Style and Technique in the poetry of Walt Whitman and Rabindranath Tagore
Overview
The two pictures of the bards of America and India complement and supplement each other, representing the best that is found in the Orient and the Occident. While Whitman is considered one among the great erratic genius of the world, full of unresolved tensions and contradictions. And imposing figure of Tagore stands out as a symbol of India renaissance, harmonizing diverse elements. Their poetry has become a part of the cosmic rhythm Whitman did not believe in ornamentation. He used Native American speech. His ear was very quick to catch slang phrases which were freely used by him to keep his idiom in formal, relaxed, and closer to the common people. Alliteration, repetition of same sound is frequently used by Whitman and Tagore. Whitman rejects ornamental similes metaphors, painted adjectives which are conventional and stale.
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- ISBN-13: 9780359634842
- ISBN-10: 0359634842
- Publisher: Lulu Press
- Publish Date: May 2019
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.24 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.32 pounds
- Page Count: 102
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