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Comparing The Works Of Emily Dickinson And Walt Whitman

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Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman both came to notability near the end of the Romantic time period. Before the Realism transition, they both shared an equal love for nature in their poems. Through both author’s writings, they display different aspects of Romanticism, mainly that knowledge comes from experiences. This is shown in their poetry through emotion, nature, and recognition.
Emily Dickinson first began to publish her poems in 1850, during the Romantic Period. She shared her intrigue with nature and often compared items found in nature in her poems. All of that changed when the Civil War began in 1861 and ultimately ended the Romantic movement. Thus, the Realism transition was in full swing. In her new poems, one could begin to sense
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