1. Poem By Witman
Compare this with a more rhymed and classical sounding piece by Whitman's contemporary, Edgar Allan Poe, entitled "Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodious": "Ye deliverers of Athens from shame! ... However, a praise that inspired Whitman a great deal 3. came from Ralph Waldo Emerson, in which he described "Leaves of Grass" as "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed ("Whitman, Walt 639) ." ... The poem practically screams the theme of independence and interdependence: everything in the world is related to everything, yet they all live exclusively of one anot...
- Word Count: 1471
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: High School