Plight of the Workingman
The general consensus on Whitman is that he first appeared in Canonical literature as a voice for the workingman. The era in which Leaves of Grass first appeared (1855-1860) were crucial years in the...
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Brokers and Speculators
Seeing the images of halfway constructed buildings in Washington, D.C. particularly struck me as moving because they impressed upon me the true effect that the American Civil War had upon the country....
View ArticleWhitman’s clash with society
His first poem in the “Calamus” set is of course In Paths Untrodden, which I feel speaks to Whitman’s rebellion against societal norms. The age in which he lives was a time when man-made creations...
View ArticleAlienation
Although the poem of Harvest Song centers on the plight of one man, the ideas encapsulated within it were shared by world leaders. Most notably, the notions of this poem were held by Vladimir Lenin of...
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Tilting at Windmills
I cannot help myself but to find the image of the sunflower scepter in Ginsberg’s Sunflower Sutra to be of great interest to me. To begin my literary ramblings it may help to delve deeper into the...
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The evil Thomas the Tank Engine
Simply put, I found the Oppen’s “Image of the Engine” to be a great piece of work. The first stanza really made a deep impression upon me. Clearly the wordiest part of the poem, Oppen spares no detail...
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