Whitman And Dickinson Research Paper

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Whitman and Dickinson are two extraordinary poets of their time. Main because they different follow the trend of other poets. They went about their own unique writing style when writing their poems and short story. Whitman writing consisted of mainly what was growth and deaf. Dickinson was an aphoristically poet that dealt with a very small words to get her point across. Whitman and Dickinson was both born in the nineteenth century, Whitman was born in 1819 and Dickinson in 1830.
Whitman was democratic in both his life and his language. He was concerned with new age America that was growing up around him. Whitman new that America as relatively new country that it had a lot of undiscovered potential. Since the young country was still expanding

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