What power dose a particular word or phrase have in a poem? The power a word or phrase has is very powerful. I will be giving you an example from a poem. The poems name is Over the carnage rose prophetic a voice written by Walt Whitman. The particular line that I will be using is “If need be, a thousand shall sternly immolate themselves for one.” (7, Walt). This phrase is important to the structure of the poem because the main point of the poem is about how a voice is speaking over a war zone filled with dead bodies. This connects to where in the line it says "thousand shall sternly immolate themselves." Where this is an important to the poem because immolate is to sacrifice. Scenes the poem is about the dead on a war zone it's like saying
In 1891, Irish author Oscar Wilde observed,” Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience and through rebellion. Sometimes negatives bring positives.
People may dream of a perfect society where everyone is similar--a utopia. People might believe building a utopia is a grand idea because they won’t have to worry about being bullied or discriminated. There couldn’t be any flaws in building a utopia-- accept everything. Yeah, everyone would be similar, and people probably won’t be bullied or discriminated, but are the consequences of fixing those proroblems going to be worth it. Absolutely not, imagine if there was only one kind of culture/one kind of person, let's say everyone is German, that means when there is an opportunity to go out to eat there will be no Mexican, no Chinese, no Italian, etc. The same food will be eaten just like any other day. Plus, food wouldn’t be the only thing affected
Walt Whitman was a revolutionary poet who let his emotions run free through his poetry. Whitman was never afraid to express himself no matter how inappropriate or offensive his emotions might have seemed at the time. This is why Whitman's poem still echo that same sentiment and emotion today almost as loudly as when the drums were first tapped.
Humans should balance and understand the difference between good and evil. Good and evil are the superficial ideas that permeate society in many ways. However, one does not get to do in depth analysis so as to encounter such in lifestyle. As an example, at this point the planet is at the verge of a war. Humans have completely different views and perceptions of the implications such events would bring around the planet. There has always been an unending struggle of deciding between good and evil. As humans, we have a tendency to do not understand or notice a balance between them so as to achieve a positive outcome.
The America we know today has come along way from what it was in 1800's.Although so many things have changed some for better or worst, there are certain factors that stay consistent till this day.In Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" he describes his view and perception on the America he lived through.Then years later Langston Hughes recreated this in a poem he titled "I Too" which gives his version of the way he feels about America with a more sort of modern feel.
In the inspiring lyric poem, “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman, the speaker expresses his beliefs that people who work very hard and meticulously at a job that they have chosen, will support the success and better future of a nation. In a quote from the poem, “I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,” (line 1) the speaker explains that people work really hard each and every day so that their country can prosper and thrive. Here is another quote from the poem that rightfully expresses how these workers like their job, “Mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,/ The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,” (lines 2,3). Another quote from the poem, “Each singing what belongs to him or her
To understand and compare the realism between Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage and the works of Walt Whitman, one must first examine the meaning of realism. In literature, realism can be defined as the writer’s attempt to create a picture through concise language and descriptive scenes. Essentially, a reader should walk away from the book feeling as though they lived the events with the characters, much like one might experience in a well produced movie. There may not always be moral values included in the text, but it is safe to say that a writer’s opinions, thoughts, and beliefs will appear in their work. Both Crane and Whitman exemplify the skillfulness of realism. Their approaches, however, are both unique but different, since one actually experienced war first-hand, while the other simply read about it in the history books.
Pedagogy is a teaching style that is used to help students learn. Teachers often have a unique pedagogy that they prefer to follow. Some teachers prefer to lecture, others model, some simply assign the work, and to each their own. “...there is some evidence of teachers abandoning formal pedagogies in favor of informal ones…” (Cain). Walt Whitman was no different; he prefered a hands on approach when it came to teaching and through his approach, he learned as much from the student as they did from him. Walt Whitman had several ideas and themes that came from his pedagogy as recorded in Song of Myself 6, 46, and 47.
Walt Whitman’s and Langston Hughes’s view on the socio-political conditions of modernity Walt Whitman in the poem “I Hear America Singing” mentions that American people are joined together, and they are working together for future development. Even though they have different occupations, and they are not ‘singing’ the same song, their various professions helping this country to develop this country by modernizing the general condition of the country. Whitman focuses on each person, and his/her jobs. These people working shoulder to shoulder as a whole strong unite, and expanding the production which is the essential element for development. He states different occupations such as mechanics, carpenter, mason, boatman, hatter, deckhand, shoemaker, wood-cutter etc.
Walt Whitman uses deliberate figurerative langauge in his poem " I Hear America Singing "to exspess his emotion about the american worker, to make strong connection , with the narrator his strong pasion of the american worker in " I Hear America Singing " Mr. Whitman uses repitition and imegery to express his feelings about the american worker to the reader. " I Hear America Singing " is a poem that the auther uses to express the american worker singing , and enjoying their careers . and singing the " varied carols " pretaining to each and every career, weather it is about going to work, at work or leaving work. "Whitman" points out workers sing about every part of their job, because they enjoy their careers Whitman talks about workers
Walt Whitman’s “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” was written in 1865 and published in 1867, in the fourth edition of his collection Leaves of Grass. Throughout this poem, Whitman suggests that nature’s beauty cannot be measured by scientific explanations, mathematical equations, or taught through lectures, but that you have to go and experience it for yourself.
Walt Whitman does not like war or the effects of it. He realized this after volunteering as a nurse during World War One. The war changed his whole life and the way he saw it.
Title- The song of myself sounds like a poem of self expression, and a gospel of Walt Whitman's’ self beliefs. When his optimistic outlook on life is brought into perspective, one could also conclude that the poem was about his positive and radical outlook on life, because it is a song of himself, his personal expression.
In Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”, the poet showcases his feelings of people and himself by using literary descriptors to convey his thoughts on these and various other subjects. In section 20, Whitman’s purpose is to showcase self-assuredness regardless of what the world tries to state otherwise by maintaining his resolute happiness in being himself. This is what sets him apart from being like the other people in the world.