Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson use similar and different poetic devices. They were different and similar in their topics in the poems, “324” and “When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer”. They both talk about different and similar things and both come from the same era of writing which is the Romantic era. First when you read “324” by Emily Dickinson you can see that she has a rhyme scheme in the endings of each lines.
Even though these characters like Jay Gatsby, Victor Frankenstein, Holden Caulfield, Daisy Buchannan and Janie Peace carry themselves in an eccentric manner, These writers of these novels (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mary Shelley J.D. Salinger and Zora Neale Hurston) have gone against the stereotype of what classifies someone as being mad because the persons in the novel were aware of their actions, these characters have experienced some kind of trauma that forced them to react the way they do and all of these individuals from the novel seem to be misunderstood. These writers have made it very clear that their characters have been aware of their actions the entire duration of the novel. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby knew exactly what he was doing and why he was doing what he did. This was an extremely clear indication that he could be classified as a person with sanity. One can infer that the only time
Hope and humanity must have a symbiotic relationship in order to survive. Both McCarthy and Dickinson reveal their understanding of hope through their literature. The authors portray hope in two different ways. In both pieces of literature hope is overlooking all the negativity in their life seeking a better day than the one before. Emily Dickinson believed that there wasn’t a fight necessary to keep hope alive.
When I undertook this project I wanted to choose female artists who were outstanding at their craft regardless of their gender, while also I wanted female artist who’s work had themes that the mainstream art industry neglected. The three artists I will be focusing on are Dorothea Lange, Emily Carr, and Daphne Odjig. Dorothea Lange was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. Emily Carr was a Canadian painter and writer heavily inspired by the Aboriginal peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Carr was one of the first painters in Canada to adopt a Modernist and Post-Impressionist painting style.
This writing expresses such a dramatic and romantic view. The background of Dickinson is much more rich and privileged. She was able to get a proper education at Harvard and lived a very realism kind of life. Her background effects her writing differently and makes her poetry sound much more proper, formal and depressing compared to Whitman’s brighter and more informal poetry. The Themes in these authors writings are also different.
A strong response against romanticism and the burgeoning influence of rational philosophy prompted a literary movement which revealed life in its truest form. Realism, with its attention on the immediate situation and its consequence, spread throughout the world in the 19th century. Pivotal writers of the time such as William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, and Gustave Flaubert adapted the realism into their writing. They refrained from using the usual romantic take to writing in order to reveal a more realistic aspect of life. Realist writers believed in revealing the true nature of situations instead of romanticizing them.
“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.” -Emily Dickinson. [Emily spent her life writing poetry that would make anyone who read her poems feel that way.] Dickinson inspires many people through the stories of her poems.
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 Crafts and Emily Dickinson’s sense of home seemed to deeply contrast after researching their backgrounds, and reading their biographies and poems. An overarching difference was their view on religion, which happened to be Christianity. It is noted in the podcast that the Crafts embraced the traditional view of Christianity. So much so, that it fueled their journey towards inevitable freedom.
Emily’s poems are often stressful and depressing while Whitman’s poetry is graceful and candid. In addition, Whitman’s poetic style is opened while Dickinson is rather private and
American Romanticism American Romanticism is a concept that developed in the 17th century. Romanticism is all about emotions, the meaning of life, religion, society, the human form, death, and nature. Romanticism is very diverse and complex because each writer interprets the themes differently and each person who reads the poem can see something different and unique. Two famous and influential romantic poets were Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. Although Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman were both romantic poets they interpreted society and death in two completely different ways.
Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman are both influential foundational poets in American literature. Their works were unconventional and controversial at the time, challenging American ideology. While Walt Whitman is often referred to as the father of free verse with poems that express an enlarged vision that encompasses the universe in a broad way, in expansive outward gestures such as I hear American Singing and Song of Myself. Dickinson's poetry is more personal dealing with her states of mind, and in my opinion, is more interesting compare to Whitman’s writing style. Emily Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization
The poem that stood out the most while reading this assortment of Emily Dickinson poems, was her poem numbered 656/520. This poem used imagery in numerous ways throughout in order to show the audience the important themes and the overall meaning of this work of literature. The poem’s main theme was about a walk on the beach that the poet encountered in the early morning. Although the poem is about a beach it can also give the audience contextual clues into other aspects of life.
Dickinson and Whitman have revolutionized poetry eternally. Emily Dickinson’s writing shows her introverted side, she found comfort in being reclusive. Her writing clearly depicts that certain works of her will not be meant for everyone, rather
This semester has been an ongoing challenge for me but has been an enjoyable one and I have not been presented with any impossible tasks. I have never been much of a writer, and during the course of this semester, I 've struggled to meet length requirements on the assigned essays. However, I do understand that not everyone is an excellent writer or even has to enjoy writing to get a good grade in this 1A class. From the start, with the first essay, I pushed myself to do my best and looked to multiple outlets to polish my writing, such as the online tutor, the writing center, the internet and the writer 's handbook.
