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magnum opus, Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman attempts to fulfill the duties of the American Bard and tell the story of the American people. The American Bard is, according to Whitman, “the equalizer of his age and land” (1012), who speaks for all without bias or exclusions. In the preface to Leaves of Grass, he says, “The American bards… shall be kosmos… hungry for equals night and day” (1016). The Bard will not express bias towards a certain class, topic, or region. Whitman declares, “What I tell…

In Whitman's “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” he paints a verbal picture of appreciating learning from experience. In lines one and two, he inundates you with heavy words like proofs, figures, charts, and diagrams that are all very strong and authoritively describing his learning experience in a lecture room. He grows "tired" and "sick" of this sense of confinement. Feeling captive and stagnant in this conventional learning environment, he longs to, instead of just reading the facts and…

Walt Whitman wrote a collection of poems in one of his books. Poems, such as, “Song of Myself.” These poems are interesting and well written. His sixth poem in his “Leaves of Grass,” talks about death. He uses different ways to describe how grass relates to death and uses metaphors to relate grass to different objects. There are many examples of him showing how grass relates to death. First, a child asks Walt Whitman “What is grass,” but he does not know any more than the child does about grass…

American Voice American Voice is characterized by the theme of brave and how they take on one of the greatest armies in the world. And they’re strong because they won the war against the British. And hard workers because they build the United State Of America. The American voice is characterized by the theme of Brave. This is demonstrated in Patrick Henry, speech “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death”.This ideas is also found in “which our enemy can send against us”. This support the…

novel, Siddhartha and Whitman’s poem, Song of Myself both relate with two common themes. The two themes that make the works come together are becoming one with nature and self acceptance/not being afraid to express oneself. In both works, Hesse and Whitman both represent similar ideas and themes to the readers. The first theme that connects both works is becoming one with nature which is strongly shown in both Hesse’s novel and Whitman’s poem. In Siddharta, Siddharta finds enlightenment by…

Children of the River Technology: They had weapons, guns,knives,cars. They had motocycles in Camboldia.Grandmother and younger Aunt had to leave Camboldia to, get on a ship and go to the United states. They had telephones they did not have cell phones at that time, and they did not have telephones in Camboldia just in the United states. That’s why she got a letter in the mail telling Sundara that her sister was safe,Sundara did not here from her parents in that letter. Culture:Hot in…

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was an American poet and journalist. Whitman was born May 31st, 1819 in West Hills, New York. He was considered one of America’s most influential poets. In 1855, Whitman self-published one of the landmarks in American literature today, the collection Leaves of Grass which has been revised and expanded throughout his life. Whitman's poetry was different in style from that of any poet in his Era. In his poetry, his use of linguistic styles, metaphors, and…

less dense by clearing out the disconnected emotions and readjusting with fresh attitudes in this new sense of mind? As Ginsberg wonders about his spirituality, the author personifies himself as Walt Whitman. The character he describes does not exist in this poem. Allen Ginsberg wants to be Walt Whitman. He wants to be…

Finding Society In the novel of “The Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman, he finds himself in the place of society by in his beliefs. “I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass”. He believes that he is still apart of the world and nature because once the dead people are burry the person body decays into the ground. In the novel of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, Huckleberry finds his place in society by not following the society rules…

Although Walt Whitman and Martin Niemöller lived in two different centuries, the 19th century and the 20th century respectively, both men were well-aware of the injustices occurring to the innocent around them. Walt Whitman lived to witness the controversy of slavery, even partook in the Civil War as a nurse, and personally witnessed the violence and death resulting from the Civil War whereas Martin Niemöller lived to witness the rise of Nazism and anti-Semitism. Through the art of poetry, both…