

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

Individuality and Liberty According to John Stuart Mill and Henry David Thoreau

respond to and voice his opinions regarding the political events and developments of his time in England, but with a vision for th...

Applying the Literary Lessons of E.M. Forster and Henry David Thoreau

This paper examines the importance of being able to apply the teachings found in great literary works such as those of Thoreau and...

Ideological Comparison of Henry David Thoreau and Frederick Douglass

(Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, 2001 and See Also Thoreau, 1993). This comparative essay examines ...

E.M. Forster's Novel A Passage to India and Walt Whitman's Poem 'Passage to India' Analyzed

or sex. Thanks to technology, Whitman waxed poetic about an inspirational East-West cultural and intellectual exchange, with both...

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

In five ways the protagonist Frederic Henry's transformation from boy to man through his wartime experience and romance with Cathe...

Renaissance Culture: Donatello, Michelangelo and Shakesepare

spirited figure of St George in armour, expressing in the head of this saint the beauty of youth, courage and valour in arms, and ...

Icon Walt Disney Examined

thinks of an icon, most people who immediately come to mind are athletes, movie stars or politicians; hardly ever is someone more ...

Thoreau and Civil Disobedience

it is immoral to allow oneself to be associated with a gross injustice. In his essay, Thoreau refers particularly to the Mexican W...

Whitman and Hughes’ Poetry

Whitmans, just that the ones being examined do not examine that same sort of subject matter. In Whitmans The Ox-Tamer the poet s...

American Renaissance

This is not to say that the influence of European authors was not discernible in the work of these authors. For example, Melvill...

Corporate Leadership: Meg Whitman

for her considerable work and success as the CEO of eBay. However, Whitman was not always a part of this international internet ph...

Olson and Whitman

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...

Song of Myself

Walt Whitmans Song of Myself is a poem that is not necessarily about any one particular thing, not possessed of one single theme o...

A Quarter-Century Friendship: Thoreau and Emerson

friends for over 25 years. The nature of their friendship, like any such relationship, cannot really be understood by anyone on th...

New York City The Importance of Cultural Diversity

Walt Whitman contended that a city absorbs a person as affectionately as he has absorbed it. Five sources are listed in this four ...

American Identity Development

In three pages the ways in which literature reflects the development of an American identity are examined in the works of such aut...

Structure in 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

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

Symbolic Meaning of Grass in 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman

In 5 pages this paper examines metaphor and symbolic uses of grass in an analysis of 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman. There are ...

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman and Trancendentalism

The transcendentalism of Walt Whitman is discussed in a paper consisting of seven pages which focuses upon analysis of the poem 'S...

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...

Socrates' Observation 'The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living'

only a satire of society and politics, it is also an example of ones examination of his life. Although this work is a satire, it ...

American Poetry Contribution of Walt Whitman

In 5 pages this paper examines the modern poetry contributions of uniquely American poet Walt Whitman. There are 6 sources cited ...

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...

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...

American Experience in the Poems of Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman

In five pages this paper examines how unique aspects of the American experience are featured in the poems of Langston Hughes and W...

17th Century Puritan Clergyman Ralph Josselin and His Family Life

In five pages this paper discusses the family life of Puritan moderate minister Ralph Josselin as chronicled in his diaries....

Comparative Analysis of Walt Whitman's Song of the Open Road and Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

me leading wherever I choose. Out of the Cradle is a much slower-moving poem. It begins with the poet recalling a childhood ...