Comments on: Backward Glances Upon LoG

By: jens

jens — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:56:56 +0000

I think that you are right. Whitman was a fantastic poet as almost everyone will agree on. He tried to please everyone with everything that he did in life and with his poems. He did everyone that he could to show his beliefs and what he wanted in life and at the same time tried to convey that people needed to be their own person also.

By: bmzreece

bmzreece — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:43:49 +0000

“Readers saw young idealistic Walt, politically active Walt, Nurse Walt, Nature poet Walt and a poet conscious of his own mortality hoping he left as grand a legacy as possible.”

Funny how in his earliest works he wants to be all things to all people…and then he goes and does it throughout the course of his life[!], taking on all kinds of identities in his poetry to express various views, but maintaining his integrity and genuineness through it all.

By: jessicaa

jessicaa — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:47:32 +0000

I’d have to say that I agree with on your comment about an author’s intent. If a piece of artwork’s intent is analyzed in a certain light, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the artist was false in describing his intentions in a different way. Many artists may intend for their work to be portrayed one way, and it is accepted in another. That however doesnt change the intent. It is great to see that what Whitman intended does come through quite clearly in his work.