Tag Archives: Luciano Alves Meira
5 CONCLUSION (Part 19)
5 CONCLUSION (Part 19) “Memories of President Lincoln” was composed in the weeks after Lincoln’s assassination on April 14, 1865, and was published together with Drum-Taps that same year. Everything that Whitman presents in the poem “When Lilacs…” actually took … Continue reading
5 CONCLUSION (Part 15)
5 CONCLUSION (Part 15) The next poem, “Youth, Day, Old Age and Night,” must be quoted in full, since it has only four lines. This short poem is what was left of the poem “Great Are the Myths” from the … Continue reading
5 CONCLUSION (Part 10)
5 CONCLUSION (Part 10) “Song of the Broad-Axe” presents a great introductory stanza and the persistent use of anaphoras (see section 3.5). It was published in 1856 and underwent much revision, but the first six lines have remained untouched ever … Continue reading
5 CONCLUSION (Parte 6)
5 CONCLUSION (Parte 6) This is a very famous part of “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”, one of the six elegies referred to in section 2.4; it was published in 1856, and was the best poem of that edition. This poem depicts … Continue reading
5 CONCLUSION (Part 2)
5 CONCLUSION (Part 2) We shall now provide examples of poetic re-creations from Leaves of Grass so that the reader might judge our work for themselves. We will also add some comments on each poem, in order to situate the … Continue reading
3.9 Passages from Leaves of Grass
3.9 Passages from Leaves of Grass Thus, we shall begin now to quote some passages from Leaves of Grass, reminding ourselves and the reader of Whitman’s “abrupt departure” from traditional poetic forms. Even though we have brought here examples of … Continue reading
3.7 Leaves of Grass in Brazil
3.7 Leaves of Grass in Brazil As unusual notes from an uncommon singer, we will offer in the body of our work the re-creation in Portuguese of the following books/poems from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass: “INSCRIPTIONS”; “Starting from Paumanok”; … Continue reading
3.5 Part 4
3.5 Oswald de Andrade, Fernando Pessoa, Aléxis de Tocqueville, Gilberto Freyre Part 4 As we have mentioned in the beginning of this chapter, now we will try to provide a few hints on how Gilberto Freyre has helped us to … Continue reading
3.5 Part 3
3.5 Oswald de Andrade, Fernando Pessoa, Aléxis de Tocqueville, Gilberto Freyre Part 3 This, again, is a link between Oswald and Whitman, for absorption was a process that was carried on by Whitman for a long time before publishing his … Continue reading
2.2 Brazilian editions of Leaves of Grass
2.2 Brazilian editions of Leaves of Grass Compared to what happened in other nations, the Leaves has a short and small history in Brazil. The oldest edition is the famous Folhas das Folhas de Relva (Leaves from Leaves of Grass), … Continue reading
