Walt Whitman

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,…

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 life entailed him to do in his own way, and that makes all the difference. His message is that he is not only pleased with his life, but ready for what is to come. Similarly, in Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself…

“O Captain! My Captain!” written by Walt Whitman is a brief poem about the murder of the sixteenth president of the United State, Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Whitman witnessed one of his idols win one of the most significant wars in history that caused many casualties and fatalities; The Civil War. Such an event caused for celebration despite the amount of blood shed, however, a few days after the war ended the beloved president was assassinated. Abraham Lincoln could no longer see the pride and joy…

viewpoints and engagement with society and its people. Unlike Emerson, Whitman’s writing emphasizes the importance of every single individual within American society, and Whitman thought it was his duty to use his works to be the voice of the American people. In order to truly embody the lives of the American people in his works, Whitman wrote poems that highlighted the suffering that was caused by the Civil War. In his poem Reconciliation he states “For my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself…

a Ph.D in the subject. He specializes on the literary works of Walt Whitman and analyzes the different tones, but same purpose found in the literature of Merwin and Walt Whitman. Folsom begins with a quote from Merwin saying that he identifies himself as being an American poet, but not in any way Whitmanesque. Folsam agrees with this statement that Merwin is not Whitmanesque but has some similarities with Whitman. Merwin, like Whitman, has been obsessed with the meaning of America. Through his…

Nathalie Vieux-Gresham 10/31/15 ROUGH DRAFT 1.9.16 Whitman: Whitman vs Narrator Whitman’s “Song of Myself” Walt Whitman was a prolific author who has written many works. One of his works, Song of Myself, describes the experience of a narrator whose life is very relaxed. This narrator is a young thirty-seven-year-old, who is constantly loafing. On the other hand, the author of his story, Walt Whitman, is completely different. He was a prolific writer of a large collection, and an abolitionist…

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…

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…

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.…

This poem is written by Walt Whitman and is a product of the death of President Lincoln in the year, 1865. This piece elaborates on the mourning of the states after the Civil War and Lincoln’s assassination. Goes on to speak of death and the rationalities that go along with the idea. Whitman starts off talking of the legacy of Lincoln had left behind when he had passed away. Introduces the star, the lilac and the bird which all have their own form of symbolism. The star is associated with…