Walt Whitman and Imagery

colm
Jan. 22nd, 2009
Mr. Pactor
Lit. 2000

Walt Whitman and Imagery

Imagery is a main concept in every(prenominal) of Walt Whitmans poetry. He uses imagery to explain how he feels and to channelise what he thinks is important. But what does he describe to show each(prenominal) of his emotions? The most frequent imagery that he uses is nature and altogether of the natural objects that surround him. He in addition uses urban subjects desire cities and working people to describe some of the sentiments he feels. Finally, Mr. Whitman uses struggle to describe other emotions that he wishes to impart. Walt Whitman uses imagery, be it of nature, cities and people, or war, to instance all of the points that he wants to convey in his poems.
Walt Whitman uses imagery in the poem tune of Myself to express the persistence and the stubbornness of human race as well as all animals in nature. He does this by using examples from nature to prove his point. In this poem, Mr. Whitman explains In vain the buzzard houses herself with the sky, / In vain the snake slides through with(predicate) the creepers and logs, / In vain the elk takes to the inner passes of the woods… (Song of Myself pg. 50). What Mr. Whitman is trying to say is that people do daily tasks with bug out mentation about them. Some of those works people will do oer and over without making any progress.



So in vain people will try to do something over and over and will never change it or succeed.
Walt Whitman withal uses imagery in his poem Crossing Brooklyn ferrying. preferably of talking about nature to illustrate his point similar he did in Song of Myself, he focused more than on the urban city that was around him. He also spoke of the people that use the city and the river to make a living. Mr. Whitman states that The sailors at work in the rigging or out astride the spars, / The round masts, the swinging motion of the hulls, the slender curved 
pennants, / The large and small steamers in motion, the pilots in their pilot-houses. (Crossing Brooklyn Ferry pg.134)....If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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