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“For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning”, this would be shocking to Whitman, because the amount of voices praising Whitman’s works has grown exponentially since his death. Walt Whitman’s works have gone on an intriguing journey from the time that they were first published to the current era. However, as time has passed Whitman has become to be known as a celebrated and innovative poet. Whitman versatility is seen by the thoughts of death, desolation of hearts, and…

“I celebrate myself.” Walt Whitman’s introduction into Song of Myself sets a distinctive tone for his writing. Whitman’s influenced American in many ways and the driving forces of this influence are disguised within the complexities of his writing. Whitman’s desire was for humans and specifically Americans to be in harmony with the universe, with themselves as individuals, and with each other as a nation and he used his writing to encourage this belief between fellow man. Encompassed in the…

Inspiring others, although sometimes a difficult task, can be a lifetime goal for many people. It requires the ability to persuade and emotionally connect to one’s audience in order to inspire them. Ralph Waldo Emerson defines success as “to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived” (qtd. in Earhart). Waldo believes that success can be found by making someone else’s life better, so we decided to accomplish this by discussing the topic of bullying. Our goal was to inspire…

Mia Yi Ms. Beskenis/ Mrs. Manley Pd 2 13 May 2016 Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens was an American Modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School and he spent most of his life working as an executive for an insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut. As one of America’s most respected poet, Wallace Stevens’s rich and colorful life story, impact from early traditional writers and his parents, and his unique writing style all contributed to…

How could isolation be so tempting after the abandonment of a loved one? In Lock and Key, written by Sarah Dessen, Ruby is a seventeen year old left by her mother to fend for herself. After living smartly and quietly for several months, Ruby's plan of solitude was crushed by a landlord. Because she was caught, she is forced to transition into the lifestyle of her wealthy older sister who hadn't been seen in years. As Ruby meets the caring and loyal people in her new, unfamiliar life, it becomes…

Scottish Enlightenment In his book, Reading the Scottish Enlightenment: Books and Their Readers in Provincial Scotland, author Mark R.M. Towsey set out to discover the history of reading and how popular books by the likes of David Hume and William Robertson were received in 18th century Scotland. Towsey delves into historical library catalogues in hopes to uncover the impact that certain books had on readers lives and personal beliefs in order to gain perspective on how readers from different…

Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are considered America’s greatest poets, and often remembered together because each revolutionized the genre, though they are starkly different. A Transcendentalist, Whitman felt joined to the world and writes in an expansive style that lists people and places to which he is united. Dickinson, whose views fit better with Dark Romantics, writes shorter poems with more conventional meter and rhyme schemes. As much as they differ in forms, they differ in their…

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…

For years, man and nature have coexisted in harmony, but in recent years, man and nature have become increasingly disconnected, as air conditioning, GMO’s, and other innovations have been made to combat the natural way of life. Some people, such as Christopher McCandless, wish to be one with nature again. As his journey to the Alaskan wilderness proved, nature and man have a glorious and close, but sometimes unforgiving and unsympathetic relationship. This is because some men deeply admire…

WE CHOOSE OUR OWN IDENTITY “Identity cannot be found or fabricated but emerges from within when one has the courage to let go.”, Quoted by Doug Courpet. We believe identity is important because it’s who we are and it separates all of us from one another. It is what makes us unique and stand out or else life as we know to would be extremely boring if we were all the same. However thanks to our identity we are not, in a good way. We presume that we choose and make our identity. Our first…