Walt Whitman's writing style was one of a kind. Him and Emily Dickinson were both amazing poets who had one of a kind poetry. Walt Whitman had a unique writing style. Whitman's poem lacked the structure that a regular poem would have. Whitman's poems would run on and on and there was no set length for his poems ("Whitman"). Whitman really did not like being very organized. He would just keep writing until he could no longer think about anything to write about. He just kind of ended when he wanted to end. I respect this very much because I personally do not like having a set amount of length and I just like to get it done with and however long that I like it to be. Whitman did just that. Another structure of Whitman's poetry is that it has no rhyme with it. I like poems that have rhymes. I do not really know why. A reason could be that it just makes the poem go so much smoother and it really puts together the poem in the end. I also find it more creative in a way because I know from my past experiences in the past and especially this year, because I remember a certain journal that we did having to do with writing a poem, that it takes a lot of thought to get that rhyme down and I find it more beneficial to you and other people to make sure you have a rhyme scheme. Walt Whitman though had his ways with getting to people and he became one of the best poets in the history of poetry. Other people might have differences, but I think he did a nice job with writing poetry. Here is a quote from a criticism that I had found about the writing style of Walt Whitman, "Also, Whitman diffuses his identity into various poses or characters, creating both distancing perspectives on himself" (Baurelein). I found this quote interesting because it does make sense now as to what he writes about or how he writes. He creates different perspectives on himself. He uses those perspectives and puts them into characters and has them view him. Walt Whitman to some people including our teacher Mr. Langley is called a "tweener" because he doesn't fit in with the Realism period or Modernism period. Here is a quote from one of his most famous poems that he has ever written O Captain, My Captain, "But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead" (Whitman). Now here in this quote you can see he rhymes a little bit but not a whole lot. He has a different kind of writing style that can not be taken out and put into a different period. He is a very unique writer and he will always be one of the most memorable poets because of his unique writing styles that were big back in his time.
Bibliography
"Whitman and Dickinson Poetry." Byzantine Communications. Web. 20 Mar. 2012.
Bauerlein, Mark. "Whitman's Language of the Self." American Imago 44, no. 2 (Summer 1987). Quoted as "Whitman's Language of the Self" in Bloom, Harold, ed. Song of Myself, Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishing, 2002. Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Facts on File, Inc.
Whitman, Walt. "O Captain! My Captain!, by Walt Whitman." Poetry Archive. Web. 20 Mar. 2012.
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