Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 11th, 2009
How could you be a great mind like Walt Whitman and not have people be drawn to you? I’m sure it’s possible in some cases but Whitman not only had close friends who adored him, he had followers who based their course of life off of his words. That’s influence for you. Two such people […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 10th, 2009
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 10th, 2009
1 A SONG of the rolling earth, and of words according, Were you thinking that those were the words, those upright lines? those curves, angles, dots? No, those are not the words, the substantial words are in the ground and sea, They are in the air, they are in you. Were you thinking that those […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 19th, 2009
I found Whitman’s writing to be less substantial than that of his earlier work. That is to say, substantial in length, not quality. He is still a great writer, but his poems are obviously much shorter in length and have a much darker feel to them. I suppose I personally prefer his earlier writing because […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 12th, 2009
I chose to look at the poem My 71st Year. I liked this one a lot because Whitman seems to bring the War theme of his poetry full circle with his life. He describes himself as living three score and ten, which is seventy years. In saying that it seems to have a formal, military-like […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 12th, 2009
This past Saturday I had the privilege of visiting the house in which Whitman spent the last few years of his life and actually passed away in. For me, as well as some of my classmates and Dr. Hoffman, it was like stepping back into the late nineteenth century and experiencing Whitman in a completely […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2009
In this sequence, Songs of Parting, Whitman seems to bring his poetry full circle. He began with lamenting about himself, and how he loved himself and everyone should, in turn, love themselves as well. He’s celebrating life as it is happening and he feels that this is something that isn’t to be taken for granted. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2009
There is no doubt that most of us have an interest in Whitman and how he thinks, otherwise I don’t think many of us would be in this class! Clearly, his ideas and beliefs were so far ahead of their time; so perhaps his brain worked in ways that some of us can not even […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2009
In this portion of his work, Whitman candidly paints a portrait of what it is like to experience war first hand. I feel that war is a time of mixed emotions. On the one hand, people are losing their loved ones and experiencing death and sadness all around them. However, so many feel a collective […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 24th, 2009
Having finished the first edition of Leaves of Grass, I think I’ve fallen in love with Whitman even more. I found myself reading it aloud because, for me, it just sounds so beautiful. It’s so intriguing to me that a man who lived in his time would have these views of the world. It was […]