Transcendentalism And Individualism In The Whitman And Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works.
Robert lowell was an American physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author. Regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century, he is considered a member of the Fireside Poets.
Both authors have differences of opinion of how to say and do things such as nature, individualism and love.
Both authors have different opinions on nature and in Whitman’s poem “ Pioneers! O Pioneers!. uses nature as imageries for example “ from the peaks gigantic, from the great sierras and high plateaus.” This is a imagery because the author wants the reader to imagine the mountain’s and the high plateaus. And in Lowells “ July in Washington” he says “On the Potomac, swan-white
 power launches keep breasting the sulphurous wave.
Otters slide and dive and slick back their hair,
 raccoons clean their meat in the creek.
” he is describing nature and is like whitman but is more descriptive. Whitman felt...