Walts Whitmans Vision of America in Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman’s vision of America in Leaves of Grass Valentine†©Abbet†© TRAVAIL†©DE†©MATURITE†© Sous†©la†©direction†©d’Anne†©Roland†Wurzburger†© Gymnase†©du†©Bugnon,†©Lausanne†© 2012†©  «I have sung the body and the soul, war and peace have I sung, and the songs of life and death, And the songs of birth, and shown that there are many births. I have offerd my style to every one, I have journeyd with confident step; While my pleasure is yet at the full I whisper So long! » Walt Whitman, So Long !, Deathbed edition (1892) 2 Walt†©Whitman’s†©vision†©of†©America†©in†©Leaves†©of†©Grass†© Contents†© I. Introduction†©Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦.†©4†© Starting†©point†©Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦..†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦..†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦.†¦.†©4†© Short†©biography†©Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦.†©5†© Historical†¦show more content†¦Toward†© the†© end†© of†© his†© life,†© he†© became†© more†© skeptical†© about†© how†© things†© were†© going†© to†© turn†© out,†© which†© is†© why†© he†© tri ed†© to†© reach†© out†© to†© the†© future†© generations.†©Nevertheless,†©unlike†©other†©poets†©of†©the†©the†©same†©era†©who†©lost†©faith†©in†©man’s†© capacity†©to†©change†©like†©Ralph†©Waldo†©Emerson2,†©Walt†©Whitman†©never†©became†©cynical.†©On†© the†© contrary†© he†© hoped†© for†© the†© next†© generations†© to†© be†© able†© to†© carry†© on†© his†© ideas†© and†© perhaps†©even†©understand†©them†©better.†© I†©think†©that†©Walt†©Whitman†©was†©definitely†©a†©poet†©of†©the†©future,†©not†©only†©because†©of†©his†© new†©way†©of†©seeing†©poetry†©but†©also†©because†©his†©ideasà ¢â‚¬ ©about†©what†©a†©country†©and†©its†©people†© should†©be†©like†©were†©groundbreaking†©and†©modern.†©However,†©the†©America†©of†©today†©doesn’t†© exactly†© meet†© the†© poet’s†© expectations†© in†© matters†© such†© as†© justice†© and†© rights†© for†© the†© individuals,†© as†© well†© as†© where†© people’s†© concerns†© lay†© (keeping†© a†© thriving†© economy,†© engaging†©in†©warfare,†©etc.).†©Ã¢â‚¬ © In†©this†©work,†©I†©tried†©to†©give†©an†©overview†©of†©his†©relationship†©with†©his†©country;†©one†©that†© can†© be†© understood†© through†© several†© of†© his†© poems.†© I†© divided†© t he†© main†© theme†© into†© four†© minor†© themes†© and†© for†© each†© one†© of†© them,†© I†© chose†© three†© pieces†© of†© poetry†© I†© thought†© expressed†© it†© best.†© The†© poems†© appear†© in†© this†© order†© either†© according†© to†© their†© dates†© of†© publication,†©or†©for†©the†©sake†©of†©consistency.†©Ã¢â‚¬ © III.†©Short†©biography†© WaltShow MoreRelatedAllen Ginsberg, A Supermarket in California Literary Analysis1669 Words   |  7 PagesJasamyn Wimmer English 1B Professor Kleinman 5 March 2013 Brief Literary Analysis Lost America: An analysis of â€Å"A Supermarket in California† Allen Ginsberg; philosopher, activist, poet, a man highly revered as a groundbreaking figure between the 1950’s Beat Poetry Generation and the counter-cultural revolution of the 1960’s (poetryarchive.org). Ginsberg’s first book â€Å"Howl and Other Poems,† was published in 1955, his work was involved in an illustrious obscenity trial because of the use of