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Walt Whitman: Poetic Maverick, 2006.
This paper examines the life of American poet Walt Whitman, while also focusing on the various influences that were expressed in his works of writing.
2,417 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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The writer of this well-researched paper details the personal and historical events, of 19th century America, that impacted Walt Whitman's style of writing. This paper cites various quotes from Whitman's poems that related to personal experiences in his life. One experience that greatly impacted Whitman's writing was the time he spent as a nurse during the Civil War. Whitman typically wrote poetry to express his emotions as well as work through them by attempting to make sense of what was going on around him. This paper discusses how Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" revealed the devastation caused by the war, while also illustrating Whitman's ability to speak for every man.
This paper analyzes how Whitman's writing touches on the human experience in numerous ways. The writer discusses the various themes prevalent throughout Whitman's writings. One major theme that emerges is that of mankind connecting, either with himself, others or nature. Whitman was compelled to challenge the literature of his day. He wanted to write for the common man rather than the intellectual one. The writer contends and explains why connecting with his fellow man was essential to Whitman. One poem that illustrates this aspect of Whitman's personality is "Leaves of Grass." In this particular poem, Whitman reaches out to others as he speaks for them. Whitman's belief was that every man was worthy of freedom, regardless of race or sex.
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"What the review does not consider is how Whitman is able to connect with what is around him. This connection with his soul, nature, the universe, and others is indeed different but that alone does not warrant a bad review. The Saturday Review does acknowledge that that even if "Whitman was as "powerful and new and American and rousing" as some would like to believe, this "does not make him out to be a poet." In addition, the Saturday Review rejects the notion that a poet can be defined "merely because he holds forth in rhapsodical style about one man being as good as another" and claims that this type of definition confuses the "functions of the poet and the stump orator; and generally, when Walt Whitman has any meaning at all, it amounts to no more than this."
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Walt Whitman and James McPherson, 2003.
A comparative analysis of "Poetry and Prose" by Walt Whitman and "For Cause and Comrades" by Walt Whitman and James McPherson.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper compares how both Walt Whitman, in "Poetry and Prose" and James M. McPherson, in "For Cause and Comrades", portray the experiences of soldiers in the Civil War as hell. It looks at McPherson's account of the carnage and Whitman's account of loss and wasted humanity.
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"A review of the poetry and prose of Walt Whitman and James M McPherson in Civil War Poetry and Prose and For Cause and Comrades respectively demonstrates that both individuals have one main theme about war. War is hell. In his book .."
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Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself", 2005.
A discussion on Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" as analyzed by Edwin Haviland Miller in his book "Walt Whitman's Poetry: A Psychological Journey".
1,355 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses why Walt Whitman ranks as one of America's major poets of the nineteenth century and how his "Leaves of Grass", which contains "Song of Myself" is considered by critic and author Edwin Haviland Miller "the first great poem in American literature."
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"Let's face it: we are far more "at ease" in limiting poetry and poets to the pale blushes of an Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the Shelleys of the past. Even some American poetry seems destined to be clothed in the bleak black gowns of women who wrote poetry as an escape from their dull realities. It may be a simplistic cliche to consider "Song of Myself" as being a breath of fresh air, where humanity, with its foibles, its laughter, its temporary tragedies, can lead us to "see" the images the poet provides, rather than parsing, line for line, searching for some "deeper, hidden meaning"."
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Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass", 2006.
This paper discusses Walt Whitman's poetical collection, "Leaves of Grass" that aimed to create true American poetry.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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The paper explains that by the middle of the eighteenth century, the United States of America was well on its way to becoming its own nation. It had been independent for some time had begun to show innovation and entrepreneurship and had even fought multiple wars and conflicts and looked to expansion and even imperial holdings. Yet, the paper shows how despite its already rich history, despite even having the trappings of a traditional American folklore from the likes of Washington Irving, American seemed to still lack a classical and poetic tradition.
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"One poet, Walt Whitman, decided to set about remedying this problem, filling this void. With his groundbreaking poetical collection, "Leaves of Grass," Whitman not only strived to make his own name as a truly American poet, but also strived to create an actual American poetry, one which catalogued this relatively new world."
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Walt Whitman?s ?A Noiseless Patient Spider?, 2002.
This paper discusses that Walt Whitman?s ?A Noiseless Patient Spider?
is a guide to Whitman?s acts of poetic creation.
945 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper explains that Walt Whitman?s ?A Noiseless Patient Spider? appeared in many versions throughout his career, from early journals to his later works. The author points out that originally the poem spoke about difficulties in seeking love but later became more universal by speaking to the difficulty of the creative poet reaching out to the universe. The paper relates that the poem, in its latest form, is a commentary on the finiteness of human life in the universal scope.
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"Turning to the poem itself, one sees the application of web texture to poem text. There is an interconnectedness throughout, with central sounds and words carried from line to line and stanza to stanza. ?Mark?d where? begins both the 2nd and 3rd lines: ?I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated, / Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surrounding.? Throughout there flows a repetitive internal rhyme scheme tying the center of the lines together as if with spiral strands of web. ?Ever unreeling...ever speeding...? in the last line of the first stanza ties to the ?musing, venturing, throwing, seeking? in line three of stanza two. The second stanza is bracketed by repetitions of ?Oh my soul.? The repetition of words in the last two lines of the poem: ?Till the bridge you will need be form'd, till the ductile anchor hold, / Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul? is typical of Whitman. In many of his poems, this repetition is even more noticeable. Entire stanzas will have a short phrase, word, internal sound, or grammatical structure which repeats, tying them together."
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Walt Whitman and New York City, 2002.
The influence of Manhattan Island on American poet Walt Whitman, who lived there for 20 years.
2,200 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 68.95
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Content of Walt Whitman's poems "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," "L. of G's Purport," "Song of Myself," "Once I Walked Through a Populous City," and "Manhattan" plus his essay "Human and Heroic New York," from Specimen Days, are analyzed to argue the thesis that New York City provided a major source of material for Whitman's poetic vision. Central to the argument is how Whitman embraced all aspects of the city as equal, valuable and holy. Close examination of Whitman's works demonstrates that New York City was a major influence in forming his democratic vision of the world as he reached for transcendental levels of communication.
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"New Yorkers today call it THE CITY as if no other city existed on this or any other planet. Whitman, born near Huntington, Long Island, grew up in the shadow of this city in its period of greatest expansion. After the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825, linking the Hudson River and Lake Erie, and opening the lucrative markets of the west, New York experienced phenomenal growth. Immigrants flocked to the burgeoning center of finance, manufacturing, and shipping. In the years between Whitman?s birth and the time he was twenty one, the city?s population more than quadrupled. From 1841 until the Civil War, Whitman lived and worked as journalist, printer, writer in the flourishing metropolis, absorbing it all. It was a time of nationalistic populism in journalism as penny papers proliferated, perfectly fitting Whitman?s egalitarian propensities. The city that Whitman preferred to call Mannahatta was his poetic and spiritual university. City streets were his science laboratory as he took in the urban realities in all their disturbing darkness and transformed them into a democratic vision of optimism and hope. He absorbed the present osmotically and linked it diffusively with past and future. Passing through the membrane of self, the immense material of the city emerged in the seething solution of the poetic product, the heady brew of democracy, the distillation of the individual into divine oneness with all humanity."
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Walt Whitman: Poet and Advertising Genius, 2004.
Deals with American poet, Walt Whitman, and his self-reviews.
3,235 words (approx. 12.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 93.95
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Walt Whitman was publicly denounced by his life-long friend, William Swinton, for secretly writing and publishing his own reviews for "Leaves of Grass". This paper does not address the ethical concerns of Whitman?s self-promotion. Instead, it reveals, through an analysis of Walt Whitman?s first self-review, that he drew heavily on several elements of contemporary 19th century advertising strategies in his self-promotion.
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"The passage develops a clear picture of the American literati as a wealthy, and almost royal, class that cannot project the passionate natures of the common people in their language. Whitman regularly defined American democracy against European feudalism as a rhetorical strategy in his prose and poetry to emphasis the need for a truly American literature that could ?express the vigor and roughness? (Encyclopedia 223) of Whitman?s American landscape including its entire diverse people and emerging institutions. For Whitman, an ideal American democracy embraces non-discriminatory practice and includes the lower classes in its national pride."
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Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself", 2004.
This paper analyzes sections 1 and 2 of Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself".
2,095 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper explains that Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself "is divided into 52 parts and it is evident from the beginning that, as far as structure is concerned, no apparent logic holds the body of the work together. The author points out that the first section of the poem begins with "I celebrate myself" and that is what the whole piece is about, not the celebration of Walt Whitman, the persona or the poet but of the concept of the universal "self", which the poet seeks to embody. The paper relates that, in the second part, the image of "Nature" is awe-inspiring, all-powerful and full of dangerous beauty, certainly a rather carnal beauty capable of attracting its progeny to their natural state.
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"The poem is based on rhythm, not the normal rhythm of speech but one organized in a more or less regular pattern. The cadence has extreme freedom. Broadly, the poem is composed in iambic feet but modifications are made very quickly. Song of Myself is a poem of movement and change, and all its parts are driven by the force of gradual and fluid interconnection of opposites ("fragrance" vs. "odorless", "respiration" vs. "inspiration"), by the constant repetition("myself", "assume", "perfume") and Whitman's long lists of nouns and adjectives of which we have the first example in the second part of the poem (lines 22 - 23). The "-ing" forms ("beating", "passing") change dynamically, which gives the poetic movement its smoothness. Movements within the poem occur gradually and cautiously with the help of the numerous blanks Whitman creates."
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Walt Whitman?s "Leaves of Grass", 2005.
A thorough analysis of the three main themes in Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass".
5,353 words (approx. 21.4 pages), 22 sources, APA, $ 132.95
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This paper explores the themes of the adult/child relationship, friendship and politics in Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass", along with several sub-themes and related minor themes, against the backdrop of Whitman's humility. Textual analysis is married with examinations of Whitman's own history through biographies and accounts, to develop a clearer picture of the man, the poet, the experimenter and the purveyor of his own ideas and beliefs in adult/child relationships, friendship and politics.
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Adult/Child Relationships
Friendship
Political Views
Conclusion
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"Walt Whitman was not a shy man. After he released the original edition of "Leaves of Grass" in 1855, Whitman was disappointed by slow sales. The verses did not seem marketable in and of themselves, and Whitman had handicapped his own success by choosing to print his long lines of poetry on larger-than-average paper: 8 inches by 11. (Harness, 2004) He had enjoyed some modest success with his 1840s moralistic novel, "Franklin Evans," so Whitman expected large returns and brilliant critical acclaim for "Leaves of Grass.""
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Walt Whitman, 2005.
This paper discusses the life and works of early American poet Walt Whitman.
1,915 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 61.95
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This paper explains that Walt Whitman has left a very great mark on early American literature through his free verse poetry and somewhat controversial subject matter, which reflect his own experiences and beliefs. The author points out that, around the 1850s, when he began writing in free verse, the style of rhyming verse being written in America at the time was very different; therefore, having been unsuccessful in finding a publisher for his poems, Whitman set the type for the pages of his book himself and published the first edition of "Leaves of Grass" at his own expense. The paper relates that the most important influence in Whitman's life, after the publication of the first edition of "Leaves of Grass", was the Civil War in which he volunteered to work in the hospital; "The Wound Dresser" is a memory poem about how the men during the Civil War were not treated according to rank or bravery but by the severity of their wounds.
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""Leaves of Grass" came out in nine editions. The first edition was published with only twelve poems in 1855, and later a total of 383 poems by its publication in 1892. Whitman also took the liberty of revising poems he had already published in the earlier editions. A great number of his poems including "Great Are the Myths" was revised, lengthened, shortened, and at last dropped. "Song of Myself" did not reach final form until twenty-six years after it was first published."
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Walt Whitman, 2006.
A review of Walt Whitman's poetry.
932 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper takes a look at the work of Walt Whitman and focuses primarily on his poem, "When Lilacs Last in the Pooryard Bloom'. It discusses how this poem is an elegy on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, an event that greatly influenced and affected Whitman.
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"During the poet's lifetime he often gave a popular lecture on Abraham Lincoln, which is chronicled in Prose Works. In these lectures Whitman referenced the three recurring symbols of Lilacs. In reference to the date of the assassination Whitman states, "I remember where I was stopping at the time, the season being advanced, there were many lilacs in full bloom. By one of those caprices that enter and give tinge to events without being at all a part of them, I find myself always reminded of the great tragedy of that day by the sight and odor of these blossoms" (Prose Works 2:503). The symbol of the star, which Whitman has said is actually the planet Venus, according to astrological records, was quite visible in the night sky at the time of the assassination. The symbol of the thrush is explained in a notebook entry penned sometime in 1865. In this entry the author talks of a "solitary thrush" and the way it "sings oftener after sundown" (Notebooks 2:766). "
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Walt Whitman, 2005.
A discussion regarding the work of Walt Whitman.
850 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper takes a look at Walt Whitman's poetry containing ambiguous and bisexual references. The paper discusses how criticism of such references are silly and offensive in today's world. The paper further discusses how Whitman has virtually become a poster boy for the gay community because of his willingness to explore unconventional sexual identities and predilections.
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"Whitman has nearly become a poster boy for the gay community because of his willingness to explore unconventional sexual identities and predilections. Not only in his poetry but in his personal life, Whitman did not avow heterosexuality as the only possible or acceptable means of love. His verse celebrates the essence of love and of human social contact. Whitman's views on friendship and romance were unrestrictive and the poet didn't buy into divisions based on gender, race, or class. Whitman was an abolitionist in pre-Civil War America, a labor advocate when the Industrial Revolution was just getting underway, and a proponent of the sexual revolution a century before it was acceptable, let alone "cool" to be gay."
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Walt Whitman and Ambrose Bierce, 2006.
Compares and contrasts two Civil War literary works by Walt Whitman and Ambrose Bierce.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This literary study compares and contrasts the various aspects of war that are depicted in "Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom'd" by Walt Whitman and "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. In similar ways, Whitman's work is an elegiac poem that honors the death of Abraham Lincoln, which Bierce's short story also exemplifies in his tale of the execution of Peyton Farquhar. However, both stories reflect contrasting sides of the Civil War conflict in how they remember and honor those that fought for both sides. In essence, both of these wartime literary works depict death, but have profoundly different points of view in relation to the ideological duality of the Civil War.
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Walt Whitman, 2002.
An introduction to the life and works of American writer, Walt Whitman, and an analysis of his poem, "The Soul, Reaching, Throwing Out for Love".
2,304 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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The paper begins with an introduction to the life history of American poet, Walt Whitman. It explores his childhood, his journalism career, his poetry and his music. The paper then paraphrases the four stanzas of Whitman's famous poem, "The Soul, Reaching, Throwing Out for Love" and analyzes it from a literary and a personal point of view.
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"This was the point that Whitman was trying to make; although humans have an vast ability to feel love, as humans may make the mistake of considering that love is just something that can only be shared with or get from others meaning that we as humans search outside ourselves for something that already exists within us, but are unable to identify it."
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Walt Whitman's Views on Death, 2001.
An in-depth look at the poet Walt Whitman's views on death in his poems "Song of Myself" and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd"
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 1 source, $ 86.95
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An analysis of Walt Whitman's poetry comparing and contrasting his views of death in "Song of Myself" and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd". The author discusses the overall philosophy embodied in Whitman's poetry and his evolution during the ten years between writing the poems.
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"The task of comparing and contrasting Walt Whitman?s views of death in ?Song of Myself? and ?When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom?d? not only reveals much about the overall philosophy embodied in Whitman?s poetry, but also shows how he grew and changed during the years between the two poems. First published in 1855, early in his career, the poem ?Song of Myself? was like a manifesto, or statement of the poet?s deepest beliefs. This is who I am, he is saying, and this is what I will be writing my poetry about. The poem as a whole covers most of the major themes which will be the subjects of his later poems. Death is just one of the many themes Whitman addressed in this poem, but it is an extremely significant theme because it helps the reader put his other ideas into perspective."
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