Meg Whitman

and importance of nature. Many pieces of literature contain some or all of these tenets, the ones i’m going to discuss and analyze today are Still I Rise by Maya Angelou that focuses on self-reliance and stanza 1 and 52 from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman which focuses on all tenants of transcendentalism (and that you will be discussing about the one that's most important 2 you). The poem Still I Rise written by Maya Angelou has a main focus of self-reliance, but can expresses all tenets of…

History books state the first story written was the “Epic of Gilgamesh” and the first book printed was the Gutenberg Bible. An interesting fact, one came before Christ and the other after, but both have roots in religion and contain stories about death and dying. So it is not surprising that literary works are filled with the same. While some works allude to it others bring it to the forefront. Emily Dickinson, in her poem “479”, boldly states, “Because I could not stop for Death” (1206) but…

these the old usages of poets afford Walt Whitman no means sufficiently fit and free, and he rejects the old usages. The style of the bard that is waited for is to be transcendent and new,” (Fitzgerald). Throughout history, Walt Whitman has been documented to have a unique style that had never been approached before. Whitman is believed to be a very radical figure of his time period, by never writing the way that previously had been traditional. Whitman began early in his life as a journalist,…

Often dressed with a distinguished beard and hat, Walt Whitman was first a poet before a soldier of the Civil War. A 19th century New York man, Whitman worked many jobs before determining his journey to becoming the father of free verse poetry. When he did introduce himself in his first poetry book, Leaves of Grass, he left shortly thereafter to find his poems as a volunteer medic in the Civil War. His poem, “Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field”, introduced in his 1865 poetry collection Drum-Taps,…

Gary Snyder’s “Axe Handles,” is a short poem, it gives a description of a small domestic story in which it extends into a meditation on parenting, a transmission of cultural knowledge, and the actual importance of old fashion wisdom to ordinary, everyday life. Mediate parenting was the actual intention that author, Gary Snyder, tend to accomplish. The poet (who speaks the poem), tells about teaching his son Kai, on an April afternoon, how to throw a hatchet so deftly that it will lodge into a…

belongs to you, I love and invite my soul,” (Line 1). This a quote from the poem, “Son of Myself” by Walt Whitman. What this quote from the poem is saying is that he celebrates himself and that everything that is good about him is also good to the reader in their self. He is saying that they should celebrate their self as well. He also talks about he is inviting and one with his soul. Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist and Journalist. He was born on May 31, 1819 and died March 26, 1892.…

A Noiseless Spider Central Idea In Walt Whitman’s “A Noiseless Spider” the central idea is that an isolated soul, facing the vast unknown will instinctively explore and reach out, in attempts to find a connection that would allow them to further understand their place in life. The human soul, when alone in uncharted territories will strive to explore, similar to how the spider “stood isolated” and is left to “explore the vacant vast surrounding.” The spider, all alone in the tremendous unknown…

Walt Whitman was one of early America’s most influential poets. His poetry themes and style of writing were influenced by his surroundings- democracy, nature, love and death. Whitman cataloged the growth, beauty and growing pains of a young America right up until his death on March 26th, 1892. He believed that America was unique from its predecessor, and tradition was not to something to be followed, but rather life in America was to be embraced as a unique opportunity. Whitman’s writing style,…

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…