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The Poet’s Patriotic Orientation in “Song of Myself” BY Reem Abbas 43380421 The forefather of modern American poetry Walt Whitman writes “Song of Myself” in his great production Leaves of Grass. This poem is one the most enjoyable, controversial, and pioneering poem among twelve other poems. Many poets and critics from the day of its publication until now have debated about it. This influential poem makes Emerson greet Whitman in his great…

Many poets have the ability to captivate audiences by combining personal experiences with general empathy. The poems these poets create invoke subjective feelings within those who experience them, causing the interpreted meaning of the poems to be largely subjective. An individual’s opinion on a work of literature can only be justified through the means of a critical analysis. The meaning in Amiri Baraka’s poem, “ Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note,” is established through the use of…

“I Hear America Singing,” by Walt Whitman is mainly about American people working away at their jobs in a joyful manner. I will be paraphrasing this poem, stating the theme, and giving my personal reaction to it. To summarize Walt Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing,” people work joyfully and sing the songs of their jobs throughout the day. The speaker of the poem announces that he hears "America singing," and then describes that each worker sings, "what belongs to him or her,” such as the…

Poet for our time's commentary The headlines of Newspapers are those that catch our eye, and “grab attention”. The poem Poet for our Times by Carol Ann Duffy is one that explores, from the perspective of a newspaper headline writer, scandals and the normal aspects discussed in poetry. Referencing News headlines, the speaker, who is in a bar, provides the audience with social critics as well as the state of what art has become in 1980’s Britain. Through the use of chatty language, as well as a…

“The home of the free and the brave every heart beats true where there's never a boast or brag” is from the song “Grand Ol’ Flag.” Walt Whitman would agree with this song because his poem “I Hear America Singing” give a positive look on America just like the song refers to America and how everyone is free. However Langston Hughes's poem was disagreeing with Witman, but Hughes's describes in his poem how much he wants freedom in America. Whitman wrote his poem in the mid 1800’s although Hughes…

The 19th century poet,Walt Whitman, is an important figure in American Literature.Walt Whitman wrote poems that represented events and important social issues going on in the United States of America during the late 1800’s. In his poems, “Song of Myself” and “Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry”, he talks to the future generations about society's problems, as if Whitman wanted the audience in today’s generation to learn from his own generation. Also, in his poems, Whitman uses transcendental thoughts…

The American voice is characterized by The theme of hard work. This is demonstrated in Walt Whitman’s poem “ I hear America singing” states that “ the wood cutter’s song the plowboys on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown. this means that they are hard working people that they are passionate in what they do. Those workers are happy to head to work with such Joy.this idea is also found in Obama’s speech that states “her father worked on the oil rings and farm through…

People always hope that great thing would happen in the future. Everyone has good wishes. So does Walt Whitman. By writing the poem “so long,” Whitman makes his wishes for America and people through his announcements. His statements express the idea of democracy and faith in the future of the country. He also imagines his own death. The announcements of the future and his attitude toward death grant Whitman a sense of fulfillment. The author’s faith in future is one theme of the poem. Whitman…

Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud was born on September 4, 1896 in Marseilles, France. He was one of three survivors out of nine children born to a Levantine Greek mother and a wealthy ship fitter father. His parents were first cousins. Such a successive mortality rate may have been in part due to congenital problems that played a major role in his illnesses. Artaud spent time in the Army and was discharged due to “self- induced habit of sleepwalking. His most productive works come only after a…

Tracy K. Smith is a poet, and she is the 22nd poet laureate of the United States. Carla Hayden appointed Smith a second term as poet laureate. Smith does not like how America has divided into two regions: urban and rural. Although she is from the urban region, she wants to discover solutions for the rural region. When Smith was in South Carolina, she met different people that were apart of segregation. Furthermore, she felt overwhelmed by two poems during her time visiting rural areas. The first…