Essays on Literary Genres

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Adjusting to Darkness in Dickinson's Poem

3 pages / 1330 words

In Emily Dickinson's 419th untitled poem, more commonly known by its first line, "We grow accustomed to the Dark-", the speaker describes two distinct situations in which people must gradually adjust to "darkness". The first portion is fairly lucid, using concrete images to portray a...

Emily Dickinson Poetry

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Literary Analysis of Wilfred Owen's Poem on My Songs

2 pages / 910 words

In “On My Songs”, Wilfred Owen gives us an intellectual insight into the emotion of loneliness through the eyes of a young man, newly thrown into the world out of the arms of his loving mother. Owen also tells us of his idolisation of the...

Poetry Wilfred Owen

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The Theme of Rejection in The Poetry of Wilfred Owen and W.h. Auden

4 pages / 869 words

In the realm of poetry, the theme of rejection emerges as a poignant reflection of the human experience, particularly in the works of Wilfred Owen and W.H. Auden. Both poets grapple with the tumultuous consequences of war, delving deep into the psychological ramifications faced by...

Poetry W. H. Auden Wilfred Owen

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Poetry Potential and Risks It Takes: "We Real Cool," "Next to of Course God America," and "Gypsies"

4 pages / 2014 words

In the present day, poetry is often viewed as an inaccessible literary form – one that is made by and for those with a certain education and class background. T. S. Eliot commented that ‘it appears […] that poets in our civilisation […] must be...

Poetry We Real Cool

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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry: Equality Through Differences

3 pages / 1557 words

Walt Whitman’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” is a poem that not only exposes the differences within the people and the geography of the nation, but also shows the theme of equality that unites these differences. Incorporating his experience with the Civil War as well as the...

Poetry Walt Whitman

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Literary Analysis of "Give Me The Splendid Silent Sun" by Walt Whitman

2 pages / 974 words

Introduction In his January 6, 1865 letter to fellow writer and self-confessed radical William O’Connor, Walt Whitman states in no uncertain terms that his poetry collection Drum Taps “delivers my ambition. . . to express. . . the pending action of this time and land...

Poetry Walt Whitman

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The Symbolism and Verbs Usage in "When I Heard The Learn’d Astronomer"

2 pages / 1043 words

Propelling subjects into action, inciting inanimate objects into movement; verbs meet and surpass these functions. Without verbs a sentence would fail to be such, a clause would fall in rank down to a phrase or a simple phrase. There are three, generalized categories of verbs...

Poetry Walt Whitman

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A Poetic Vision of Sexual Freedom in The Poetry of Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg

11 pages / 5134 words

Generations of readers and critics alike have denigrated the works of Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg, both equally brilliant poets, separated by a century, yet sharing a poetic vision of both political and sexual freedom, simply because the language and lifestyle represented in their work...

Allen Ginsberg Poetry Walt Whitman

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Civil War and Its Influence on Whitman's Works

7 pages / 3096 words

Introduction In the course of history, there are certain incisive incidents that mark a period, ring in a new era or alter people’s individual lives most drastically. One such incident is the American Civil War (1861-1865), fought over issues such as slavery, cultural differences and...

Poetry Walt Whitman

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Allen Ginsberg’s America: Close Reading and Literary Interpretation

4 pages / 2024 words

Through a careful interpretation of A Defense of Poetry by Percy Bysshe Shelley and Democratic Vistas by Walt Whitman, one can gain a holistic sense of poetry, what it is and what it does, that can be applied to literary texts of all times. One...

Literary Criticism Novel

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The Depiction of Concept of Nature: Comparing Emerson and Whitman

2 pages / 1185 words

For Emerson and Whitman, nature is more than just the trees that line the street, or even the flowers that rest beautifully within the vase. Both men find such a deeper harmony and value within nature, in a way that is very relevant to the...

Poetry Ralph Waldo Emerson Walt Whitman

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The Poetry of Civil War: Whitman and Melville

3 pages / 1459 words

Walt Whitman and Herman Melville were both affected by the Civil War to such a degree that they each published a volume of poetry concerning the conflict. Although both men confront similar issues and feelings, particular in their poems about death, they do so through...

Poetry Walt Whitman

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Literary Analysis of Whitman's Elegiac Poem

1 page / 794 words

Walt Whitman’s “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” is an elegiac poem in memory of Abraham Lincoln. The poem tracks the narrator waiting to lay a sprig of lilac on the president’s coffin, the physical journey that Lincoln’s coffin takes across the country, and,...

Poetry Walt Whitman

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"The Wound-dresser" and "Song of Myself": Representation of Equality Question

3 pages / 1474 words

Equality in “The Wound-Dresser” and “Song of Myself” Introduction The theme of equality permeates both “The Wound-Dresser” and “Song of Myself.” Whitman remarks upon judgments that others make and refutes them with his own ideas of impartiality. These manifest particularly strongly in Whitman’s attitude towards...

Poetry Walt Whitman

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When I Heard The Learn’d Astronomer: Poem's Literary Interpretation

3 pages / 1502 words

In the poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” Walt Whitman writes of a speaker who is exposed to the knowledge of the stars in the sky and the Milky Way galaxies, but is restricted from fathoming a deeper understanding in those observed phenomena. Through...

Poetry Walt Whitman

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The City He Loved: Whitman's Manhattan

3 pages / 1469 words

The birthplace of Walt Whitman, New York is where the poet spent much of his life and became the inspiration for much of Whitman’s poetry. Living in an era where mass industrialization and modernization began to change and shape the New York, Whitman wrote “Mannahatta”...

Poetry Walt Whitman

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Whitman's Use of Dante's Metaphor of Light in His Civil War Poetry

5 pages / 2348 words

Introduction Glory, from Him who moves all things that are, penetrates the universe and then shines back, reflected more in one part, less elsewhere. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online...

Poetry Walt Whitman

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The Complex Understanding of The Concept of Universe in Whitman's Works

6 pages / 2967 words

Walt Whitman’s poetry contains many basic elements that come together to characterize his own stance in 19th century social and political thought. An analysis of Whitman’s “Song of Myself” and “I Sing the Body Electric” specifically highlight Whitman’s concern with the human body. Through these...

Poetry Walt Whitman

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Deconstruction of Definition of Self in Whitman's Poem

4 pages / 1783 words

In 1917 Marcel Duchamp took a urinal, detached it from its usual setting, entitled it “Fountain” and called it art. By putting such a common, unglamorous object in this innovative context, Duchamp raised a new awareness of the urinal. Its familiarities dissipated as it was...

Poetry Walt Whitman