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    Walt Whitman’s poems, the first person narrative emphasizes that the emotions expressed in his writing are unique to him. In his poem Song of Myself, he describes a scene in nature involving a wild goose call. He reflects “The pert may suppose it meaningless, but I listening close,/ Find its purpose and place up there toward the wintry sky…. I see in them myself and the same old law” (6). The use of the first person shows how Whitman’s interpretations of the events he depicts do not apply to all people

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    and cosmic, relating the supernatural to the mundane .With an emphasis on oneness with nature, Whitman’s celebratory attitude of the human soul in all of its complexity, beauty, and contradictions is most noted in his extensive poem titled “Song of Myself”, and is developed further in his poem “Kosmos”. Moreover, Whitman pioneers the future of modern poetry while incorporating his perspective of what it means to be human. With the basis of transcendentalism resting in the belief that human nature is

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    praising it and Whitman rewrote a second edition which included Emerson’s letter of approval. Whitman continued working various jobs and ended up settling down in Camden, New Jersey where he looked after his dying mother. In his epic poem, “Song of Myself” he relays the theme that we are all the same and connected in the same unique way. It related to his culture during his time but, it is also very relevant to our culture today. He reminds us throughout the poem the importance of how we should accept

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    “For the Sake of the Song” and “Song of Myself” share several key similarities, including a strong use of figurative language, making a connection with humanity, and both are considered romantic poems. Walt Whitman’s poetry contains much figurative language and connections between individuals and how they relate to the whole of society. Walt Whitman and Townes Van Zandt both seem pretty okay with death, as they talk about dying in their writings a lot and they both seem pretty nonchalant about it

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    Alyssa Di Mauro Unit 3 Paper The writing I chose to analyze is Song of Myself by Walt Whitman. This poem, considered an American epic, is so long and packed full of a variety of topics, to sum it up in its entirety would be taxing. For the purposes of this paper, I am focusing on only the parts of the poem which are commonly discussed in terms of literary elements. Whitman’s poem is a combination of poetic meditation about the world and all it encompasses interconnectedly, political commentary about

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    In section fifteen of Walt Whitman’s poem Song of Myself, Whitman makes working Americans the subject of most of his sentences while sparingly using concepts, instead of people, as subjects on other sentences. Most of the non-living subjects are closely tied to the concepts of Life and Death, Time, and Nature. By using nonliving conceptual subjects to contrast concrete images of working Americans, he demonstrates that though working Americans control society, Life and Death, Time, and Nature control

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    Author Walt Whitman wrote a poem called “From Song Of Myself ”, where he discusses all the things in life that surround him, and how his identity is reflected. His poem is mainly focused on him and his enjoyment in life. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself…”(488). This quote starts his poem in a joyful mood, where the reader is ready to embark on his reasoning of why he celebrates himself. However, there is a pattern where the tone goes from light and cheerful to being dull and dark. In one stanza

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    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. Whitman is known for being revolutionary for his use of free form verse

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    English 214 01 October 2017 Analysis of Whitman’s “Song of Myself” and “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” Walt Whitman was a self taught poet who left school to find studies on his own, believing that school doesn't give the necessary information for life. Evident in his two poems “Song of Myself” and “When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer” is his beliefs about school, as well as focusing in some way on nature. The poem “Song of Myself” focuses on his views about who he is, how important he feels

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    style with his own twist is Tyler Knott Gregson. Gregson looks at the world with the same reverence that Whitman did. It is through their poetic styles that Whitman and Gregson collide and it is by analyzing these styles, specifically in “Song of Myself” and “Typewriter Series #317,” respectively, that we are able to see a young Whitman within

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