Both Emily Dickinson’s and Walt Whitman’s poems have numerous differences. Their writing styles differ as well, in that Emily Dickinson’s are short and simple, while Walt Whitman’s are long, complex and largely prose-style.
In Whitman’s work, “Song of Myself”, you learn much about the author. The poem was written in phases, and on page 1024, the notes at the bottom of the page describe how the title of this poem was changed throughout the years. I think this is a semblance of how the poem’s meaning to Whitman changed and developed throughout the years. This poem struck me as a battle to remain himself in a world or people who all resemble one another, not on appearance, but on a cellular structure and spiritual level, but he also wants to unite spiritually with the universe. From his opening stanza, it feels as though he …show more content…
To elaborate is no avail, learn’d and unlearn’d feel that it is so.” I feel that this is a realization that the goal of humanity is to reproduce but we remain singular individuals in the flesh, who figuratively fight to become relevant and make a name for ourselves.
Dickinson’s works are similarly unique in the way she uses punctuation and her usual grammar.
From reading her works, you can’t exactly know what she is referring to. Her writing is mysterious and really open to interpretation. None-the-less, I feel she also struggles with her spirituality and her physical body. On page 1197, poem 260, she writes “I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you - Nobody - too? Then there’s a pair of us! Don’t tell! They’d advertise - you know! How dreary - to be - Somebody! How public - like a Frog
In Whitman’s work, “Song of Myself”, you learn much about the author. The poem was written in phases, and on page 1024, the notes at the bottom of the page describe how the title of this poem was changed throughout the years. I think this is a semblance of how the poem’s meaning to Whitman changed and developed throughout the years. This poem struck me as a battle to remain himself in a world or people who all resemble one another, not on appearance, but on a cellular structure and spiritual level, but he also wants to unite spiritually with the universe. From his opening stanza, it feels as though he …show more content…
To elaborate is no avail, learn’d and unlearn’d feel that it is so.” I feel that this is a realization that the goal of humanity is to reproduce but we remain singular individuals in the flesh, who figuratively fight to become relevant and make a name for ourselves.
Dickinson’s works are similarly unique in the way she uses punctuation and her usual grammar.
From reading her works, you can’t exactly know what she is referring to. Her writing is mysterious and really open to interpretation. None-the-less, I feel she also struggles with her spirituality and her physical body. On page 1197, poem 260, she writes “I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you - Nobody - too? Then there’s a pair of us! Don’t tell! They’d advertise - you know! How dreary - to be - Somebody! How public - like a Frog