Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are known as one of America’s most significant nineteenth century poets. In “Song of Myself” Whitman celebrated diversity, nature, love and friendship. Through his work, he sent a message to the world that we should not only praise our soul, but we should praise our body as well. He found beauty and reassurance even in death. Whitman published this poem eight time during his lifetime as he expanded and revised the poetry. He added more to the original collection, however many liked the first edition. Dickinson wrote about what she knew and what fascinates her. After reading some of her work, one can easily conclude that she was a keen observer, she used images from nature, religion, law, music and some domestic activities to probe some intriguing theme. Both, Whitman’s and Dickinson’s poems were innovative, they were particularly American. …show more content…
The people during that time did not liked his poem so much because his poem had completely abandoned the regular meter and rhyme patterns. His poem “Song of myself” was not only a free verse but it presented openness regarding sex, it presented himself as a rough working men. He believed that American poem should not be escapades. He opposed of any kind of escapades poetry. A poet should encourage other, and it should be a guide or servant to people. He wanted people to be their own priest. American poet should create their own style of poem. His theory was that there should not be any didactic poetry, or any highly stylish poetic language. A poem should not contain any fancy word, and a poet should present things as they