After receiving five years of schooling, Walt Whitman spent four yearspar
learning the printing trade; Emily Dickinson returned home after receivingpar
schooling to be with her family and never really had a job. Walt Whitmanpar
spent most of his time observing people and New York City. ... In this essay I will be comparing Emily Dickinson and Waltpar
Whitman. Emily Dickinsons life differs greatly from the life of Waltpar
Whitman, although they lived during the same time period. Walt Whitmanpar
published practically all his poetry during his lifetime, but Emilypar
Dickinson only published seven of her poems during her lifetime. ... Emily Dickinson did not write for an audience, but Waltpar
Whitman wrote for an audience about several national events. ... Emily Dickinson grew up in Amherst, Mass,par
and Walt Whitman grew up in New York City, New York; this is one way thatpar
these poets lives differ. The main people that influenced Emilypar
Dickinson were Ralph Waldo Emerson and Emily Bronte. Walt Whitman waspar
influenced by many people, some of which were: Elias Hicks, Jamespar
Macpherson and William Shakespeare. ... Emily Dickinson started writing poetry in 1850, butpar
most of her poems are dated after 1858. ... During the year 1862, the manpar
Emily Dickinson loved left for San Francisco. ... The last years of Walt Whitmans life werepar
spent revising and writing poetry. Emily Dickinson stayed very close topar
her family, but Walt Whitman traveled and lived alone toward the end ofpar
his life. ... Walt Whitman was apar
20th-century innovator of poetry because he used nonmetrical prosody. ... In nearly all of Emily Dickinsons poetry there is the use ofpar
quatrains of three iambic feet, that is four lines of poetry to a stanza,par
where each line has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressedpar
syllable, three times. ... Walt Whitmans and Emily Dickinsons lives were verypar
different, although they lived during the same time period.
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