Caresser of Life: Walt Whitman and the Civil War
... two-hundred-pound, still somewhat firmly apportioned male to be "voluptuous." By 1860 he was fulfilling the prophecy-if perhaps only vicariously and in the poems. Whitman's disappearance may have been part of a pattern, begun in 1848 after the initial failure of his Free-Soil newspaper, The Freeman, ...
... two-hundred-pound, still somewhat firmly apportioned male to be "voluptuous." By 1860 he was fulfilling the prophecy-if perhaps only vicariously and in the poems. Whitman's disappearance may have been part of a pattern, begun in 1848 after the initial failure of his Free-Soil newspaper, The Freeman, ...
“O Captain! My Captain!” Walt Whitman
... back together. Unfortunately, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated shortly after the Civil War’s end. 6. Describe what is happening in lines 9-11. In lines 9-11, Whitman is describing the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. The “flag is flung” over the casket surrounded by wreaths and flowers as the bugle plays ...
... back together. Unfortunately, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated shortly after the Civil War’s end. 6. Describe what is happening in lines 9-11. In lines 9-11, Whitman is describing the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. The “flag is flung” over the casket surrounded by wreaths and flowers as the bugle plays ...
Unit 4 American Poet-Walt Whitman课程设计
... In short, this poem expresses the poet’s identification of his consciousness with all objects and forms, and the list of things which he himself identifies with is large and comprehensive and is a good example of Whitman’s catalogs. The continual process of becoming is at the heart of the poem. We b ...
... In short, this poem expresses the poet’s identification of his consciousness with all objects and forms, and the list of things which he himself identifies with is large and comprehensive and is a good example of Whitman’s catalogs. The continual process of becoming is at the heart of the poem. We b ...
Walt Whitman
Walter ""Walt"" Whitman (/ˈhwɪtmən/; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.Born in Huntington on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and—in addition to publishing his poetry—was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans (1842). Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass, was first published in 1855 with his own money. The work was an attempt at reaching out to the common person with an American epic. He continued expanding and revising it until his death in 1892. After a stroke towards the end of his life, he moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. When he died at age 72, his funeral became a public spectacle.Whitman's sexuality is often discussed alongside his poetry. Though biographers continue to debate his sexuality, he is usually described as either homosexual or bisexual in his feelings and attractions. However, there is disagreement among biographers as to whether Whitman had actual sexual experiences with men.Whitman was concerned with politics throughout his life. He supported the Wilmot Proviso and opposed the extension of slavery generally. His poetry presented an egalitarian view of the races, though his attitude in life reflected many of the racial prejudices common to nineteenth-century America and his opposition to slavery was not necessarily based on belief in the equality of races per se. At one point he called for the abolition of slavery, but later he saw the abolitionist movement as a threat to democracy.