Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman: Analysis

The poem is based on Whitman’s ideas on the external forward movement of all things, through life, death and rebirth, and his ideas of an interrelationship of all people that transcends time and place. He reaches back to acknowledge the past and look forward to greet the wonderful future. The ferry, the people that cross on it, and the rushing water beneath, serve for Whitman as mystical symbols of an everlasting and unified flow of humanity from the present into the future.

Fri, Mar 23 2018

Song of Myself Section 52 by Walt Whitman: Summary and Analysis

There are five or six phases the development of ideas in the poem; the speaker (the unenlightened rough American of section 1) passes through these phases of experience and change. In short, the phases are as follows:

Wed, Mar 21 2018

Song of Myself Section 11 by Walt Whitman: Summary and Analysis

This section is representative of the frankness and boldness of expression of Whitman's poetry. This section introduces 28 men seen from the viewpoint of a woman who is confined inside her house and is secretly looking from her window, attracted by the beauty of the young men's bodies.

Wed, Mar 21 2018

Song of Myself Section 6 by Walt Whitman: Summary and Analysis

By the sixth section, Whitman has established the setting, mood, and tone, and has also introduced the basic themes of the poem. In the 6th section, he adds a typical dimension to the poem's setting: A child brings a handful of grass and asks him what it is, and he has to go on guessing, puzzled. This section is often read as an independent poem also.

Wed, Mar 21 2018

Song of Myself Section 1 by Walt Whitman: Summary and Analysis

The very beginning of the poem is characterized by what Whitman himself called 'the vehemence of pride and audacity of freedom necessary to loosen the mind of still to be formed America from the folds, the superstitions, and all the long, tenacious and stifling anti-democratic authorities of Asiatic and European past'.

Wed, Mar 21 2018

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman: Summary

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry is one of the masterpieces in Leaves of Grass. Being a poet, and the voice of the people, Whitman took the role of a prophet and through his poems delivered his message to his people and to the world at large. He took the people with confidence and placed them under the sunshine of modern, healthy and vigorous outlook on life.

Wed, Mar 21 2018

Spenser's Idea of Womanhood with Special Reference to Una in The Faerie Queene

Spenser's conception of womanhood is different not only from that prevalent in the Middle Ages, but also from that of his contemporary writers and poets. During the middle ages, the woman was undoubtedly held in esteem, but it was mere show. She was, in reality subjected to restrictions and even kept in bondage. She had no freedom to move about and participate in worldly affairs along with man. She was the embodiment of humility and helplessly depended upon the chivalry and protection of man. Spenser's woman is a heroine fully participating in the struggle of life and showing her physical, mental and spiritual powers.

Mon, Mar 19 2018

Spenser's The Faerie Queene as a Picture Gallery

The Faerie Queene is, in fact, a picture gallery, and Spenser, the poet-painter, has given in it marvelous scenes, palaces caves, fights and journeys that can suitably match any work of a good painter. Spenser, as a word-painter, ranks matchless in the realm of poetry. Going through The Faerie Queene, one has the unmistakable impression of passing through an enchanted landscape, in which there is a dreamlike succession of pageants and dissolving views of forests, lakes, caves and palaces.

Mon, Mar 19 2018

Characterization of the Wife of Bath

A woman from a place called Bath is such an impressive female character in the prologue that the name has become very popular and legendary. This Wife of Bath is an expert weaver, and a dominating type of woman. Her sexuality and independence is revealed vividly. She has had five husbands, leaving other companies in youth. She enjoys talking and merry making.

Mon, Mar 19 2018

Portrayal of Women and Marriage in The Canterbury Tales

In the fourteenth century England women did not enjoy the social status with their counterparts. They were regarded as inferior to men since it was believed that God created her from Adam's ribs. If He had meant her to be superior to man, He would have obviously created her from Adam's head. This kept women firmly in a position of inferiority and dependence upon man. In the middle ages the society was under the dominance of the Church.

Fri, Mar 16 2018