Question

Now return to your book, and select a poem from Whitman or Dickinson that you did not study in the unit. Explain how the poem reveals Romantic thinking. Cite examples from the poem as your support

Answer 1

Walt Whitman in his writing showed a lot of strong emphasis on the individual self and this could easily be heard in his poem “Song of Myself” where he talks about the importance of how one must be to themselves and the way in how he puts emphasis on “original energy” and “nature” This type of writing was never done beforeand only few people have been able to master the style since he first started it. Emily Dickinson would generally write about what interested her and what she thought about things and she would express this in such diverse manners that any of her poems could move you. Whether it would be in a humorous, dark, or pathos way her ideas and opinions would make a stand.

Answer 2

"Song of Myself" is a great romantic poem written by Walt Whitman

Explanation:

• In this, he shows his love for his soul
• He is so grateful for his existence and wants to celebrate it with himself
• He is happy for himself and anyone who belongs to him
• He loves every cell and atom of his body
• "My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air,"
• He remembers his time period from school till the retirement