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A Noiseless Patient Spider Essay

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Emily Dickson's poem namely ‘'I am nobody, who are you?'' is about us against those who prefer fame and public recognition. ‘'How dreary-to be somebody. How public like a frog'' the lines denotes that we can be recognized without much publicity in the general public. Ironically the author uses the approach to be recognized because she is perhaps being ignored. Walt Whitman's poem namely ‘'A noiseless patient spider'' denotes a mute patient spider trying to weave its web on a rock in the middle of the turbulent ocean as it is in line two, ‘'I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated''. The speaker is quite worried as he compares the industrious but dejected spider to his soul who is trying to adapt the world challenges. The main theme of both poems is general isolation and despise of the less influential people in the society. Analysis Both poems address isolation plight, Dickson argues that the females are being limited to express themselves and as a result, she is inspired to compose the song because literature will hardly be restrained, ‘'I dwell in possibility'', poetry is roofless hut but the sky. Similarly, Whitman denotes isolation feeling as the core component of the whole poem. In line two, he shows how the spider ‘'stood isolated'' on the ever-stormy ocean which is imagery of himself in the society. His soul is …show more content…

Given that the underage tone is trying to pull the readers on her side the speaker mocks the world of fame regarding renowned writers as loud bullfrogs. She denotes that there is nothing beneficial they bring rather than advertising their names to maintain popularity with nothing substantial. Consequently, that is why she kept her identity as ‘'us,'' ‘'we'' and ‘'they'' (Dickson, p. 12) as opposed to Whitman's poem whose protagonist is the ‘'patient spider'' struggling to live in the dangerous

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