Allen Mendler

In the article, “Lincoln and Whitman,” by David S. Reynolds, Abraham Lincoln had a huge impact on the poetry of Walt Whitman. First off, Lincoln believed Whitman’s poems about him were astonishing and therefore read them to his colleagues. In addition, Whitman’s writing in his poems had changed after the Civil War occurred and his poetic output decreased. For example, before the Civil War, Whitman wrote comprehensive poems. Whitman’s poetry volume, “Leaves of Grass,” thoroughly explained how the

Kerouac wrote the novel On the Road in late 1940s. The beat generation is a lost generation of disillusioned young men looking for freedom and self-expression. Jack Kerouac is the famous and most prominent writer who portrays his journey across America in his Novel. Thesis statement The novel explains how the beats are often criticized for their behavior, which is in particularly concerning drug use and sex. Here I explain how Kerouac and the beats experience those tensions. Kerouac and the Beats

Howl for the Subjection of our Individuality: Allen Ginsberg Reveals Corruption of Institutions Within America Allen Ginsberg: a poetic genius or lunatic? When reading Howl for the first hundred pages, Ginsberg’s sanity does not seem very apparent. Though, after time and deep interpretation, it shows raw truth, Ginsberg bares his soul within his poem, Howl. We are born, a soul into a body, genuinely each one-of-a-kind. Though, it seems America and its powerful institutions, tend to rip away layer

“You can’t stop the Beat” by the Cast of Hairspray I chose this song from the Broadway musical Hairspray because the whole show discussed the Transcendentalist ideas of standing up for your rights if you see something is unjust, not conforming to society, and being an individual. Tracy Turnblad did not think it was fair that the African Americans and the Whites were not allowed to dace together. Throughout the show she was lobbying on the African Americans behalf. In addition to fighting against

A Noiseless Patient Spider To say animals help define what it means to be human, a human would first have to find an animal it feels a connection with. Walt Whitman is a man known for giving his readers direct, concrete, and usually happy poems; however, in “A Noiseless Patient Spider”, Whitman chooses an animal to connect himself with: a spider. Through this animal, he creates an abstract, conceptual, and lonely poem. He identifies with the spider to expose real human emotion. Whitman asserts that

In the poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” Walt Whitman utilizes contrast imageries to symbolize the relationship between time and humanity. He embarks through life seeing his environment split between generations. Visioning his conquest from both the perspective of speaker himself, and the crowds from whom he resembles. Whitman seeks to transcend time by uniting people through their shared experiences. Throughout the poem, Whitman imagines the future of society. At times he can feel disconnected to

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

Song of Myself writing In the poem Song Of Myself by Walt Whittman, he emphasizes that we are all connected as individuals and everyone has their place in the universe, because we are all made of atoms. The poet claims that “For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you” (ll.3) Whittman is trying to describe how everyone in the universe is the same. Whittman saw slavery with his own eyes and believed it was wrong as no one had the right to own another. This reinforces his belief that we

In the poems “Let American be America Again” and “I hear America Singing” they are both dreams, but for different reasons. In “I hear America singing” Walt Whitman portrays America in an amazing light making people want to go this dream like utopian country. In “Let America be America Again” it portrays America as a land of false dreams and wants it to be the dream it hoped it be. It also tells of the corrupt, dark, crooked side of America. It also mentions how it should never have been like this

Walt Whitman starts the ballad with an announcement of the extraordinary excellence of Americans, particularly the regular individual. He sees the great in every one of the errands they put themselves through. He writes to show the strength of ordinary people with ordinary jobs. The working class have an unmistakable element that makes them what they are and he depicts them through his excellent symbolism. One by one, he speaks about these distinctive individuals, all of them American common laborers