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This is a 5 page paper comparing and contrasting 3 of Walt Whitman’s poems. Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”, “Drum Taps” and “A Noiseless Patient Spider” analyzed in order of publication show how Whitman uses many of the same techniques within his works, such as rhythm, simple diction, imagery and punctuation to highlight emotions and details within his work in order to better portray the passion and emotions in each piece. In “Song of Myself”, Whitman provides a lengthy argument about the enormity of life, passion, understanding and loving the wholeness of the universe and most importantly those within it. “Drum Taps” begins to tell the effects the Civil War had on Whitman and tells of the excitement Manhattan felt going into war but the undertone of the work provided in the epigram gives the work a grave element. Finally, the shortest of the three “A Noiseless Patient Spider” tells the readers in a much more quiet approach Whitman’s need to see the connection between his soul and other elements which surround him similar to that of a spider launching forth filaments into space in order to grasp hold of something.
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the same techniques within his works, such as rhythm, simple diction, imagery and punctuation to highlight emotions and details within his work in order to better portray the passion and
emotions in each piece. In "Song of Myself", Whitman provides a lengthy argument about the enormity of life, passion, understanding and loving the wholeness of the universe and most importantly
those within it. "Drum Taps" begins to tell the effects the Civil War had on Whitman and tells of the excitement Manhattan felt going into war but the undertone of
the work provided in the epigram gives the work a grave element. Finally, the shortest of the three "A Noiseless Patient Spider" tells the readers in a much more quiet
approach Whitmans need to see the connection between his soul and other elements which surround him similar to that of a spider launching forth filaments into space in order to
grasp hold of something. Walt Whitmans "Song of Myself" first published in 1855 in "Leaves of Grass" in considered one of the first
American works to breaks the norms of traditional English rhythm and rhyme and also express the individuality and freedom of the American experience and emotion. In it Whitman also allows
for repetition and free flowing verse to express his ideas and was considered not only exceptional because of these elements but also because of his several references to sexual matters
within the poem (Finney). The poem begins with the well known lines "I celebrate myself, and sing myself, / And what I assume you shall assume, / For every
atom belonging to me as good belongs to you." (Whitman, Song 1-3). Critics of the poem believe that the reader feels the poem is as much about the reader himself
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