In Jack Kerouac’s novel‚ On The Road‚ main protagonist Dean Moriarty symbolizes an "almost" immortal flame of youth that embodies the rebellious generation of uncertainty that describes 1950s Beat culture. Desirable of everything at the same time‚ from his numerable fixations with drugs‚ his incalculable romantic entanglements with women‚ or his superficial preoccupation to be seen as an intellectual‚ we get to know Dean’s liberating and pioneering personality as the "Holy Goof" as well as an apparent
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Journal-" Crossing Brooklyn Ferry " - Walt Whitman " Crossing Brooklyn Ferry " is a poem told from a man on a ferry between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The journey begins with the man leaning over a railing look into the water. The man ( Walt Whitman ) sees the clouds and the sun set reflected in the water and personifies them as "you". Throughout the poem Whitman will personify many other things in the poem. The business people and workers on the ferry a reflectively "curious" to him.
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Busy Streets of London Imagine yourself walking down a busy street in London‚ watching all the mismatched faces pass you. Watching them wallow in self misery‚ and crying with soot in there eyes. In William Blake’s poem “London” the imagery shows makes you think of this image. “London” produces horrific imagery‚ great denotations for anyone to solve‚ and several figures of speech. “London” a well written poem‚ shows imagery throughout the first and last word. “How the chimney-sweeper’s cry/Every
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Out From Behind This Mask By: Walt Whitman • Synopsis In Whitman’s poem Out From Behind This Mask‚ the poem starts out by talking about the passion and excitement that to many‚ lies just out of reach. Whitman is trying to illustrate how this ecstasy is much closer than once thought‚ by comparing the barrier as a curtain or a mask. The wonders that lie beyond this mask range from “passionate teeming plays” to “the glaze of God’s serenest‚ purest sky.” To Whitman‚ the possibilities are endless
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The Personified Train: Dickinson vs. Whitman Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman are considered to be exceptional influence in American poetry. Both poets possess a different style of writing‚ but many of their poems have similar themes about the environment that surrounds them. Dickinson’s "I Like To See It Lap The Miles" and Whitman’s "To A Locomotive In Winter" revolve around the theme of trains. Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman portray trains to have body parts‚ sounds‚ and movements analogous
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Chapter I The Problem A. INTRODUCTION Having a term paper as a requirement for the graduating students is important. It may be difficult for the students since it is their first time to make this requirement but it is fun to do this‚ since this is one of knowing the author and the same time develop the researcher’s skill in analyzing and interpreting ideas. In the writing this term paper the researchers gain information and get familiar to the works and life story of the two authors
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Written in 1881 by Walt Whitman‚ “Song of Myself”‚ is known to “represent the core of Whitman’s poetic vision” (Greenspan). To many people‚ this poem is confusing and complex because of the wordplay and symbolism. This poem “requires a large perspective; you must not get your face too near the book. You must bring to it a magnanimity of spirt‚ a charity and faith equal to its own.” (Burroughs) Whitman starts out by introducing the subject the poem‚ himself‚ and continues to celebrate this topic
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William Blake’s 1789 and 1794 poems‚ both entitled "The Chimney Sweeper‚" contain similar diction where the child is speaking and cries out; Blake uses simple and informal diction to create a childlike atmosphere. Each poem is set apart by point of view‚ creating different tone. In his 1789 version of "The Chimney Sweeper‚" the point of view is from a young child‚ producing a happy and innocent tone for he views everything that happens to him as a blessing‚ unaware of what his father has truly forced
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Recitatif and Song of Myself A common theme in American literature is the concept of identity and sense of self. This theme is explored through many genres by several different authors. Two pieces of American literature which give perspective on this theme are Toni Morrison ’s Recitatif and Walt Whitman ’s Song of Myself. In Morrison ’s writing‚ one views the ways in which race impacts identity and fosters a common humanity amongst its characters‚ while in Whitman ’s poetry one is able to analyze
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Walt Whitman’s Legacy in American Free Verse An American poet who desired to stand out from the crowd. At the time‚ free verse appeared to be strange poetry writing format that didn’t have any rules. But Walt Whitman learnt to embrace this form of writing‚ and is known today for it. Walt Whitman was a transcendentalist who expressed his beliefs and perspective freely. He chose to cover a diverse array of themes ranging from elegies‚ democracy‚ equality ‚ death and growth to sexuality. Thus he
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