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¶ … Whitman and Dickinson
During the conflict and celebration period in America, different authors started to write differently than what had been written by other people. They embraced modern writing styles and broke them with traditional writing styles. Emily Dickson and Walt Whitman are among these writers. They adopted new styles of writing to express American ideas uniquely. Although both writers are regarded as modern writers, their writing styles can be contrasted and compared in many ways (Moores, 22).
There are more differences in the styles of writing used by Whitman and Dickinson than similarities. To begin with, a significant difference can be observed in the structuring of their poems. Looking at Whitman, his poems appear to run repeatedly. His poems do not have set lengths, lines or even stanzas. On the other hand, Dickinson's poems have been written using a definite structure. She has written her poems using ballad stanzas comprising of four lines that alternate...
Therefore, there is a significant difference in the structure of their poems. Another difference is found in how they have used rhyme in their poems. Poems written by Whitman do not have rhymes. In this regard, Whitman has broken tradition. On the other hand, poems written by Dickinson have employed the use of rhyme. Dickinson's poems have used approximate rhymes, and this has been perceived to be a modern idea. This indicates another difference in their writing styles (Moores, 51).
Looking at similarities, Dickson and Whitman have used modern concepts and ideas in their poems. Whitman has used the enumeration and cataloguing poetic tools. This is one of the things in his poetry. On the other hand, Dickinson has used modern tools such as the startling imagery. In her poem, she writes, "Because I could not stop for death" which illustrates personification of death. Though the tools are different, they fall under the same category of modern poetry…
Work Cited
Moores, D.J. Mystical Discourse in Wordsworth and Whitman: A Transatlantic Bridge.
Michigan. Peeters Publishers, 2006 Print.
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