Walt Whitman, In part 5 of "Song of Myself", analyzes his inner-self while revealing many aspects of transcendentalism in his poetry. ... As the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review agrees with me, "the famous section 5 of "Song of Myself" is a good example of the transforming mystical experience, described erotically," (Walt). In discovering the poem "Song of Myself", the ideas, mannerisms, and feelings of Walt Whitman were revealed in such a way that one could accept them as a true physiological account of his life. In comparing this life account to that of a transcendentalist, one finds that Wa...

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In this textbook there are six examples of Walt Whitman's work. ... Whitman led a very controversial life. Walt Whitman was alive during a time when homosexuality was only considered an act that heterosexual men took part in on occasion. ... Another of Walt Whitman's greatest burdens was his family. ... Walt Whitman was also discriminated against for his anti-slavery ideas. ...

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Walt Whitman's utopia parallels the Ford assembly line. ... Walt Whitman believes the greatness of America originated in the masses of proud and loyal individuals. ... Most of the occupations that Walt Whitman writes about are basically blue-collared jobs. ... In "Election Day, November, 1884," Walt Whitman names America's "powerfulest scene and show" (line 1). ... Walt Whitman bluntly points out that democracy exceeds all of the exquisite wonders America has to offer. ...

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Walter Whitman Walt Whitman led a pretty eccentric life style living between jobs and his dreams, but always managed to take care of him and others, while pursuing his dreams in journalism. ... Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, Long Island, New York, on May 31, 1819. ... Whitman's parents were mostly poor and illiterate. ... Whitman still pursued his interest in newspapers. ... Walt Whitman's first publication was "Leaves of Grass" on July the forth, 1855. ...

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Walt Whitman Walt Whitman, a great poet, is said to be one of the best poets of his time. ... Walt Whitman was born May 31, 1819 in Long Island, New York. Whitman grew up in poverty. ... Walt's poverty inspired some of his writings. ... Walt's writing style was very unique and different. ...

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Walt Whitman Walt Whitman, a great poet, is said to be one of the best poets of his time. ... Walt Whitman was born May 31, 1819 in Long Island, New York. Whitman grew up in poverty. ... Walt's poverty inspired some of his writings. ... Walt's writing style was very unique and different. ...

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by Walt Whitman describes the champion ship of a naval war. ... The message Whitman brings about in the elegy is his grievance for the death of Lincoln. Whitman was known to have liked the President of the time especially greatly. The tone of Whitman's poem is despondent. ...

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A Man with Many Skills Have you ever heard of Walt Whitman? I have. Walt Whitman can be considered one of the greatest writers because of his great attributions to literature, one his different view of life and two his unique writing methods in which you can observe from many of his works. Us...

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Among the ranks of the most debated writers of American history, Walt Whitman I am sure is among the top 10. ... Walt Whitman was a writer in a time when American was being tested by many trials, the strength of its ideals. ... Walt Whitman Sr. was a liberal thinker, which probably has had some effect on Walt Whitman the poet's thinking as well. ... American pride of his father must been a great influence to Walt Whitman's future title as poet of American democracy. ... Walt Whitman had no real formal education other than in the newly founded Brooklyn public schools. ...

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One of Walt Whitman's earliest memories was when General Lafayette, a French hero in the American Revolution, picked him up out of a crowd and hoisted him onto his shoulder and paraded him around Brooklyn. ... Times were tough financially for his family, but Walt often liked to distance himself from them and ride the ferries from East River to New York City. ... In his early teen years Walt got an apprenticeship with a liberal, blue-collar newspaper called the Long Island Patriot. ... No longer did Walt visit the countryside while he was on his own, so the urban setting contributed gre...

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Walt Whitman is one of the most significant writers in literature not only in American but also for world literature. ... Whitman is Emerson's poet that he described in his work "The Poet". Whitman was somewhat at the center of Transadentalist. ... Whitman views sexuality as part of the world and part of the self. ... Whitman directly influences 20th century American poetry....

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In Walt Whitman's collection of poems entitled "Leaves of Grass" we are able to see how Whitman is a realist. ... I find these qualities to be tied with Whitman's inability to get close to people. ... Whitman is a poet for the people, and likes to portray the average laborer in his poems. ... For our final paper I have been looking at the effect of the Civil War played in Whitman's poetry. ... However, Whitman's poetry is a wonderful voice for the different ideas and opinions of America during the mid to late 1800s. ...

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"The Wound Dresser,"" by Walt Whitman, is a personal and relevant view of nurses during a time of war. ... Throughout the entire poem, Walt Whitman displays the imagery of what and how he feels during this treacherous period in America. ... Throughout the literature Whitman informs the people of how untrue this really is. ... "I dress the perforated shoulder, the foot with the bullet-wound"" (Whitman, Line 42). ... Whitman showcases what all employers are looking for . ...

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Walt Whitman has written many poems throughout his lifetime. ... In his poem, "I Heard It Was Charged Against Me" Whitman talks about his views on friendship. ... In Whitman's poem, "Beat! ... Whitman is talking about the effect that war has on people. ... Whitman thinks of what to do to honor Lincoln. ...

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Very few people will contest that Walt Whitman may be one of the most important and influential writers in American literary history and conceivably the single most influential poet. ... Whitman's approach to poetry is a reflection of his thought. ... The belief that Whitman had no style would imply that Americans as a society have no style, a statement that not only Whitman but Emerson and Thoreau as well fought against through their writings. Whitman and Emerson fighting for the same cause is not coincidental, Whitman has often been viewed as the "child" of Emerson, his work being gr...

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"Walt Whitman, an American, one of the roughs, a kosmos/Disorderly, fleshy and sensual eating and drinking/and breeding/No sentimentalist no stander above men and women or/apart from them no more modest than immodest." This is how Walt Whitman revealed himself in his first edition of Leaves of Grass. ... Walt Whitman shows that singing is both a daytime and nighttime thing to do. ... Whitman's views of people are shown throughout this poem. Whitman had liberal views and as put by Richard Gambino in his article, "Whitman's faith in democracy flowed from the same sourc...

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The transcendentalist perspective on life, as defined by Walt Whitman and Durand through their creative and artistic mediums, is an eternal and unbroken cycle that is void of a strict beginning or an absolute end. ... The illusion that both are separate is a misconception that Walt Whitman seeks to rectify through the sixth poem by stating that "all goes onward and outward, nothing collapses" (Line 37). ... Immersion into the natural world is a central part of Transcendentalist philosophy which both Durand and Whitman exhibit. ... " Here, Whitman uses the grass to represent a re...

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Many poets, often transcendentalists, explore this give and take relationship between man and nature, specifically in sections of Walt Whitman's song of myself. In the first section of Whitman's piece, he presents that "For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you." ... Whitman hints this in some of his passages how nature and man should behave together. ... Whitman is suggesting that the grass is almost like the grass of a cemetery feeding on the bodies of the dead. ... In the eleventh passage Whitman is suggesting that to truly experience the world one must be full...

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Whitman's Secret Mentor Walt Whitman was a man who slowly developed his personality throughout the course of his life. ... Many people feel that there are no similarities between Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman. ... It wasn't that Walt lived a sheltered life prior to becoming a wound dresser during the war, it's just that watching young men die day after day has a way of changing a man. ... (Whitman 75). ... Even though, Walt Whitman and President Lincoln did not have a personal relationship, Whitman loved the president with all of his heart. ...

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Very few people will contest that Walt Whitman may be one of the most important and influential writers in American literary history and conceivably the single most influential poet. ... Whitman's approach to poetry is a reflection of his thought. ... The belief that Whitman had no style would imply that Americans as a society have no style, a statement that not only Whitman but Emerson and Thoreau as well fought against through their writings. Whitman and Emerson fighting for the same cause is not coincidental, Whitman has often been viewed as the "child"" of Emerson, his work being grea...

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by Walt Whitman describes the horrors of war to the reader. ... Walt Whitman uses many examples explaining how war can become dangerous to common people. ... Whitman describes how war disturbs the common man's life in his poem Beat! ... is Whitman's way of explaining his anti-war message to his readers. ... Walt Whitman then uses imagery to warn the non-workingman about the horrors of war. ...

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Walt Whitman was and still is a very influential poet and one of the most famous writers of poetry in American Literature. ... Do Whitman's poems contain many different Themes, in his poetry? ... Walt Whitman was saying that whether male or female the body is beautiful, and we should not be ashamed to be who we are, as far as gender is concerned. ... Although Walt Whitman, America's poet, used slang, colloquialisms, and regional dialects in his poems rather than the usual rhyme and meter found in the nineteenth century. ... Whitman often praises the individual. ...

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Biography of Walt Whitman Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, on the West Hills of Long Island, New York. ... Young Walt, the second of nine, was withdrawn from public school at the age of eleven to help support the family. ... From 1846 to 1847 Whitman was the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. ... Whitman depicts the oak tree to be lonely. ... Whitman reflects the tree on himself in the fourth line. ...

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Walt Whitman was a hospital attendant who treated many soldiers, and watched many of them suffer as they died. ... Whitman grieves for these people, "for my enemy is dead. ... As said by Whitman, war is nothing to sing son of praise about or glorify. ... Return to Whitman's experiences and make peace. Whitman, Walt. ...

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