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1. themillions.com › 2016 › 07Songs of Ourselves: Searching for America’s Epic Poem

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   Jul 1, 2016 · The writer from Bethlehem, Penn., attempted his classically structured epic poem at an unfortunate cultural moment for classically structured epic poems. Though it won a Pulitzer Prize a year after it was written, John Brown’s Body remains largely forgotten. Though Benét’s conservative aesthetics that call upon the “American muse, whose ...

2. www.sparknotes.com › poetry › whitmanWhitman’s Poetry “Song of Myself” Summary & Analysis | SparkNotes

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   Whitman’s grand poem is, in its way, an American epic. Beginning in medias res —in the middle of the poet’s life—it loosely follows a quest pattern. “Missing me one place search another,” he tells his reader, “I stop somewhere waiting for you.”. In its catalogues of American life and its constant search for the boundaries of the ...

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   What are some of the best American epic poems?

   • The Gospel Tragedy: An Epic Poem (1795) Linn, John Blair. The Death of Washington: A Poem in Imitation of the Manner of Ossian (1800) Winchester, Elhanahan. The Progress and Empire of Christ (1805) Bryan, Daniel. The Adventures of Daniel Boone (1813)

   American Epics/Long Poems - Auburn University

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   What is an epic poem?

   • EPIC Are long narrative poems in which a series of heroic achievements or events, usually of a hero, are dealt with at length. Nobody can determine which epics are the oldest because in their translations from other languages, even in English and Spanish.

   Compilation Of Philippine literature during Pre-Spanish and Spanish

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   Why was Whitman concerned about America producing its own epic?

   • Many people were concerned, as Whitman was, growing up, with the idea of America producing its own epic, because the epic poem became sort of a marker of a realized, fully realized, culture. Whitman, in writing Song of Myself, I think, was imaging an American epic.

   A National Poet | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

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   What does 'song of myself' have in common with classical epic?

   • In its catalogues of American life and its constant search for the boundaries of the self “Song of Myself” has much in common with classical epic. This epic sense of purpose, though, is coupled with an almost Keatsian valorization of repose and passive perception.

   Whitman’s Poetry “Song of Myself” Summary & Analysis - SparkNotes

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4. poets.org › anthology › epic-featured-poemsEpic: Featured Poems | Academy of American Poets

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   Epic: Featured Poems - The following poems and excerpts are examples of the epic form. Learn more and read more epic poems. Epic: Featured Poems - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.

5. www.goodreads.com › list › showAmerican Epic Poetry (26 books) - Goodreads

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   • The New World (Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets, 81) Frederick Turner.
   • The Cantos Ezra Pound.
   • The Waste Land T.S. Eliot.
   • Helen in Egypt H.D.

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7. www.poetryfoundation.org › poems › 53091America by Walt Whitman | Poetry Foundation

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   Walt Whitman is America’s world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In Leaves of Grass (1855, 1891-2), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship.

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   Poems - Find the best poems by searching our collection of over 10,000 poems by classic and contemporary poets, including Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Juan Felipe Herrera, Langston Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, and more.

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10. www.pbs.org › wgbh › americanexperienceA National Poet | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

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    Whitman's calling as a National Poet: Allan Gurganus, an American writer whose works include the novels Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All and Plays Well With Others: I think Walt Whitman ...