Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman

Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman both discussed the themes of love and death, in the different styles of poetry, which newly distinguished the romantic Era. Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman are two of literature's greatest innovators, they each changed the face of American literature. They are considered one of literature's greatest pair of opposites. Whitman and Dickinson's writing are described as decades ahead of its time. They were poetic pioneers because of the new ideas they used in their poetry.
The lives between Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman differ greatly even though they lived during the same time period. Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts and Walt Whitman grew up in New York City, New York which are two very different worlds. The fast moving New J different worlds still managed to have a crucial impact on literature as we know it today. Dickinson attended Amherst Academy during the years 1840 - 1847 and later studied at the Mount Holyoke Female Semin...