Sunday, January 24, 2010
Song of Myself Walt Whitman
As said in the prompt Walt Whitman was ahead of his time and definetly had a hand in the beatnik poets and even some of the pra and hip hop seen today which is often spoken in free verse style. Walt Whitman uses many of the naturalist ideas in his work with a prime example being the, "what is grass," question. He than hits on the ideas of the budhists with his idea that everything is interconnected and when we die we merely move to another state and benefit the world around us. This is very similar to the idea of reincarnation that the buddhists have but without the up and down movement depending on the life that you lived. These types of non traditionalist traits are seen throughout Whitman's work and are what made him such an unconventional but well known and famous poet who was ahead of his time.
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Mr. Partick I absolutely agree that Walt Whitman was ahead of his time. His free verse style is seen in today's world, as you stated. Whitman to me was a cut above the rest. He set the standard and was not afraid of experssing himself and he really didnt care what others thought about him. We should all be like Walt Whitman and live our life in free verse.
ReplyDeleteI also argee with Mr. Partick as well. Walt Whitman was defiently had of his time. Many of writers in today's world use free verse. Whitman was cut from a different cloth and he wasnt afraid to expressing his beliefs and didnt care about what others thought about him. He standard and some of us should living life like Walt Whitman.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very well written blog; Mr. Patrick has made me look at Walt Whitman in a different way; a better way. As stated above, Walt Whitman was before his time. He wrote from the heart and he knew that what he was writing was not the contemporary writing that society had grown fond of. He took a step out of the box and in the end he only achieved more from it. His free verse is seen in society everywhere today; Walt Whitman has inspired many to follow their hearts and to just write.
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