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. ... Perhaps Whitman is a little over zealous about the idea of death. He speaks many times during the course of "Song of Myself" about the fact that death does not scare him, nor does god scare him. ... Even though, Walt Whitman and President Lincoln did not have a personal relationship, Whitman loved the president with all of his heart. ...

• Word Count: 1476
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One poet who became world renowned was Walt Whitman. ... Walt Whitman's "Song to Myself" is a long, unique poem that jumps from point to point with no clear plotline. ... Originally named, "Walt Whitman", the poem was changed to "Walt Whitman, an American", and then again to, "Song to Myself.... What is even more interesting is the fact that the clause "and sing myself" was not originally included. ... As characterized by his role in the U.S. civil war, Walt Whitman was a devout patriot of the United States. ...

• Word Count: 1717
• Approx Pages: 7
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This line expresses Walt Whitman's philosophy on life and is an almost perfect description of the poet. ... Walt Whitman gives much insight into himself and others in his poetry, and gives his readers a great deal to think about. ... One would never find Walt Whitman writing about Greek gods, or using the words "ye", "ev"n", or any other antiquated word. ... This poem shows very much Whitman's belief that it is important for one to stand up for what one believes in and to make it clear about one's feelings. 5. ... His last releases went under a great deal of revisal and were by ...

• Word Count: 1471
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

A comparison made between Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman and The Lime-Tree Bower My Prison by Samuel Coleridge effectively demonstrates the validity of this assertion. Romantic Poetry in the 19th Century Romanticism in the 19th century came about as a result of circumstances peculiar to the era, such as changes in philosophy, religious dogma, and a rapid growth of industrialization in both England and America. ... The fact that This Lime-Tree Bower was also written in a free-flowing conversational style also identifies it as a romantically oriented poem. ... Also, the fact that Whit...

• Word Count: 1321
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Margaret Fuller, who was also a transcendentalist, had radical beliefs about the roles of women and desired for there to be drastic change in women's rights. Finally, Walt Whitman, who wrote in free verse about topics that no one else was writing about, believed in equality and pushed for democracy and individualism. Writing in the Nineteenth Century, Romantics such as Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, and Whitman had radical beliefs about the individual's role in society for their time period. ... In this essay, Emerson expresses "a central doctrine: divinity [existing] intimately in ...

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

Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes are just two examples, of many, why New Criticism should be disputed. ... In "Cavalry Crossing a Ford" Walt Whitman draws on many life experiences that provide both realism and conviction to the poem. ... "Cavalry Crossing a Ford" is not only about the North winning the Civil War, it is also about Whitman's views on what the country has allowed itself to become. Being from the North it is only natural that Whitman would write about the soldiers that he witnesses go into battle. ... Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes wrote about the tragedies that they f...

• Word Count: 1893
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

It is quite obvious that he believes he is the only person worth bragging about. ... The narrator knows that Bartleby's constant defiance and never wanting to check over his work shouldn't be the way he answers his boss and the fact that he constantly ignores him seems to annoy him greatly. ... Another story in which it becomes evident there is someone with power with an attempt to control another is evident in the work of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself." ... In Walt Whitman's case, we now know that Whitman was a homosexual male and his works are evident that he include...

• Word Count: 2175
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Many aspiring authors, such as Poe, Whitman, Emerson, and Dickinson, found notoriety with their writings. ... The exact origins of Romanticism are still in debate today, but it is generally agreed upon that it came about as a challenge to the Age of Enlightenment (1660s-1780s). ... The fact that Romanticism elevated the masses through democratic means meshed well with American ideals, though in truth it was only white males who saw themselves elevated. ... Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, and Edgar Allen Poe became well-known advocates of Romantic ideals. Their writings had a unique style, often...

• Word Count: 1786
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The story is not about death but about the emotional reaction to the death and about love, a topic that can be related to all with relative ease. ... When Andrew arrives back at the house Mary assumes that Jay is dead and Andrews confirms that fact that he did die in the accident. ... During breakfast that morning Mary tells the children about the wreck and they ask question about it. ... His mother, Laura Whitman Tyler, was well educated and refined (Kramer 19). ... There were a few writers that inspired Agee to write such as Walt Whitman and Hart Crane (Seib 23). ...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In his book, "Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology," Neil Postman describes a society where technology is deified and, in fact, becomes a source of rationalization in which it takes the place of humans. ... Baudrillard, however, was more ambiguous about technology's impact on the human. ... To a greater degree, Postman's interpretation and understanding of McLuhan seem to be slightly skewed since McLuhan's famous aphorism about the "media being the message" speaks about the effects of communications media and that the media itself, not its contents, should be the i...

• Word Count: 1518
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

America does not care about visionary literature or art that contradicts the image it sells to the hungry masses, but Ginsberg provides a salvation, a light in the darkest of places. ... This is his response to America: that all can be saved, and he does this by challenging America's own beliefs about the soul. ... Ginsberg sees this as a fault of America's forefathers, asking Walt Whitman what it was like 100 years ago, if America had already lost its soul. ... A materialistic paradise, sold by the media, where in fact, an entire nation becomes flawed by a designer disease. ...

• Word Count: 1272
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During this time he was able to me some of America's greatest writers including Henry Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Walt Whitman. After his tour in America Wilde returned home and did another lecture tour in England and Ireland that lasted till about 1884. ... The evil that machinery is doing is not merely in the consequence of its work but in the fact that it makes men themselves machines also. ...

• Word Count: 1444
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

There is tension between the novel's rhetorical and narrative facts. ... One of his goals is to educate those readers about the prejudice against people like the Joads. ... Steinbeck's social thought is based upon three strands of 19th century American philosophy: the Emersonian concept of the Oversoul, the humanism and embracing of mass democracy idealized by Walt Whitman, and the pragmatism of Henry James. ... In fact, Jim Casy is portrayed as a Christ figure in the entire novel. ... In fact Casy seems to have a mystical presence despite his death. ...

• Word Count: 1670
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In order to better analyze this poem, it is necessary to know a little about the author because his work is pretty much close to his life and own experiences. ... Hughes, who claimed Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman as his primary influences, is particularly known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. ... The relationship between the two is complex, strained, and often ambiguous, but the fact remains that each exists in the manner that it exists due to the existence of the other. ...

• Word Count: 1896
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In order to better analyze this poem, it is necessary to know a little about the author because his work is pretty much close to his life and own experiences. ... Hughes, who claimed Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman as his primary influences, is particularly known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. ... The relationship between the two is complex, strained, and often ambiguous, but the fact remains that each exists in the manner that it exists due to the existence of the other. ...

• Word Count: 1930
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School