JE40 Whitman & Dickinson

             Whitman’s quote was “If you want me again, look for me under your boot-soles.” I think it was implying that he was everywhere and his ideas were prepared for everyone to use. The idea is not hard that you have to look up to the sky to search for it. You only need to look under your feet to find the most basic ideas. Dickinson’s quote was “This is my letter to the world that never wrote to me.” It was implying that no one in the world was paying attention to her message to the world. Both authors were trying to imply a message through their poems. Their message can essentially be the same. However, Whitman seemed to have a more positive attitude that someday people would eventually find his message. And it is easy to get because it is everywhere. Unlike Whitman, Dickinson seemed to be more pessimistic about her poem because she thought no one would ever read it or understand it. I think sometimes my feeling is more like Dickinson’s. I think no one would understand my ideas and me. Sometimes I think the world is crazy and it would be nice if everyone follows my idea.