The conclusive paragraph draws on the common motifs to Whitman and Dickinson in the poems analyzed. ... Poetry of the Nature In this poem Dickinson creates her characteristic fusion of nature and art, of the rose and the poem (Fart,Carter,2005). ... Thus, the given rose becomes the message and the poem at the same time. ... Erotic connotation of the poem However, even considering the simile between nature and poetry as the focusing point, the only words that precede verses in their original form of letter text can suggest a different interpretation of the whole poem: "You and I, didn't f...

• Word Count: 2619
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" is reminiscent of his boyhood on the Long Island shore side, where his desire to be a poet flourished. ... This famous, and lengthy, poem has several sections which all house different themes. ... "Drum Taps", another poem collection written from Whitman's reaction to the Civil War, speaks about the futility and ignorance of men pitting themselves against one another in the poem "Reconciliation" ("For my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself is dead"). ... Another of his poem collections, "Sea Drift", Whitman swings to transcendentalism th...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Walt Whitman Whitman's poem, "Song of Myself," from "Leaves of Grass" is often considered the most stunningly original poem ever written by an American. ... " The poem is innovative both in terms of style and content, forever altering the course of American poetry. The poem clearly participates in the invention of a myth of a democratic America. ...

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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). ... The interaction between the boy and the narrator in Whitman's poem serves as a reminder of the fact that life is meant to be experienced with others, "fetching it to me with full hands," (Line 1). ... The two men standing together, observing the cascading waterfalls, deep green forests and rolling mountaintops about them, share the type of relationship between the narrator and th...

• Word Count: 799
• Approx Pages: 3
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many of Dickinson's poems such as, "I Died for Beauty" and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," deal with immortality. ... The Poem, "Song of Myself" says everyone is an individual but differences should not separate everyone. ...

• Word Count: 861
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." This famous quote reflects the tension felt between the individual and society for some of the later Romantic writers and is apparent in their work. Transcendentalists, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, firmly believed that the individual should separate from society's norms and institutions. Margaret Fuller, who was also a transcendentalist, had radical beliefs about the roles of women and desired for there to be drastic c...

• Word Count: 1963
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The events of American history are very much connected to the influence of American literature and what it has become today. The inspiration that a writer needs is mostly gathered by the effects of the world around him/her, and this is how the geography and history of America have made an impact...

• Word Count: 774
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate