The poetry of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman has been described as being emotionally opposite to each other. Dickinson's poetry seems at times colder and more critical; whereas Whitman's poetry...

Comparison between Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman are both poets of the 19th century. Both the poets wrote poem based on nature, death and immortality. However, there were a couple of differences in their styles of writing that helped to distinguish between the two.
First coming to Emily Dickinson it must be stated that Dickinson’s poems focused greatly on rhyming. Her poems were greatly structured and conservative. Her poems had the impression of her idols such as Charles Dickens. Her poems brought out the fact that she was fascinated by the concept of death, love,...