Poetry Assignment Walt Whitman

Choose ONE Poem by Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson and discuss the similarities and differences in the writings. Point out characteristics of the authors and how their distinctions make them well-known. Must be 250 words in length. Cite your sources using MLA format.
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Total Points: 100

O Me! O Life!
Walt Whitman – 1819-1892
O Me! O life! of the questions of these recurring,
Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish,
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew’d,
Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,
Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?

Answer.
That you are here—that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

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