Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson



Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson

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Introduction

Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were two of the pioneers of American literary nationalism. This comparative analysis is made on the basis of various literary elements in the works of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson.

Discussion

Works by Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are considered as the primitive and original American literature. Comparison and contrast of works of both these poets clearly reflect these elements. "Wild Nights- Wild Nights" and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" are poems by Dickinson presented close connection with nature, image of darkness and a ...