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watch?v=mzWiEoRgw3Mobject> […] We had the opportunity to visit Walt Whitman’s first house that he owned. He did not own his first home until much later in life and this was the home that he passed away in. I had no idea what I was in for when we went to see his house. I thought it would […] […] watch?v=NSKGZrG9DUc Scenes On A Ferry And River- Last Winter’s Nights […] Hey class and other classmates from afar! I have a presentation in about a half hour and oddly I never get nervous. I find myself comfortable talking in front of other’s. I Guess I like being the center of attention! But all kidding aside I wanted to tell everyone’s who’s giving a presentation today good […] […] Jennifer Estrada, Nadia Elmore Professor Hoffman Walt Whitman and the Natural World November 19, 2009 Whitman-and-the-Natural-World11 Walt Whitman’s writing has been greatly influenced by the natural world. Nature makes a presence that only Whitman can depict from either an overly sexualized manner or beautiful simple observations while being in nature. We will discuss how Whitman and nature are one […] […] Jennifer Estrada, Nadia Elmore November 19, 2009 Professor Hoffman Walt Whitman and the Natural World Walt Whitman’s writing has been greatly influenced by the natural world. Nature makes a presence that only Whitman can depict from either an overly sexualized manner or beautiful simple observations while being in nature. We will discuss how Whitman and nature are one in […] […] We have reached of final on the tour of Walt Whitman prose and poems. Good0bye my fancy only precedes what i first found out i had a Walt Whitman course. I didn’t know anything about him and i was glad because i got a chance to soak in Whitman with an open mind. I got […] […] Sands of Seventy had many great short poems that can be applied to how people can relate to Whitman. He starts off with Mannhatta. My city’s fit and noble name resumed, Choice aboriginal name, with marvellous beauty, meaning, A rocky founded island–shores where ever gayly dash the coming, going, hurrying sea waves (Whitman 385). i can only presume to think […] […] The next track: Pat Benatar’s “Love is a battlefield” – or at least life is in Whitman’s poem “Life.” EVER the undiscouraged, resolute, struggling soul of man; (Have former armies fail’d then we send fresh armies—and fresh again;) Ever the grappled mystery of all earth’s ages old or new; Ever the eager eyes, hurrahs, the welcome-clapping hands, the loud […] […] For the first poem we’re annotating will be Had I The Choice. Had I the choice to tally greatest bards, To limn their portraits, stately, beautiful, and emulate at will, Homer with all his wars and warriors–Hector, Achilles, Ajax, Or Shakespeare’s woe-entangled Hamlet, Lear, Othello–Tennyson’sfair ladies, Meter or wit the best, or choice conceit to wield in perfect rhyme,delight of […] […] |