Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are both American poets with strong expressive views. They have effected America in similar and different ways. Whitman and Dickinson have extremely diverse attitudes towards the world. Yet when one reads the poetry of Whitman and Dickinson there is this similar quality within their writing.
             Both poets were stuck in a box that society created around them. However, they both experienced two very different life styles. Dickinson was a prisoner in her own home and Whitman was a prisoner of society's rules. Dickinson imagines everything that goes on in the world in her head from her room, while Whitman was more of a observer.
             Emily Dickinson seems to throw random words around and Walt Whitman tells little stories within his poetry. Whitman has an idea of who he wants to read his poetry. He wants his writing to effect individuals and to send them certain messages. Dickinson never intended for anyone to read her poetry. She wrote as if her poetry was a diary only for herself to read. She wanted to express her own thoughts not caring if anyone would ever read them or not.
             One could find many different aspects of nature in Whitman and Dickinson's poetry. Both Whitman and Dickinson seem to feel that one could find God everywhere besides by just going to a church. Dickinson expresses that she can feel a higher power by going into her garden and to Whitman everything around us God is apart of.
             While reading Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" I felt as if I were reading messages he wanted me to know about. With Emily Dickinson I felt like I was sneaking in on her inner thoughts and invading her privacy. Whitman gives this analysis of his life that he wants other individuals to explore. Where as Emily expresses this loneliness and sadness of yearnin
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