Allen Mendler

Whitman saw everything about the war—even its violence—as patriotic. It was an emotional outburst and then cleansing for the entire country. According to Reynolds, Whitman’s recruiting poems, “avoided partisanship, picturing the war spirit as a unifying rather than divisive force…” (417). Whitman’s works funneled all of the passionate emotions expressed and experienced during the war and directed them towards unity. In contrast, one of Whitman’s recruitment poems “Beat! Beat! Drums!” focuses on

In this week’s readings one element I noticed being shared among the poems read was equality. In Walt Whitman’s “[I celebrate myself, and sing myself]” it’s written around the time of the American Civil War and during this period there were high tensions among many people concerning slavery. When Whitman writes “My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air, born here of parents from here from parents the same, and their parents the same…” (p.744), I felt Whitman broke the matter

Walt Whitman once poetically proclaimed, “Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.” (Whitman Brainyquote). This is just one of thousands the of thoughts that he and many authors shared during this time period. He played a great role in the transcendentalism literary movement, which was a point in history when authors expressed themselves through the simplicity of nature. They viewed the earth as a canvas that God stroked with his choicest paint brush. Walt Whitman’s difficult childhood and

David Henderson English 1213 Dr. Keith Hale 2 Dec 2016 Walt Whitman Walt Whitman is known as Americas greatest poet; however, this took some time. Whitman is considered the father of free verse poetry (Reynolds). The free verse was not accepted among the people very well, the people had no idea how to accept it for what it was. Whitman’s greatest work is a collection of poems and stories called “Leaves of Grass”, which Whitman published his first copy in 1855. Whitman’s collection of “Leaves of Grass”

In Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”, the concept of self is one of the most momentous aspect and theme of the poem. Whitman believes the self is a spiritual entity that is comprised of experiences, ideas, and insights during and beyond the conscious life. He is able to see through not only his own self, but the selves of many others because the self is not only individual but universal as well. This poem is spoken from first person, the narrator even addressing himself as Walt Whitman in order

As you read “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg’s you pay attention more to the way the words are structured and out in a certain way. So personally for me I didn’t get to feel the same vibes as I got from the visuals. In the visuals u get a much better perspective in what the author tries to imply. But after analyzing both the poem and the visuals I now believe that Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl” is the author’s attempt to express his views on how rules and order is what is causing the generations to go mad

William Blake’s poetry contains many themes of religion. Examining Blake’s works, The Chimney Sweeper and The Little Black Boy shows an example of this. In The Chimney Sweeper Tom dreams an angel comes to him and tells him “If he’d be a good boy, he’d have God for his father & never want joy” (122). Upon waking the next day, despite the cold temperatures, Tom feels warm even though he had to work hard in a potentially deadly job that he was forced into. Could this be because he had a great dream

of writers who took part of this movement were Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Bob Dylan, and William S. Burroughs. They were a group of rebellious free thinkers as well as famous authors during their time. As time progressed into the 1960’s, these men were known as hippies. The Beat Generation was a literary movement. Their radical ways of thinking helped shape what allowed literary figures to publish. The poem “America” written by Allen Ginsberg is one of the many creative works written

The world today is filled with a lot of good authors, poets, and writers. Sometimes I wish I was a writer. I have read and focused on the works of a lot of good poets. Allen Ginsberg is an amazing poet. He is legendary. The work that he has done will always be remembered. I like the person Ginsberg was when he was growing up. People spoke a lot about him. Nowadays people still follow his work. He was born in Newark, New Jersey. Ginsberg attended high school in Paterson, New Jersey. After high school

Melinda Ann Gates was born on August 15, 1964, is an American Philanthropist, a former employee, and also known as Bill Gates wife. She has three siblings: one older sister and two younger brothers. Her Father “Ray French” was an aerospace engineer during her upbringing, while her mother “Elaine French” was unemployed. When she was around in her early adulthood, she has developed an interest in computers while she was taking Math class at the Ursuline Academy. She went on and then decided to pursue