Analysis Of Walt Whitman s Dracula And Bram Stoker s...

For the past century, Walt Whitman has inspired people with his literary work by addressing his views and expectations to the future generation. Not only was his circular connection relating the reader to his poems, but the realistic truths and observations in these poems revealed deep confessions, which affected the reader’s personal feelings and opinions. Expanding further than American readers and writers, Whitman had established an impact worldwide. Writers such as Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker, two Irishmen that know of Whitman’s writings through the poet’s popularity growing up as children and young adults, had become advocates of the controversial topics Whitman wrote about. Wilde and Stoker’s writing styles differ from Whitman’s:†¦show more content†¦The simplest, most natural, and strongest character I have ever met in my life†, in his biographical review (116). Throughout Wilde’s literary career, reflections of Whitman can be seen by the more philosophical pieces created by Wilde, which stray away from his typical beauty over content persona. More specifically, Whitman-like ideas can be seen in Wilde’s poem â€Å"Humanitad† in comparison to Whitman’s â€Å"Song of Myself†. â€Å"Humanitad† begins with the contrast of the seasons of spring and winter, but goes in depth with the contrast of the Greek Gods and the Christian God, leaving readers in philosophical questioning about religious beliefs. Though â€Å"Humanitad† does remain true to Wilde’s common, beautiful writing style, there is deeper meaning to his words. â€Å"Song of Myself† discusses the importance of finding one s self through observation and nature, as well as the connectivity between all types of people in the continuous circle life makes. The writing style of Wilde’s â€Å"Humanitad† do not reflect Whitman’s, but the topics of nature, death, and life are all the main focuses of both pieces. In comparison, â€Å"Song of Myself† and â€Å"Humanitad† both use nature as a way to link main ideas together for the reader. For example, Whitman uses nature in a metaphysical sense to explain his place in the world, while Wilde uses nature as an aesthetic tool that