In discussing that famous elegy it is interesting to begin by asking what remains unsaid in the poem. ... Death is a permanent theme in literature, especially for poems. ... Not only his elegies, but also other poems of his reveal his view of death. ... In the poem there are two sets of symbols. ... In Whitman's poems such symbolism is frequently employed. ...
He not only wrote hundreds of poems and stories, but he also won many awards and helped spark a style of writing in the 20th century. ... In his prologue to Complete Poems, he said "All my life I have been trying to learn to read, to see and hear, and to write. ... He won another Pulitzer Prize in 1950 in poetry for his collection of poems called Complete Poems. ... Sandburg wrote a countless number of other great works but these are the most famous of them all. ... He wrote hundreds of stories/poems and had the respect of the people. ...
The first draft of "Thanatopsis," his most famous poem, was written when he was 16 years of age, and he was only 27 years old when his first published volume, Poems, appeared in 1821. Poems included, in addition to "Thanatopsis,", "Inscription for the Entrance to a Wood," "Green River," and "To a Waterfowl." ... Emily Dickinson- Heralded as one of the most gifted American writers, Emily Dickinson authored nearly 2,000 poems. ... In 1899 Robinson moved to New York City, where his volume Captain Craig and Other Poems (1902) attracted little interest. ... In 1917 her collection Renascence and Oth...
