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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...
In three pages these two poems are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....
In five pages these poets' visions of the next century are examined in a consideration of their respective works. Five sources ar...
Whitman and Dickinson In both of these poems, the tone of the poem is conversational. Each poet has preserved within the rhythm o...
therefore sees the differences between the two as being "artificial" - Dickinson was reclusive, and ridden with doubt, whereas Whi...
selected one thing (one person, one book, she is not specific) and close her attention to all others. However, the "Soul" is not...
Glossary of Literary Terms) by exposing opposite truths, as it relates to her perception of death. Retaining ones dignity i...
A 5 page paper which examines one poem from Longfellow, Whitman, and Dickinson. The poems examined are The poets, and their poems,...
In five pages some of Emily Dickinson's poems that celebrate her passion for nature are examined....
seems to be making a statement about independence of spirit, but an involvement with mankind. "I markd where on a little promontor...
present us with the sheer power of the sea. Now, as mentioned, these lines, filled with imagery, can be seen from many symbolic ...
all (Hinze PG). Dickinson is described as reclusive and shy. Although she was well educated, she is said to have often deferred ...
A 4 page review and explanation of the poem by Emily Dickinson. 3 sources....
apt description of reverie being that which is made up of a few simple things; and if those things are not available, well, reveri...
For example, in verse six, Whitman is ". . . Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms/strong and content I tra...
1918, but there are no existent early drafts until the 1919 version, which was published at this time in a Cambridge edition of La...
action so that the reader can easily imagine its intensity. It is a strikingly vivid image. Likewise, Frost is famous for his im...
of God resides in all people, thus resulting in fundamental human goodness (Wohlpart, 2004). However, it is important to note tha...
Donoghue has aptly observed that "of her religious faith virtually anything may be said, with some show of evidence. She may be r...
In three pages this paper examines the symbolic meaning of birds in Walt Whitman's poem 'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking' and ...
Two of Walt Whitman's most famous works, O Captain, My Captain and When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, capture the essence o...
himself with a sense of timelessness. Each of the poets gives the reader a sense of a good friend explaining something with an at...
the Civil War and when he heard that his brother was wounded he left for Fredericksburg and cared for his brother, along with othe...
this reveals his positive outlook toward the world and his own existence, and allows the reader some comprehension as to his value...
mankind needs to hear. One of those messages is that of the role of poetry, for himself, and for mankind. He sees himself as a t...
disjointed discourse on a series of ideas and impressions that flow freely through a characters or narrators mind. The very person...
Whitmans lyric style -- "A Noiseless Patient Spider." Although the subject of the poem is a lonely spider, the tone is formal, wh...
ones own inner feelings. Whitman had been raised by Quaker parents (Hood). His orientation to religion was centered around the i...
actually ever addressed. The author states, for example, towards the beginning of the article, how "No gesture of style so prono...