Meg Whitman

What America means to someone is a greatly personal matter. With “I Hear America Singing” and “I, Too”, two artists give their views, and the poems, written years apart, pair well together. Whitman celebrates those who can sing, while Hughes speaks for those who are silenced. Whitman sails over flowing description, showing the tales of Americans in lush colors. Their calls spring from the text. Quilted together, the voices of ordinary America form a tapestry, made of workers. Idols are not…

From California’s Shores” and “A Noiseless Patient Spider”, written by Walt Whitman, are very alike but also quite different. They are alike because in both of these poems, Whitman is searching for the meaning in life.They are different only because in one poem, Whitman specifically talks about his life while the other poem compares his life to the spider’s life. In the poem “Facing West From California’s Shores”, Whitman is searching for the meaning in life by writing, “Inquiring -” and “But…

this nation? The two poets, however, reach somewhat different conclusions in response to these questions. Whitman is known as the quintessential American poet, in part due to poems like this one. Whitman's "Song of Myself" positions the individual at the center, and the individual (at least Whitman as the individual) is a multi-faceted, inclusive being. In "I Hear America Singing," Whitman refers to "the varied carols" of different workers ("mechanics" [2]), "the carpenter" [3], " the mason"…

one but he is everybody. He is the face of America and is related to nature. In “Song of Myself” Whitman writes about the different experiences of people and professions he has encountered in his life. He becomes one with these people and therefore, senses a deeper connection with them. With that connection, he develops a feeling of wholeness with himself. For example, in section eleven of the poem Whitman describes a woman watching a group of men bathing in the ocean together. He says,…

“Ragged Old Flag” is a patriotic song that proves that you should not judge a book by its cover. It tells of an old man who shows the narrator that there is more than what meets the eye about the ragged old flag. The old man begins to account different events that the flag participated in throughout history. The ragged old flag managed to stay in good shape even after it “got cut with a sword in Chancellorsville” and it “turned blood red in World War II”. The theme of “Ragged Old Flag” is that…

I chose the poem “Mientras por Competir con tu Cabello” by Luis de Gongora because its directly related to the theme of carpe diem which urges people to live their lives to the fullest without concerning for their future. The imagery that stands out in this poem says, “no solo en plata o viola troncada se vuelva, mas tu y ello juntamente en tierra, en humo, en polvo, en sombra, en nada.” This imagery demonstrates the whole purpose of this poem which is to tell everyone that their life, youth,…

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…