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). ... Agee also showed a resemblance to that of Crane and Whitman in that he had a great affinity for cataloging and used weighty rhetoric that could arouse a prodigious amount of intensity and energy for the reader (24). ...

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