A patriotic person consists of many characteristics and feelings that Walt Whitman had and felt for America. Whitman shows his love for Lincoln and how his poetry allows him to live on as shown in this quote, “He remains alive in history not only through his epic poetry of self, but through the death of the president whose greatness he would both identify with and envy.”(Hockman,145) This quote shows how Walt lives on from his astonishing poetry and for his love of America. Walt 's poems are analyzed and taught to many Americans in schools every day. When Walt 's story is told and his poems are shared this allows his legacy to live on. When talking about Walt, Abraham Lincoln often appears in the conversation because Whitman admired and envied
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Lincoln thought alike and have similar ideas about America. If you helped America like stated above, you were a hero to Whitman. People who made America worse or hurt it were villains in Whitman’s eyes. Whitman had a few goals in life and one of the biggest was his focus on America and like Lincoln they worked for a common goal. Lincoln death is well represented in this poem. The poem “O Captain! My Captain!” Reveals how shocked the nation was when they heard about the death their beloved president. A quote that shows his death and more is “O the bleeding drops of red,...Fallen cold and dead.”(Whitman, 15) Whitman states that Lincoln has fallen and died. The drops of red blood and cold body is a metaphor for America. The red blood represents hardiness that Lincoln had and the blue represents the perseverance and justice that he had for his country. The blood is in his body the same way that Americas is in his heat and Whitman does an exquisite job of expressing this in a metaphor form. When Whitman puts things like this in his work it shows how much he really cares for America by adding the little details that mean much more. Nevertheless, Whitman’s goals for America and his poetry portraits America will help America become …show more content…
Thomas stated, “ In many ways he single handedly gave birth to the modern movement in American poetry.”( Thomas, 49) Walt set the precedent of writing about America and its greatest leads. Today many Americans write about America and about people like Whitman. Whitman 's works include metaphors and other literary devices. An example of this is “ Scarlet and blue and snowy white.”(Whitman, Cavalry Crossing a Ford) The colors scarlet, blue, and white resemble the American flag. The scarlet blood shows how America was in Lincoln 's blood and how he is the father of America. The white resembles their freedom and how Whitman and Lincoln hope for a better union. Lastly, the blue resembles justice. Without justice and freedom, there could be no America. Thomas states “ It can be said to represent the union of Army’s goal for a unified America.”(Thomas, 49) This means that most of Whitman 's works represent how he wanted America to be unified and all working to make their country better for future generations. Once everyone in America is unified together, there will be no more room for improvement and Whitman and Lincoln 's goals are fulfilled. When America is strong there are many ways to express freedom and Walt does this in several of his works. An example from the poem “ Cavalry Crossing a Ford” is “The guidon flags flutter gayly in the wind,” ( Whitman, 4 ) In this line
Lincoln thought alike and have similar ideas about America. If you helped America like stated above, you were a hero to Whitman. People who made America worse or hurt it were villains in Whitman’s eyes. Whitman had a few goals in life and one of the biggest was his focus on America and like Lincoln they worked for a common goal. Lincoln death is well represented in this poem. The poem “O Captain! My Captain!” Reveals how shocked the nation was when they heard about the death their beloved president. A quote that shows his death and more is “O the bleeding drops of red,...Fallen cold and dead.”(Whitman, 15) Whitman states that Lincoln has fallen and died. The drops of red blood and cold body is a metaphor for America. The red blood represents hardiness that Lincoln had and the blue represents the perseverance and justice that he had for his country. The blood is in his body the same way that Americas is in his heat and Whitman does an exquisite job of expressing this in a metaphor form. When Whitman puts things like this in his work it shows how much he really cares for America by adding the little details that mean much more. Nevertheless, Whitman’s goals for America and his poetry portraits America will help America become …show more content…
Thomas stated, “ In many ways he single handedly gave birth to the modern movement in American poetry.”( Thomas, 49) Walt set the precedent of writing about America and its greatest leads. Today many Americans write about America and about people like Whitman. Whitman 's works include metaphors and other literary devices. An example of this is “ Scarlet and blue and snowy white.”(Whitman, Cavalry Crossing a Ford) The colors scarlet, blue, and white resemble the American flag. The scarlet blood shows how America was in Lincoln 's blood and how he is the father of America. The white resembles their freedom and how Whitman and Lincoln hope for a better union. Lastly, the blue resembles justice. Without justice and freedom, there could be no America. Thomas states “ It can be said to represent the union of Army’s goal for a unified America.”(Thomas, 49) This means that most of Whitman 's works represent how he wanted America to be unified and all working to make their country better for future generations. Once everyone in America is unified together, there will be no more room for improvement and Whitman and Lincoln 's goals are fulfilled. When America is strong there are many ways to express freedom and Walt does this in several of his works. An example from the poem “ Cavalry Crossing a Ford” is “The guidon flags flutter gayly in the wind,” ( Whitman, 4 ) In this line