Allen Mendler

I Hear America Singing is a patriotic poem written by Walt Whitman released during his lifetime. In the poem Whitman emphasizes American individualism and attempts to explain how such a nation, so focused on the individual, comes together as one great, unified, hardworking force. He explains all this adequately using sound devices, diction, and the theme of the poem. The poem doesn’t necessarily use a specific rhythm or any kind of measures. In fact the poem is written in free verse, which can

As many may know “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” is one of Walt Whitman's poems within the well known collection of “Leaves of Grass”. Throughout this poem Whitman imagines the travelers of the ferries and what they see, he feels as if they will see the same images as he does when looking out amongst the water. Especially in the “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” poem whitman speaks to the audience as if he is talking to them directly, though he has done this in others works within Leaves of Grass, the question

uses the repetition of certain words to sound almost robotic-like. This repetition speaks very strongly to his intensely communist views on capitalism as a machine. The use of syntax is the poem also speaks very strongly to Ginsberg’s public abuse of drugs and alcohol. The entire piece reads in the same mixed up order as if the speaker was inebriated or suffering from some sort of mental illness, also a commentary on Ginsberg’s opinion of insanity as a form of genius. The free verse that Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg was a very controversial person of the 1950s, and one of the leaders of the Beat generation. He used his poetry to show his rage with a destructive and abusive society. “Howl” was Ginsgerg’s first major work to be performed in public and published. “Howl” is full of powerful imagery and emotion, used to paint a very disturbing picture. Even the title of “Howl” expresses how Ginsberg feels, the title expresses one of the major themes in the poem which his madness. Howling is usually

Introduction: He is one of America’s most admired and significant poets. His most famous book, Leaves of Grass, includes a collection of his poems. Although Leaves of Grass was initially ignored because of its harsh and explicit language it quickly became one of the best poems of American History. He had other professions too though, such as: a teacher, a government clerk, and a nurse during the American Civil War. This man, Walt Whitman, significantly changed the poetry realm and encouraged people

Woody Allen use of satire is amazing in the short story “The Kugelmass Episode”. The very first paragraph foreshadows the direction this story will take, in regards to the writing style the author is trying to use. The fact that, “Kugelmass, a professor of humanities at City College…” is divorced with “two dull sons”, remarried, constantly putting down his current wife, and wants to have an affair, is extremely ironic given this fact. Kugelmass is an extremely desperate man trying to find true

Allen Ginsberg’s HOWL – Offending Content, Sincere Meaning Allen Ginsberg, a famous poet who dealt with homosexuality and mental instability at the time of the 1950s, seems to have incorporated the main aspects of his life through his well-known poem, “HOWL.” Mainly focusing on his experiences and his journey through life, Ginsberg, as he appears through his words, seems to be riding some twisted, windy rollercoaster that takes him from one state of being to another. Going more in depth and actually

“I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman and “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes. Whitman and Hughes both mention the love for the America dream. There are many similarities and differences between the two poems. They both are describing what was happening in America one in mid 1800’s and one mid 1900’s what was happening during this time was finally abolished slavery in the south & the Civil Rights Movement. Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman are similar because they use the same technique

Nothing can ever be just black or just white. There is grey in the middle, as well as there is blue, and red, and purple, and every other color known to the human existence. Even then there are transitional colors between those colors because there is no one true side; how can one stand in the complete dark and still expect to see? Yet, at the same time, how can one stand in the complete light and expect to not be blinded? In many ways, things are not just one specific way, nor are the another,

“I’ve always been afraid of Arthur. Now I get to be afraid of Erik and Arthur.” (Bloor 42) In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the message the reader gains is that fear gives others power. In the beginning of Tangerine, Paul would never tell his parents what Erik was doing because he was afraid of getting hurt. While Erik and Arthur were laughing about Mike’s death, Paul is looking for his mom too see what they are doing, but “She saw none of this. She heard none of this.” (52) Paul wants his