Comparing Emily Dickinson And Whitman's
Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman were both poets of the nineteenth century. Although their poems were very different in structure, they both wrote about similar topics. They both realized the importance of individuality and incorporated that into their poems. In the two poems, “269, Wild nights” by Dickinson and “21, I am the poet of the Body” by Whitman, the importance of individuality is shown by their subject matter and writing style.
In the poem by Whitman, writes about pleasures and “passionate love.” This was unheard of in his time as sex was usually not written about. He expresses his emotions like no other writer before him. The line, “I say it is as great to be a woman as to be a man, (Baym, 1038).” This is also extremely original
In the poem by Whitman, writes about pleasures and “passionate love.” This was unheard of in his time as sex was usually not written about. He expresses his emotions like no other writer before him. The line, “I say it is as great to be a woman as to be a man, (Baym, 1038).” This is also extremely original