Whitman and Dickinson During the Conflict and

¶ … 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 in iambic trimester and tetrameter.

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 (Moores, 83). Dickson and Whitman have portrayed a similar positive outlook towards death.

In one of Dickinson's poems, she uses impressive words to tell a simple story that allows the use of symbolism and deep interpretation. She has used words such as "likes" as if the man is not dead. It seems as if she believes in life after death. In the poem, she narrates the story of a dead man as if he was alive. The choice of her words indicates that represents humility. She uses such ordinary words and sentences to show the man is still alive even after death.

This demonstration of life after death is similar to that Whitman. Just as Dickinson, Whitman has welcomed death by asserting that she feels for the dead people. She talks of death as if those who die are going to another life. She puts the death in a positive manner: this portrays her positive outlook on death (Moores, 138). Although Whitman and Dickinson have portrayed as a positive occurrence on the life of a person, they have used different procedures to arrive at this conclusion. They have.