Styles, Values, Dickinson and Whitman During the Ninetieth century, two critical poets that came about were Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. These two poets are credited with laying the foundation of modern poetry because of the different poetic styles and messages they presented in their work. Dickson and Whitman came from two different types of lifestyles, which can be credited with shaping their core values. The main difference that exist between Dickinson and Whitman poems is the different poetic styles they used throughout their poems. Even though there are many differences in the their poetic styles, these two poets still had similar themes, values, poetic goals that they wanted their readers to understand. The core values of Dickinson
