Democratic Individualism in Whitman’s Poetry Walt Whitman will remain as a well-known‚ superb poet. Clarence Brown stated‚ the words of someone speaking on Walt Whitman‚ “He is the only one of the conventionally recognized American poets who is worth reading” (37). Walt Whitman is a poet that writes with purpose. His poetry seems to attempt to teach the more desirable behavior and traits for Americans. It depicts the ideal American democrat‚ peace maker‚ and a well-rounded person‚ in general. Not
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I chose Walt Whitman for my biography report because Mr. Farlow said that if I wasn’t going to take this class seriously and pick a real poet I might as well not come to class anymore. Walt Whitman was an awful child molester who was born in ancient Hong Kong. He is over 3‚000 years old and remembers the names of all the forgotten Gods. Walt Whitman is 90 stories tall‚ and his adventures are legendary. With his blue ox‚ Emily Dickenson‚ Walt Whitman traveled across young America and helped
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but have fallen back on fond dreams of the future" (by Walt Whitman‚ qtd. in Miller‚ Sex and Sexuality) SEX AND SEXUALITY IN THE POETRY OF WALT WHITMAN Perhaps‚ in the following essay I put a quart into a pint pot‚ because I intend to puzzle out‚ or rather‚ find and give a deeper insight into Walt Whitman’s sexuality that is still a question on agenda. There are readers and critics who state that it is a shame to humble his poetry to this level‚ but I think that he was homosexual in his era
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Very few people will contest that Walt Whitman may be one of the most important and influential writers in American literary history and conceivably the single most influential poet. However many have claimed that Whitman’s writing is so free form as evident in his 1855 Preface to Leaves of Grass and Song of Myself that it has no style. The poetic structures he uses are unconventional but reflect his very democratic ideals towards America. Although Whitman’s writing does not include a structure that
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Old Walt Old Walt Whitman Went finding and seeking‚ Finding less than sought Seeking more than found‚ Every detail minding Of the seeking or the finding. Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding‚ Each detail minding‚ Old Walt went seeking And finding. Langston Hughes‚ 1954 from A Supermarket in California Where are we going Walt Whitman? The doors close in an hour. Which way does your beard point tonight? (I touch your book and dream of our odyssey in the supermarket and feel
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WHITMAN‚ THE DEMOCRATIC POET When the first edition of Leaves of Grass was originally published in 1855‚ Walt Whitman ’s collection of poems was a slender yet ideologically rich book. Although only fully recognized after his death‚ Whitman ’s body of work has become the emblem of American democracy. If in the beginning he had been scorned‚ ignored‚ or misunderstood‚ slowly and steadily Whitman achieved international fame‚ and is now arguably one of the most
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two of them being Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. Although they were both very impactful after their lifetime because of their poetry exemplifying the change going on in America‚ many couldn’t see that change while they were living. Both poets had many differences and similarities that are shown in their poetry. In order to determine the similarities and differences of Whitman and Dickinson’s poetry‚ one must look at their background‚ themes‚ and style of their poetry. Whitman was a very unique
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Rainey Pre-AP English 11 9 April 2013 Heroes Among Us Walt Whitman had a knack for emitting heroic qualities‚ like those of soldiers‚ into average people. Whitman was a volunteer nurse in the Civil War and vividly relives his experiences from the hospital tents through his poetry and his characters. While a nurse‚ Whitman was advised by other‚ more experienced nurses to not build personal relationships with the patients. Walt Whitman did not heed these warnings and collected information from
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Walt Whitman is a very crucial person when it comes to American Poetry. He is the father of American poetry.Walt Whitman is a man of America and is very loyal and respectful to his country that he holds close to his heart. Whitman has inspired many American poets up until this day and he still lives on because of his poetry. Walt Whitman was a patriotic man as seen in “I Hear America Singing‚” “O Captain! My Captain!‚” and “Cavalry Crossing a Ford.” Whitman shows that he is patriotic by saluting
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Walt Whitman: Poet of the American Paradox Walt Whitman is generally regarded as one of America’s most important and influential nineteenth century poets. Whitman’s diverse life included becoming a printer‚ schoolteacher‚ reporter‚ and editor. All of which added to his love of literature and the English language as a whole. Some of his major works‚ including Leaves of Grass‚ were inspired in part by his travels through the American frontier and by his admiration for poets like Ralph Waldo Emerson
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