Walter G Whitman Essay

Walt Whitman is said to be a revolutionary poet because of the way he influenced a change in writing technique, but also because he acknowledged topics that had never been addressed before. During his lifetime, his ideas were seen as ludicrous; they aided the radical social reforms of the time, making them dangerous, although many expert writers such as Waldo Ralph Emerson thought they were amazing and not pieces to go unnoticed. As time passed and Whitman died, the nation saw Whitman’s pieces for the masterpieces that they were. To fully understand Whitman’s greatness, one must look at his full biography to experience how each step in his life led up to the great influence of his poems on the fledgling nation of the United States.

The Good Gray Poet, Walt Whitman, is one of the giants of American literature. He wrote with passion and used his own life experiences to start the spark of his greatest works in literature. Whitman was strongly influenced by the United States and during his life he witnessed and wrote about many of defining moments of American history.

In the first image of an old farm field. The image appears to be very old. The image appears centered and the focus helps in showing the stems of the plants. The houses / barns show the designs as well. Even the smoke coming out of the chimney. I also like how the fog in the background shields the mountain in the background scene. When looking at this image it could be mistaken as a painting as in the Pictorialism period.

Walt used creativity, personal experiences and different ideas in his writing. He moved various times through his childhood, and that may have moved his personality to become slightly neurotic. He has done a lot of things in his life that has changed the way that future poets will write. Walt Whitman entered this world on May thirty-first, eighteen-nineteen in West Hills, New York. He was the second son among nine other children in his household. His parents were Louisa Van Velsor and Walter Whitman, a housebuilder. His name was soon shortened to Walt to keep from getting confused with his father’s similar name. The family commuted to Brooklyn, New York when Walt was only

Walt Whitman was an American poet born in May 31, 1819 in New York, and he died in March 26, 1892 in New Jersey. He grew up going to school in separate facilities from people of color, so he was growing up along with the nation. He was self-taught by exploring things for himself, for example, going to the museums when he could. Whitman as a young boy alternated from being in the city to being in the countryside with his grandparents. He was exposed to be being self-reliant at a young age. His writings were influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson, which lead him to having a collection of unnamed poems, and one of them was “Song of Myself”.

Walt Whitman’s poetry embodies the changes taking place in America during and after the Civil War. He experiences them firsthand as a Civil War nurse. In the poems, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” and “A Child Said What is the Grass?”. Whitman talks about both population growth, and the many deaths during the Civil War. He sees life and death as a cycle, and examines life after the life of an individual.

The individual is portrayed by romantics in many different aspects, but all believing that an individual should think for them self. Ralph Waldo Emerson writes in his works of how people must do as they like and not follow in the shadow of others. Henry David Thoreau believes that people should think for themselves in respect to the government and rule for themselves. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writes in his works of how people should seize the day and live life to its fullest, avoiding the fear of the future.

While in grade school, when I read about the civil war all you would here about is who won a specific battle or about the union or confederate general who led their army to victory. The background information was never listed in the textbooks, these men had life before they decided to go off into the war, yet that was never looked at. That is why in Walt Whitman’s Memoranda he addresses the erased history of these soldiers, because in reality they were just human and their story deserved to be told. Furthermore, Whitman goes on to state “blotch'd here and there with more than one blood-stain, hurriedly written, sometimes at the clinique, not seldom amid the excitement of uncertainty, or defeat, or of action, or getting ready for it, or a march,” (Whitman, Pg.3)1 which is used to emphasis the gruesome pain these soldiers were in, yet their story was not talked about. Bodies on top bodies lying in the middle of field lifeless is what many do not want to think about;

     Love is the greatest gift that God has bestowed upon mankind. Defining love is different for every culture, race, and religion. Walt Whitman’s love is ever changing for anyone who tries to love him or understand his work. Love can be broken down into a multitude of emotions, and feelings towards someone or some object. In order to find love that is searched for, preparations must be made to allow the full experience of Whoever You Are Holding Me Now in Hand by Walt Whitman to be pious. Walt Whitman’s poem is devoted to the fullness of love, and a description of fantasy and reality. A journey to find love starts with knowledge that both participants are willing, and

She delegated important operational tasks to her team of chosen executives, rather than the directors traditionally in charge of certain divisions. Also, she modified HP’s corporate hierarchy to create a chain of command from the top down; in a company accustomed to bottom-up collaboration and teamwork. Carly alienated employees, post-merger layoffs decreased company motivation and her marketing campaigns upset people who were worried about job security and financial loss. Nevertheless, Fiorina doubled HP's revenue as CEO, taking them from the 28th - to 11th-largest company in the United States during her reign.

All Alone      Walter Whitman was an American poet of the 1800’s. Walt was arguably one of America’s influential and innovative poets of his time. Whitman began work as a printer and journalist in the New York City area. He wrote articles on politics, civics, and the arts. During the Civil War, Whitman was a volunteer

Walt Whitman could be seen as a narcissist because of his confidence in knowing the “ways” of the world. He is confident in his theory that the physical self and the emotional self, or the soul, are equals in all aspects. But I’m unsure if this is such a bad thing, as narcissism has negative connotations. On the other hand, the object of a visionary poet is not to sway people a certain way or impress them but to be able to reveal a moment or feeling in time and share their findings, which Walt does. Through his work he isn’t saying look at me and all I know. He is sharing his self-discovery and soul searching with the reader to show how magical it can be. He shares his uncertainties, what it’s like to love and what it’s like to be at peace

“Song of Myself” was first published as the untitled opening poem of Leaves of Grass in 1855. The author’s name does not appear on the first edition’s title page, but it is mentioned in the poem: “Walt Whitman, an American, one of the roughs, a kosmos.” This characterization sums up the subject of identity in “Song of Myself.” Whitman presents himself as an American working man and as a mystical figure at one with the universe. Whitman celebrates the human body and its ability to become one with the self and with nature.The speaker shows that the union of the self and the body allows for a truly transcendent experience in which one attains absolute fulfillment. This joined self is capable of simultaneously being one with nature and standing apart from nature.

It is obvious today from Whitmanís place in American literature that the "scrupulous circles" did pay some attention to his poetry and identifying with at least portions of it. Dana did contend that, "no impartial reader can fail to be impressed with the vigor and quaint beauty of isolated portions" (3).

"The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as much as he absorbs his country."