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Walt Whitman was a man who slowly developed his personality throughout the course of his life. It can be said that his emotions were a very broad spectrum, and at times, even contradictory. Much like many people in today's society, it took some horrific experiences in Whitman's life to turn him into the "good grey poet" that we know him as today. One of the most significant events that helped mold Whitman's personality was observing was observing the death of our nation's beloved 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. Many people feel that there are no similarities between Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman. However, that couldn't be further from the truth. President Lincoln and Whitman were alike as far back as childhood, and grew more and more a like on a philosophical level as time went on. Our good grey poet loved Lincoln, which is why the assassination of Lincoln was such an upset to Whitman. As children, Whitman and Lincoln attained unusual growth in early youth; therefore that is where their similarities started (Barton 109). They both grew like weeds through adolescence and began growing beards premature. However Lincoln kept his dark hair till death, where as Whitman's began turning grey at
"Lilacs" is a much lovelier poem than "Song of Myself"; it no longer laughs at the face of death, for this time death is a very tragic manner. It is also quite apparent that spending time in Washington's military hospitals as a nurse and writer effected Whitman equally as much as the assassination of President Lincoln. It is very sad in a way, yet it proves how adamantly they believed in what they were doing with there lifes if they were willing to do it for no recognition. Yet there is also an acceptance of death due to its place in the natural cycle of life. Early in life Lincoln and Whitman were both Democrats, yet somewhere along the way they both became Republicans. Abraham only went to school to age four; where as Whitman was more privileged and was able to go to age thirteen. The lilac represents love as well as the resurrection of birth. Much of "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" is symbolic. He states that he has died ten thousand times before, if that was his true beliefs then life would no longer be important to him. (No array of terms can say how much I am at peace about God and death. For example, we as humans know think that we have only one life to live, therefore each life is important.
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