1. Life Experiences And The Effects They Have On Writings
The works of Whitman and Hughes are filled with experiences from their pasts that can be found both directly and indirectly in their poems. ... It does not become clear that these are the people Whitman is writing about until the end of the poem, when he says of them, "Some emerge on the opposite bank, others are just entering the ford - while, / Scarlet and blue and snowy white, / The guidon flags flutter gaily in the wind" (Whitman Lines 5-7). ... The Wilmot Proviso was presented with the hope of banning slavery in any new territories. ... Hughes" father left when he was just over a year ...
- Word Count: 1893
- Approx Pages: 8
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