The dominant themes that are more pervasive in Whitman's poetry are democracy, life/death cycles, individualism, and nature. These themes play a major role in some of his most notable poems such as “Songs of Myself” or “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”. He used democracy as a theme to bring society together and unite everyone based on their general beliefs. It represented the cycles of life and death to merge society on a spiritual level. Despite his desire to unite society, he also embraced individualism and is also a persistent theme in much of his poetry. Nature was an important concept that Whitman used to convince people that there were more important things in life than class structure. He used nature to connect us all and encourage people to become less materialistic and more grateful for life itself. Many themes in Emily Dickenson's poem are very reminiscent of Whitman's popular themes. Even though there were some consistencies with the themes Whitman used in his own work, there were still many ideas that Whitman would not have agreed with. The poem begins with...