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avails not, time nor place - distance avails not, I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations he...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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 ...

to Whitmans own estimates, he aided over 100,000 soldiers during this period, many of whom became his devoted friends (Valiumas 70...

For example, in verse six, Whitman is ". . . Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms/strong and content I tra...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

In eight pages the importance of setting historical setting in order to take readers back to an earlier period is considered in an...

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

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...