Tag Archives: Walt Whitman

William Blake and Whitman

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Edward Burroughs

I know this class is focused on Whitman’s legacy on contemporary poetry, but I think it’s interesting to look into pre-Whitman poetry too, especially with the level of innovation he is generally credited with. He is regarded as so vital … Continue reading →

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Knowledge

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Jenny C

For Langston Hughes, knowledge is freedom. Hughes uses his knowledge and extensive travels to exhibit complexity in “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”, and because of knowledge the speaker says, “My soul has grown deep like rivers”. In “Theme for English … Continue reading →

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Whitman and Hughes: An Identity Deferred?

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Katie Lastrapes

While reading Langston Hughes’s work, I saw him uniting different voices and experiences, much like Walt Whitman. However, I think that Hughes takes a very crucial next step toward a transcendence of the need to categorize identities, where Whitman celebrates … Continue reading →

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William Carlos Williams is Everywhere!

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Kit Fox

Proletarian Portrait A big young bareheaded woman in an apron Her hair slicked back standing on the street One stockinged foot toeing the sidewalk Her shoe is her hand. Looking intently into it She pulls out the paper insole to … Continue reading →

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The Movement Greater

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Peter Galle

To preface, the wealth of Crane’s poetry extends far beyond any critical skill I am about to impose, or, for that matter, any other’s critical skill. And I doubt I have mediated sufficiently to grasp the power and breadth of … Continue reading →

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Whitman the Person(al)ist: Looking at Leaves of Grass through O’Hara and Polanyi, Part 1

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Jared S.

“But that’s not why you fell in love in the first place, just to hang on to life, so you have to take your chances and try to avoid being logical.” Frank O’Hara, Personism: A Manifesto We’ll get to O’Hara … Continue reading →

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Too lovingly extravagant?

Posted on September 15, 2010 by James Hess

On a first read, I found myself repulsed by E. A. Robinson’s poem “Walt Whitman.” Bursting with hopeful sentimentality and warm, fuzzy emotions, his tribute poem felt  a bit overdone, to say the least. Then though, I stepped back for … Continue reading →

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An Echo of Whitman.

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Jenny C

“The responses have been varied, ranging from indictments to accolades. Poetic responses to Whitman sometimes fall into his cadences and in other ways mimic his style, but many poets have understood, with William Carlos Williams, that the only way to … Continue reading →

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The Humble Poet

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Jen Green

While studying contemporary poetry, I’ve come to notice that Whitman is one of the most read and well received “classical” poets in today’s society of poets. It isn’t surprising that the modern day poet is naturally attracted to his transcendent … Continue reading →

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Whitman’s Beard: Ginsberg’s Compass

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Cali

“Where are we going, Walt Whitman? The doors close in an hour. / Which way does your beard point tonight?” I cannot help but laugh aloud at this particular line from Allen Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California”. As readers of … Continue reading →

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