1. Walt Whitman

3. Life Grew up in New York. Influenced by the revolution Father was Walter Whitman, Sr. Had five siblings Lived in Brooklyn for a good amount of time Very aware of his surroundings

5. Work 1. “The Spanish Lady” Based on a beautiful person Presence of Life and death Representations of evil: the serpent and assassin About how not all good things end in good What you see is deception

7. Important Quotes “O beauteous was that lady; And the splendour of the place Matched well her form so graceful, And her sweet, angelic face” “O better had she slumbered Where the poisonous snake lay hid” “The soul of that fair lady Has passed from earth to heaven”

9. Work 2. “To You” More of a personal poem Uses many opposites within the same line Gives “you” a good reputation Insightful and a universal topic About how you should never give up Gives “you” the glory of light

11. Important Quotes “Whoever you are, I fear you are walking the walks of dreams” “I only am he who places over you no master, owner, better, God, beyond what waits intrinsically in yourself” “Through angers, losses, ambition, ignorance, ennui, what you are picks its way”

13. Comparisons Both poems tie in the subjects such as life, death, and peace In his poems he defines an end to the being he is addressing Whitman points out the positives and negatives in his subjects and it is up to the reader to decide what I truly a positive or negative

15. Contrasts In “The Spanish Lady” she gets murdered and it symbolizes an evil end Also, she is only seen as an image without much substance In “To You” it only suggests death in the future. The subject is given a personality and less of an outward description