1. Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman

2. Lifestyle Private and shy Homebody Career Poems were personal, not meant to be published Popularity started after her death Style Precise, economical, neat, meticulous Rhyme and meter prevalent

3. Heart! We will forget him! You and I—tonight! You may forget the warmth he gave— I will forget the light! When you have done, pray tell me That I may straight begin! Haste! Lest while you’re lagging I remember him!

4. Lifestyle Social, gregarious, traveled often Public spokesman for the masses Career Published Leaves of Grass at his own expense, which made him famous around the world Expected that his message would be carried into the future Style Extravagant, seemingly careless, repetitive Aimed for large, overall impression Used cadence—the long easy sweep of sound of speakers Long lists, cataloguing Free verse (no set rhyme or meter)

5. Who makes much of a miracle? As to me, I know of nothing else but miracles... To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, Every cubic inch of space is a miracle, Every square yard of the surface of the earth is the same; Every spear of grass—the frames, limbs, organs of men and women and all that concerns them, All these to me are unspeakably perfect miracles...