How Did Walt Whitman Influence Poetry

Romanticism in ¨From Song of Myself¨ From song of myself, is a very open minded poem as the author Walt Whitman speaks so much in this poem about himself. Throughout the poem there is a variety of topics going on through every other line in where Walt Whitman declares that he is going to celebrate himself in his poem by all the personal opinions he provides in it. In this poem, Whitman explains how much he loves the world, especially nature and how everything fits together just as it should.

The wish to reach people is clear for both Whitman and Douglass. Whitman states throughout his poem that he is the voice of the world and also gives a sense of preaching and utters his feelings for all to hear him, in the first verse of “Song of Myself” he writes: “I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume, you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you" (p. 1024 Baym & Levine S., 2013)

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10th, 1830. Emily at a young age was often influenced in politics. Emily’s father believed in all children were entitled to a quality classic education. Every academic subject that Emily studied was within the context of the Christian religion.

Diction and Unusual Typography in E. E. Cummings’ “i carry your heart with me” i carry your heart with me by E. E. Cummings is a simple love poem with no abstruse diction. That is why I love this poem at the first glance. Having no ambiguous words makes this poem can be easily read, and it also makes me can easily feel the powerful feeling of love expressed through words in the poem. Furthermore, the unusual typography in this poem makes me curious what Cummings’ intention is in doing so. I believe that by examining the simple diction and the unusual typography used by Cummings in conveying the tone of this poem, we can reveal the poem’s deepest meaning, and portray the great images beneath the poem.

Yew Chung International School Dylan Koo CN 571 1616 Examine the theme of home in Chicago and I Ask My Mother To Sing. The poems ‘Chicago’ and ‘I Ask My Mother To Sing’ examine the theme home. Moreover, both poems give a distinctive feeling about home. In ‘Chicago’, the poet Carl Sandburg focuses on how Chicago the city becomes the very people who inhabit it.

In ‘On My Songs’ by Wilfred Owen, his ideas about poetry and its importance are voiced throughout the duration of the poem. He does this by using various techniques like metaphors, diction, and personification amongst others. One of the main ideas we can gather from this poem is that he believes that poetry is a form of release. It begins with: ‘Though unseen Poets, many and many a time/ Have answered me as if they knew my woe/…fashioned so their rime…easing the flow/ Of my dumb tears’.

Coleridge was famous for his lyrical ballads and likes to write poems that make the reader think he is writing about. At the same time, his imagery is intense and impacts readers to pay close attention to his writing. This poem is valued for its appreciation

“Different Authors write different ways, have different relationships with their audiences, and those are all legitimate”(John Green).Authors Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman who lived and expressed Themselves through Poetry and Writing during the realism era, convey different style characteristics, write in very different ways and connect to their audiences through very different ways. Both authors have very contrasting writing, although both differences and similarities are discovered by such characteristics. The writing of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman shows many similarities and many differences through their backgrounds and themes, and the way both aspects affect their writing. Walt Whitman experienced a very different upbringing,

There are very many themes and each of those themes can be interpreted very differently by both the writer and the reader. American romantic poets Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman wrote on the same topics and themes of romanticism, but they had very different views. Emily Dickinson was put away by society, so she cut herself off completely from the unjust and stark society. Walt Whitman on the other hand loved how diverse society and how anyone has the freedom to choose their path. Additionally when everyone’s song is combined it creates a beautiful melody.

“I Hear America Singing” has a free verse style. This poem was created in the mid 1800s , during a rise in immigrants and the Industrial Revolution. The author is writing about how each individual song celebrates “his” work that only “he” can fulfill effectively. You couldn’t sing on your job if you didn’t truly believe in your efforts and take pride in your work. The theme of this poem is “individual workers and liberties make America great.

I chose this song because I appreciated the correlation of personal history of Ed Sheeran connecting to his audience to add to the level of empathy in his lyrics. Doing this short essay showed me the point of poems is for the subject to leave an affect on the reader, so I felt that highlighting the allusion, simile, and personification gave an implication of knowing the deep meaning behind the music. Realizing the purpose of this piece communicating the sentiment, idea, and concept let me wring out the expression of emotion Sheeran used in this particular song. Also recollecting that this song is performed for a show known as Sons of Anarchy which is a dramatic program about bikers specifically, however correlates with all sorts of topics.