FREE ESSAY ON EMILY DICKINSON AND UNCLE WALT

EMILY DICKINSON AND UNCLE WALT

Emily Dickinson and Uncle Walt
Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman are two of literature's greatest innovators, they each
changed the face of American literature. they are also considered one of literature's
greatest pair of opposites. Dickinson is a timid wreck loose. While Whitman was very open
and sociable, Whitman shares the ideas of William Cullen Bryant, everyone and everything
is somehow linked by a higher bond. Both Whitman and Dickinson were decades ahead of
their time, sharing only the universality of their works.
Whitman's works always express his feelings of equality towards all mankind "For every
atom belonging to me as good to you"(Whitman 347). Whitman exemplifies the American
values of equal opportunity. Uncle Walt always sympathized with the common man because
that is who he is, a common man. Whitman's works often express his love for himself "I
celebrate myself, and I sing myself, and what I assume you shall assume"(Whitman 347).
Whitman's bold statements are one of many reasons that Uncle Walt has become so popular
and so very universal. Walt Whitman has the fortitude to say what every person has on his
or her mind. Whitman often writes about his feelings in a list or catalog, then he would
constantly revise his it. Whitman would never use rhyme scheme or meter he expressed his
feelings, "the spotted hawk swoops by accusing me, he complains of my gab and my
loitering. I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the
world."(Whitman 359) 
Emily Dickinson on the other hand did not have the fortitude to directly address her
problems. She always addressed herself through her poetry. "Heart! We will forget him!
You and I tonight! You may forget the warmth he gave- I will forget the light"(Dickinson
374). Instead of talking and thinking out her problems she puts her emotions into her
writing, creating literary works of art. Dickinson uses apostrophes to address herself to
contemplate her emotions. Dickinson often used nature to express her feelings of longing
and love "if you were coming in the fall I'd brush the summer by with half a smile, and
half a spurn, as housewives do, a fly"(Dickinson 376). Nature is a reoccurring theme in
many of her works. The metaphors the she uses help the reader to relate to her emotions
and problems.
Walt Whitman often uses the Bible in his works while Dickinson felt that no one had to
tell her how to worship. The styles of Whitman and Dickinson will always have their own
place in history. Although they are both notably popular and universal, they were also
completely opposite. In conclusion great minds do not think alike they think for
themselves. 
Bibliography
PRENTICE HALL 11CP ENGLISH BOOK