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In five pages Emerson's 'The Poet' essay is used to evaluate the writings of Walt Whitman. Two sources are cited in the bibliogra...

occupation or condition, unworthy of being saluted in his poetry. Although he was relatively successful in terms of worldly succe...

on other writers who were to follow them. However, just as Emerson did not express his philosophy in the same way as Thoreau, foll...

each individual word. Yet, paradoxically, poetry is that art form in which what is unsaid is often as important--or more importan...

Romantic tradition, of which Melville was a nominal or part-time member, of the innocence and moral superiority of a pastoral moti...

to Leaves of Grass-certainly more perfect as a work of art, being adjusted in all its proportions . . . But I am perhaps mainly sa...

In three pages 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman is contrasted and compared with Thoreau's Transcendentalist writing in 'Economy an...

thinks of an icon, most people who immediately come to mind are athletes, movie stars or politicians; hardly ever is someone more ...

In eight pages this paper discusses the social and political influences Walt Whitman exerted through his poetry from an historical...

In 5 pages this paper examines metaphor and symbolic uses of grass in an analysis of 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman. There are ...

In seven pages this paper compares the Romantic perspectives articulated in the poetry of William Blake, Walt Whitman, and William...

This paper discusses how his American vision is expressed by Walt Whitman in 'Song of Myself' in five pages. There are no other s...

In 5 pages this paper examines the modern poetry contributions of uniquely American poet Walt Whitman. There are 6 sources cited ...

only a satire of society and politics, it is also an example of ones examination of his life. Although this work is a satire, it ...

individuals freedom and dignity. He espoused the self as the most important entity. In transcendentalism, the person aspi...

free through no other means than verse. "Out from behind this bending, rough-cut mask, These lights and shades, this drama of the...

and insights as previous nature poets and against the threat of a materialism that seems to be viewed as a destructive force capab...

center of the work is that which relates to length and depth. This is the longest poem in the work and it is a poem that deeply an...

tells his readers to "undrape," because, to him, no one is guilty of shame or worthy of being discarded (line 145). Everyone and e...

drug addict living a life very similar to Sonnys. : "Thats right, he said quickly, aint nothing you can do. Cant much help old Son...

printers apprentice and then went on to work as a journeyman printer and a teacher (Books and Writers). Following that period of...

the same as every other human being; there is really no other way to interpret the line "For every atom belonging to me as good be...

Walt Whitman contended that a city absorbs a person as affectionately as he has absorbed it. Five sources are listed in this four ...

for her considerable work and success as the CEO of eBay. However, Whitman was not always a part of this international internet ph...

a disease but madness surely is. And, his insistence that this "disease" has actually increased his skills and his awareness is fu...

the spider and it is true for man as well. Obviously, he doesnt actually say this specifically but he instead illustrates it thro...

selected one thing (one person, one book, she is not specific) and close her attention to all others. However, the "Soul" is not...

therefore sees the differences between the two as being "artificial" - Dickinson was reclusive, and ridden with doubt, whereas Whi...

little concern for the development, the past, of the relationships that play a very important part in the stories. One could well ...

that country is assuredly America" (de Tocqueville). de Tocqueville discusses universal suffrage, which he says "had been adopted...