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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 ...

tells his readers to "undrape," because, to him, no one is guilty of shame or worthy of being discarded (line 145). Everyone and e...

drug addict living a life very similar to Sonnys. : "Thats right, he said quickly, aint nothing you can do. Cant much help old Son...

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...

. . . perceives that it waits a little while in the door . . . that it was fittest for its days . . . that its action has...

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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

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...

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

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

Objectification of humans is the focus of this poetic analysis of 'Pruned Tree' by Howard Moss, 'The Work Box' by Thomas Hardy and...

each individual word. Yet, paradoxically, poetry is that art form in which what is unsaid is often as important--or more importan...

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

to Leaves of Grass-certainly more perfect as a work of art, being adjusted in all its proportions . . . But I am perhaps mainly sa...

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

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

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