"The Wound Dresser,"" by Walt Whitman, is a personal and relevant view of nurses during a time of war. ... Throughout the entire poem, Walt Whitman displays the imagery of what and how he feels during this treacherous period in America. ... Throughout the literature Whitman informs the people of how untrue this really is. ... "I dress the perforated shoulder, the foot with the bullet-wound"" (Whitman, Line 42). ... Whitman showcases what all employers are looking for . ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Walt Whitman, an American, one of the roughs, a kosmos/Disorderly, fleshy and sensual eating and drinking/and breeding/No sentimentalist no stander above men and women or/apart from them no more modest than immodest." This is how Walt Whitman revealed himself in his first edition of Leaves of Grass. ... Walt Whitman shows that singing is both a daytime and nighttime thing to do. ... Whitman's views of people are shown throughout this poem. Whitman had liberal views and as put by Richard Gambino in his article, "Whitman's faith in democracy flowed from the same sourc...

• Word Count: 1166
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• Grade Level: High School

Walt Whitman was and still is a very influential poet and one of the most famous writers of poetry in American Literature. ... Do Whitman's poems contain many different Themes, in his poetry? ... Walt Whitman was saying that whether male or female the body is beautiful, and we should not be ashamed to be who we are, as far as gender is concerned. ... Although Walt Whitman, America's poet, used slang, colloquialisms, and regional dialects in his poems rather than the usual rhyme and meter found in the nineteenth century. ... Whitman often praises the individual. ...

• Word Count: 1606
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Biography of Walt Whitman Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, on the West Hills of Long Island, New York. ... Young Walt, the second of nine, was withdrawn from public school at the age of eleven to help support the family. ... From 1846 to 1847 Whitman was the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. ... Whitman depicts the oak tree to be lonely. ... Whitman reflects the tree on himself in the fourth line. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Two great authors that America has generated are Walt Whitman and Robert Frost. ... In what ways do the authors, Walt Whitman and Robert Frost, compare andor contrast in the fulfillment of the critical literary theories, psychological and historical? ... Walt Whitman was considered to be the poet of the people. ... Walt Whitman and Robert Frost compare and contrast in the fulfillment of the Critical Literary Theories, psychological and historical. ... When they first appeared, Walt Whitman's poems were considered forml...

• Word Count: 3004
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But one of these poets emerges from this group of people; an influential poet of the 19th century was Walt Whitman, author of the famous poems, "Leaves of Grass," and "O Captain, My Captain.... Born on May 31, 1819, Whitman was born at West Hills in the town of Huntington, Long Island. ... Upon publishing Leaves of Grass, Whitman was subsequently fired from his job with the Department of the Interior. Simultaneously, after writing Leaves of Green Grass and publishing it, this had been an obstacle for Whitman. ... Although Walt Whitman may never be as famous as other American poe...

• Word Count: 672
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the poem "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,"" by Walt Whitman, connection is being explored between humans in relation to space and time. ... The methods that helped Whitman hold his own idea of the importance of life are defined with some simple yet discerning and convincing observations. ... Whitman begins to illustrate his love and curiosity for the hundreds of people that ride the ferry every day. ... Reading this poem made me realize how Whitman lived a very controversial life. ... In conclusion, Whitman believed in the idea of unity between his generation and the generation yet to come. ...

• Word Count: 640
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• Grade Level: High School

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. ... The role that Whitman's background has in this poem is a major one. ... Whitman did not like or believe in slavery. ... Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes wrote about the tragedies that they felt existe...

• Word Count: 1893
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Thus Whitman began his "Song of the Open Road". ... "Self-reliant, with haughty eyes, assuming to himself all the attributes of his country, steps Walt Whitman into literature, talking like a man unaware that there was ever hitherto such a production as a book, or such a being as a writer" . ... To Whitman, the game was life, and in it he maintained his pose. It was important to Whitman to not be simply a poet. ... Whitman truly placed his heart in his pen as few poets have. ...

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The internal struggle that the narrator goes through in "To a Stranger", by Walt Whitman, is a little different compared to the narrator in Corso's poem. ... I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again" (Whitman, 359). Although a stranger the narrator feels this person is one from a dream," You must be he . . . or she I was seeking (it comes to be one as of a dream)" (Whitman, 359). ... By having the narrator come to this conclusion helps get Whitman's point across, do not let love pass you by when you find it. In conclusion, both Corso and Whitman use varying types of in...

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• Grade Level: High School

Allen Ginsberg's response to a post-war America is powerful and rebellious, challenging the values of ordinary American citizens and addressing the issues of McCarthyism, consumerism and capitalism that enclose him, in a corrupted American society where Ginsberg and fellow beat writers, and visionar...

• Word Count: 1272
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gary Snyder and the San Francisco Renaissance Gary Snyder was born on May 8, 1930 in San Francisco, California and is well known not only for his association with the Beat writers, but for his advocacy of community living and ecological concerns. He studied Native American anthropology at Reed Co...

• Word Count: 974
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Following the free-verse tradition of Walt Whitman, a Beat-like luminary, the meter of Ginsberg's poetry is like American dialect, wrought with rhythmic shift and "staccato abruptness" (Feinstein 81). ...

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