Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission‚ having devoted all his life to the creation of the “single” poem‚ I sit and look out. In this giant work‚ openness‚ freedom‚ and above all‚ individualism are all that concerned him. His aim was nothing less than to express some new poetical feelings and to initiate a poetic tradition in which difference should be recognized. Whitman is almost as blatant as this in his pacing of current experience because in the short poem “I Sit and Look Out
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I sit and look out” by Walt Whitman echoes all miseries and atrocities of life that rose to the surface in the wake of capitalism. 19th century witnessed a sea change in the lives of people as rat race for materialistic possession became more prominent and principles were relegated‚ concerns and emotions were sidelined from inside of human beings. The poet pen pictures such a sad tale of human life by attempting to pose as onlooker who watches everything but does nothing to alter situations. In
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example‚ he describes the misery that exists‚ "the ranklings of jealousy and unrequited love attempted to be hid‚" and doesn’t comment on how awful that is‚ or what we should learn from it‚ or how we should change the misery; his next line is simply‚ "I see these sights on the earth". No moral imposition‚ no call to action. He is simply reporting what he sees. That is the silence he is referring to‚ a silence of judgment or analysis on the events. Whitman‚ a great believer of individualism and trusting
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I SIT AND LOOK OUT Walt Whitman‚ a prominent American anti war poet‚ who lived during the times of civil war witnessed the condition around him with his own eyes and transformed it into literature which still stands relevant to our lives today. The advent of capitalism during this time and its rapid proliferation brought with itself several ramifications. Human concerns were relegated and principles were sidelined. In response to all the atrocities‚ the people looked around and turned a blind
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If‚ ‘I Hear America Singing’ depicts a brighter and more up-beat society; ‘I Sit and Look Out’ describes a dark‚ sad‚ corrupted‚ sorrowful world. Walt Whitman uses sad words describing emotion and just all sorts of corruption imaginable. In this sense the entire poem is a poignant criticism of life‚ with the speaker acting as a detached observer‚ finally leaving it upon the reader to react and judge against the malady of life that the poet shows within the framework of just ten lines. To begin
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‘I Sit and Look Out’ describes a dark‚ sad‚ corrupted‚ sorrowful world and shows the realism of the world. It talks about a man who sees evil in the world but does nothing to stop it or extinguish it. He leaves all of the misery and bitterness alone and acts as though he does not witness it. Whitman argues that no one stands up to the injustices of the world‚ to make things right. He is urging us‚ not just to see and hear the meanness and the agony of people suffering in the world‚ but to correct
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marvelous works that have inspired and intrigued readers. One of those authors is Walt Whitman‚ he wrote about the greatness of America and how happy people are to be there. In his Poem “ I Hear America Singing”‚ the genre he writes about is clearly portrayed. Another great and talented author is Angela de Hoyos‚ she works to help represent the Hispanic community and through words be the voice of so many people. In the poem “To Walt Whitman” her genre style is portrayed. And finally another great author is
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cars‚ a dog and a satisfying job)‚ the spirit of innovation‚ individuality and progress remains unchanged. The father of free verse‚ and perhaps the American perspective of poetry‚ Walt Whitman embodies these values in his life and work. First published in 1855 in Leaves of Grass‚ "Song of Myself" is a vision of a symbolic "I" enraptured by the senses‚ vicariously embracing all people and places from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. Sections 1 and 2‚ like the entirety of the piece‚ seek to reconcile
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The life of Walt Whitman is a quite normal but interesting one. Whitman was born on May 31‚ 1819 in West Hills‚ Long Island‚ New York‚ the second of eight children in the Whitman household. (Editors) He was raised by two loving parents‚ Louisa Van Velsor and Walter Whitman‚ that would do almost anything for their eight children. Whitman grew up in a modest household which also had modest means. (Editors) The Whitman family owned large parcels of property and farmland and where living comfortably
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Whitman’s students lay in grass to watch lady bugs and waded through ponds to catch frogs. Why?—Because Whitman did not see the merit in students learning through second-hand methods. “…But each man and each woman of you I lead upon a knoll” He wanted to truly show his students the world‚ as closely as possible‚ recognizing he could learn as much from them as they could from him. In many ways‚ Whitman helped the American education system along‚ though he would surely still criticize it today. In
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