Christa B. Allen

“I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman is a poem about how different people from different backgrounds have one thing in common, being a hardworking American. In this poem, Whitman is using singing to metaphorically symbolize the sounds and the actions of laborers. It is a metaphorical tale in the sense that varied carols are being used to represent how America is made up of many individuals working together as one nation. The tone is an ecstatic display of everyday people working hard and…

In this free verse poem, “A Song,” Walt Whitman is describing how great he believes America really is by using metaphors and by adding a touch of repetition, imagery, and personification to give the reader a warm and fuzzy feeling. The first line in this poem emotes a powerful feeling. By writing about “making the continent indissoluble,” Whitman is creating a backdrop for the rest of the poem. It allows the reader to understand that the words that follow include colossal ideas about a nation…

Poets Ezra Pound and Allen Ginsberg have both expressed their feelings and views of fellow poet Walt Whitman, whether through a form of contempt or admiration, they both have drawn inspiration from Whitman's works and incorporated it into their own. Ezra Pound,, disliked or as Pound would say, “Detested” Whitman for quite sometime. Although he felt this way towards Whitman, in his poem “A Pact”, he goes on to say how Whitman “broke the new wood”, and that “now is a time for carving”. This shows…

Walt Whitman Biography Did you ever wonder who might be one of America's greatest poet? In this short biography I will be talking about the life and legacy of Walt Whitman. I will also be discussing some of Whitman's famous works such as ‘I hear America singing’ and ‘Leaves of Grass’. You will find out how many jobs Whitman worked and how that helped shape his career. Also, you will read why Ralph Waldo Emerson inspired Whitman. Walt Whitman was born May,31 1819 in West Hills, Huntington…

Allen Ginsberg, along with William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac are poets known as the "beats" and important writers of the beat movement. Ginsberg was born in New Jersey and raised in Paterson, NJ. His father was an english teacher. His mother suffered from mental illness and had a series of mental breakdowns. It affected him growing up. Ginsberg, Burroughs and Kerouac met at Columbia University in 1943. At the time, they were considered "subversive" for their views and behavior. They…

‘’ An experience. ‘’ The movie of ‘Tomorrow’, but as everyone knows it Annie, this musical was based on a comic strip, Little Orphan Annie, created by Harold Gray in the early 1900’s. It is fact that originally the playwright Thomas Meehan was a bit hesitant of creating a musical based on a comic, but in fact it was Martin Charnin the director also lyricist who had this idea, in this case persistence paid off when eventually Thomas and the composer Charles Strouse agreed. The production of…

Analysis Of “Homework” Allen Ginsberg, born in Newark, New Jersey in 1926, was a strong libertarian that supported antiwar movements and environmental protection in addition, he “traveled to South, America, Europe, Morocco, and India in 1962,” (Charters 12). During his childhood, his mother was plagued with nervous breakdowns and psychological troubles. Similarly, Ginsberg plead insanity to a crime later on in life, and he spent several months in a mental institution. In 1956, Ginsberg’s “Howl…

Allen Ginsberg's Howl was exactly as the title suggested; a howl. His protest against capitalism and conformity called into question what it truly meant to be normal. His explicit images of sex, drugs, and violence appalled societies' average readers. Through the chaos, however, something about Howl spoke to me. Today, we live in a world where we scrutinize mental health and, in this state, I found myself empathizing with young Ginsberg and the horror of his experiences. Ginsberg broke Howl up…

Walt Whitman& Emily Dickinson Points of View Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are one of the most famous poets in the American literature. Walt Whitman in his poem shows that he does not have any religion to follow, he creates his own one, and in some point it shows that he believes in God, but he does not follow the religion. Another point is that in “Song of Myself” he is celebrating himself and the doctor’s opinions are the spiritual relationship. Additionally, he describes his and the…

it’s not as bad as you think. Allen began to say other things that had taken place where he and Natalie had an altercation. Telling him about the dream my sister had about them and their altercation that God will reveal your business so someone can pray to turn the situation around because it could have been worse. You have to repent and pray ask forgiveness from Natalie and God. Allen remarked, God doesn’t hear a sinner’s prayer. God hears a prayer of true repentance Allen. He said he was going…