Compare and Contrast Writings Styles of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman

Emily Dickinson has a very distinct style of poetry. She uses slantline (incomplete thoughts) which she developed in this poem, if you were coming in the fall. She also uses one of her classic themes, love. The theme love by itself is much too simple; however, here she adopts the more developed theme of hope of romantic fulfillment. Basically it is love between two people (I assume people.) The mood of the poem is very hopeful, with the author offering to throw away time just to be with the lover. The end of the poem, however, has a slow, sad-like ending. But, now, unsure of the extent of this that is between it goads me, like the Goblin Bee-that will not state. This means that the author is unsure of the time, and that her ignorance haunts her, however not hurting her. Throughout the poem, there are numerous similes, some more complex than others. She compares the summer with flies, and life with an orange rind. This is a daring simile, however powerful. Emily Dickinson stuck to her standard style of poetry, theme and mood all traditional to her. It is another one of her 1776 great poems (Birk, 203).

Throughout annals publications has been shaped by humanity and broken by authors. Literature has given cultures the ability to tell a story. One of the most important sections of literature is the art form known as poetry. There have been many great poets dating back to the ancient Greeks. Just a few hundred years ago, two of the greatest poets existed here in the US. Those two poets were Emily Dickinson, and Walter Whitman. Both would lead totally different lives; however they would break down the barriers society had set on poetry, and change the way people read it.

On May 3rd, 1819, Walter Whitman was born to an English and Dutch family in Long Island. With eight other brothers and sisters, he grew up in a crowded house with not a whole lot of money. He stopped attending school at age eleven, and became an office boy and printers assistant. Despite not being a scholar, Walt Whitman had an excellent grasp on the English language. Having to work his way through the first half of his life, he often found time to piece together some of his works which were unknown to the public, and to do some traveling, especially through the wilderness. In 1855, Whitman chance came. He published a collection of his own works himself, however it was very different from traditional poetry, and no one purchased a copy of Leaves of Grass. After waiting for a better part of a year, his collection was read by Emerson, who sent Whitman a letter with great appraisal. This would break down the barrier for one of the greatest poets.

In 1830, Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, MA. She lived the above average life of a girl, her father being a ...