Emily Dickinson Influences

“Attack” The poem “Attack” is about how the war is from the inside of the battlefield. The poem explains the battlefield like it is a terrible place to be in and experience. It explains war as this living hell where there is nothing but fire, smoke, loud noises and gunfire. The planes roaring as they hover over the battlefield and lower to the ground to drop bombs and gunfire, body parts are flying over the fields, tanks are slowly creeping over the hills, the only expressions on the soldiers’ faces are anger and fear; it’s chaos.

Whitman wrote broad stanzas and focused on the whole of America as his inspiration. His lines covered a wide range of topics and generated multiple points of view for the reader. He called his life’s work “Leaves of Grass”; stressing the

Walt Whitman uses the literary devices of tone, plot, and imagery in his poem “The Artilleryman’s Vision” and in his letter to his mother to show how war affects everyone differently. For some, it may continue to affect them long after the war is over or for others it may have been a somewhat positive experience that does not result in post traumatic stress disorder. Whitman uses the literary device of tone in both his letter and his poem to show how different soldiers have varying experiences of war and how they will be affected differently. In the poem, “The Artilleryman’s Vision”, a veteran is having a vivid nightmare while his wife and infant sleep on.

In the next lines, Whitman makes the assertion that both soldiers vividly know the price of war. He describes it as “hot contention of opposing fronts”, “the long maneuver”, and “red battles with their slaughter”. These observations about battle illustrate that both soldiers have seen the difficulty of the fight and how both sides try to out strategize the other. The red battles of slaughter, illustrate the death toll that those strategies and contentious battles have created.

Similarly to trees who are cut down only to be replaced by another the soldiers were constantly being replaced by another because they were dying rapidly for a war that wasn't going anywhere. This proves the theme that the immature can fight, it takes true maturity to settle ones’ differences because, had the people been mature enough to settle their problems reasonably the soldiers wouldn't be piling up and they would instead be bearing fruit that would have actually worked to better the nation, instead of dying to settle an old feud. Diction/ Tone “People scorned the…” -Europe line 13 By using the word “scorned” to describe the Peoples feelings Whitman creates a disappointed tone toward his fellow americans.

“In his poetry, Wilfred Owen depicts the horror and futility of war and the impact war has on individuals.”

War is an action which causes grave impacts to those who come into contact to it. There is nothing positive that comes out of war. To one side it is a sorrowful grievance while the other side is a bitter sweet victory. Ernest Hemmingway’s Soldier’s Home portrays what soldiers feel when they come home, trying to return to their pervious selves. In conjunction to Hemingway, Carl Sandburg’s poem, Grass, demonstrates what the land as well as the civilians react to war occurring.

“The Wound-Dresser” has Whitman remembering the painful details of the conflict in the boots of a soldier. In the second stanza of the passage, he lists off some actions he took in attacking the enemy as well as what his duties were behind the confines of the infirmary. “In the nick of time I come,” he writes, “plunge in the fight, loudly shout in the rush of successful charge” (“The…” 16). He lists these things without any thought intermingled, it was all instinctive, orderly chaos. On the contrary, in “Beat!

Whitman was able to do this almost effortlessly because he saw what was really going on. He volunteered as a wound-dresser; he wrote letters for wounded soldiers, he gave of himself tirelessly. Whitman saw his nation divided and stood to tell his tale. He was an everyman; he was any man. Whitman was the human embodiment of undying compassion. Most of all Whitman is something

"Reconciliation" is a poem that was meant to open the eyes of the reader to the effects the war had after it was over. It is written through the eyes of a dead soldier who has seen what the war has done. This soldier has the blood of many men on his hands and will always remember the death. Where "Editha" showed the significance of war in relation to a person's love of their country, "Reconciliation" tells in a few strong lines, the somber mood of a country that has lost many lives. Whitman writes, "For my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself is dead"(Whitman 129). It is not said what side this "divine" man fought for but it shows that no matter what side the men fought on they were fighting for what

The point of the poem was to deliver the horrors of war to the public

Notable poets such as Walt Whitman became first recognized during the American Civil War. Poetry has made a major impact on civilizations during times of war and dispute. Poetry has become an outlet for “war poets” to recap on their experiences during time served in the war and express their thoughts. Once readers are moved by what conditions during a war really consist of and how devastating it can be more people were rally for peace and became united in their quest to end the war.Family members of fallen soldiers have found a sense of comfort from keeping the poems that were written by their relatives as a way of remembrance. During the war many written poems were published in newspapers making them widely available to more enthusiast. While war pamphlet hid the horror and distorted reality; war poems shed light on the truth a informed many of the brutality of others experiences raising awareness and joining more in the anti war community.

The discussion opened with the question of whether or not Whitman was a supporter of the war, as it was obvious that he was against the suffering caused by it. There seemed to be a definitive consensus that Whitman was against the war. The Civil War, in particular, pitted brother against brother, which was exemplified in Whitman’s prose, Two Brothers, One South, One North. Cory remarked that Whitman glorified the wounded to prove that there was no true winner in war. This brought about the discussion of Stephen’s second question of whether Whitman’s prose and poetry differed in focus and in realism. For many of the class, it was felt that there was a vast contrast between his poetry and his prose. Carrie argued that Whitman’s poetry feels romanticized

The war being Frost’s most discussed historical issue shaped some of his most moving, and poignant works. Though upon his passing Frost became a topic of controversy, whether he was an admirable man, or a fiend, due to his portrayal in many of his autobiographies. Frost despite his reputation upon his death remains one of the most prominent authors of his time, his unique tone contrasts highly to most authors of his era, Frost’s use of a narcissistic tone, appeals to the reader in that all of us have a sense of focus on our own desires, which he exploits, adding an appeal to the reader’s mentality. Frost was and remains revered as a national icon and a revolutionary in the poetry

Walt Whitman, a civil war nurse was a self-taught poet in the 1800s. Whitman is known for using lists, anaphora, free verse, and other literary devices in his poems. In his works, he focuses on American workers, diversity, transcendent approaches to nature, and individualism. “Song of Myself,” a poem written by Whitman, explores themes of nature, sex, democracy, and spirituality. Whitman uses nature to fuel his creativity in using grass as a symbol of comparison to life by using imagery, metaphors, and analogies.