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A 12 page research paper that contrasts and compares Emily Dickinson's "The Soul selects her own Society" and Whitman's "A Woman Waits for Me." The writer looks at the similarities between their poetic form and their differences in their decorum, i.e. the context of their work. Annotated bibliography lists 9 sources.
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was told that he was disgraceful" (Pollak 187). Nevertheless, in subsequent correspondence, Higginson appears to have directed Dickinson toward reading Whitman as he considered him to be a "forerunner of
a new kind of experimental poetry that she herself was engaged in writing" (Pollak 188). When Dickinsons poetry began to appear posthumously in the 1890s, reviewers were somewhat prepared for
her usual style and deviations from the genteel norm because they had been prepared by Whitmans innovations and often scandalous verse (Pollak 188). As this suggests, there are definite
similarities between the verse of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. Each of these great American poets were innovators, departing in style and substance from the traditions of the nineteenth century.
Therefore, when one examines their use of grammar, diction, and form, similarities are apparent. However, Dickinson and Whitman were also, of course, quite different -- the adventurous spokesman of the
common people and democracy and the reclusive spinster. Their differences in perspective are most apparent when one examines the decorum of their poetry, that is, the social occasion that lies
within the context of a particular poem. For this purpose, the following discussion will examine Dickinsons "The Soul selects her own Society" and Whitmans "A Woman Waits for Me."
Whitman and Dickinson In both of these poems, the tone of the poem is conversational. Each poet has preserved within the rhythm of their work the cadences of conversational speech.
This is true of Whitman even more so than Dickinson, due to Dickinsons tendency to write in disjointed phrases. However, Whitman, also, breaks his lines in unexpected ways. For example,
he writes, "Sex contains all," (line 3), and then goes on in line 4 to specify "all," as "Bodies, Souls, meanings, proofs, purities, delicacies, results, promulgations." The list continues throughout
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