Compare a section of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” with one of Emily Dickinson’s poems. How are they similar? How are they different? Focus on TONE, MOOD, and IMAGERY (as defined in the Literary Devices document). How would you compare the tone and mood of Whitman’s poetry to the tone and mood in Dickinson’s poetry? What different kinds of word choices and imagery do they use to communicate tone and mood? In giving your answer, provide specific examples of word choices, and choose one example of imagery from Whitman and one example of imagery from Dickinson that contributfktes to the tone and mood of their poetry.
