Marcus Whitman

A Native American saying is, “The tragedy of life is not death but what we let die inside of us while we live.” Both Puritans and Native Americans would have found this to be true after we examine their literary pieces. The first form of literature we see in America was Native American myths. These were origin myths about nature used to elaborate on the beginning of a part of creation. Then there was a shift between Native American myths to Puritan literature. Puritans used mostly poetry to…

America wasn’t a country that just “happened”, but rather people worked hard in it to build it into what America is today. In his poem “I hear America singing”, Walt Whitman writes about all the sounds he hears of different blue collar jobs being accomplished. Whether it be a carpenter measuring planks or a wife doing chores at home (Whitman), everyone was putting in work and contributing to the society. Virtually everyone then was contributing, including African Americans. Langston Hughes…

Reflection Essay 5 A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman begins with a single spider brainstorming how it will build a web. To build this magnificent web, the spider must start off with a single strand of filament connecting two walls. While the speaker of the poem is watching, he gives it a human like characteristic by calling it patient. The tone of the poem is very lonely, he describes a spider all by itself trying to start off his web. “I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood…

Walt Whitman is considered one of America's most influential poets. Many of his works celebrated democracy, nature, and love. Whitman’s work aimed to mirror the potential freedoms to be found in America through traditional epics. His love for America and its democracy can be attributed to his upbringing and his parents. During this time, the topic of change was uppermost in Whitman’s mind as the America of the 1850s drifted inexorably towards civil war. The America Walt Whitman lived in was…

The poet, Walt Whitman, the creator of “ Song Of Myself” from the book Leaves Of Grass, depicts the meaning of our life and our purpose of the universe as a beautiful life cycle of death and rebirth anew. Whitman conveys that “for for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you,/… every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air.”.,Whitman believes that the individual makes us unique in our own way while sharing common ground with others. This conveys that in Whitman’s poem we…

The poem “America” by Walt Whitman has a respectful tone. Whitman appeared to have great respect for American Society. There are some words throughout his poem that contribute to the respectful tone. The first word that contributes to the tone is equal. Whitman observed that there were “equal daughters, equal sons.” Equality appeared to be important to Whitman, so the fact that America provided the opportunity for everyone to be equal was something that Whitman showed his respect in the tone of…

When living upon what is most important in one’s life, not what is expected by others, the life is completely satisfied. With a keen eye on the future, a person can get through anything. Frank Sinatra and Walt Whitman share this idea in their mediums of art and literature. ”I’ve lived a life that’s full Traveled each and every highway And more, much more than this I did it my way.”(Anka) Through this verse, Sinatra serenades the idea that he has done all his…

In the poem “I Hear America Singing,” Walt Whitman, in his traditional patriotic style, tells a story about America during the nineteenth century. At first glance, the poem seems simplistic—incongruous with the complex works of other poets of the day such as Emily Dickinson. Although the poem does not have a specific rhyming scheme or require a large amount of imagination, it still communicates a powerful story to its readers. The message that Whitman delivers in eleven short lines is one that…

Walt Whitman was a man ahead of his time in the 1880s. He was a adventurous poet who loved to be outdoors and try new things. Whitman's ability to be others and to feel their experiences is remarkable especially in his day and age. Whitman expounds to be the poet of the people, combining and becoming each new person and each new experience, celebrating his experiences and expressing joy and heroism. He shows this through his realistic poems that he writes such as the famous “Song of Myself”.…

Walt Whitman is a famous American poet. Walt Whitman was inspired to write poems about the Civil War and changed his style of writing after experiencing the horrible result of the war. He was worried the war was going to break the nation apart. Before the War had started Whitman had written some amazing poetry like “Leaves of Grass,” for example. He had also published many different versions of a book that had man different types of poetry within it. A lot of his writing came from his fears and…