“The Influence of Emerson’s “The Poet” on Whitman and Dickinson: A Comparative Analysis of Themes and Speakers in Selected Poems”

Write a well-organized, well-developed essay of at least 4-5 double-spaced pages (1-inch margins around). Choose ONE topic that you did not write (Midterm or later)
The essay should BE AT LEAST 5 DOUBLE-SPACED PAGES (font 12).
If you use any outside sources, list them briefly ( last name of the author and page # in the text), complete citation” Author’s last name, first name. Title of the story or the essay in “. Title of the book in italics (Place of publication: publisher, year, pp. ##). The internet: complete URL.
Do not retell the stories — analyze them using the plot only to support your ideas.
My topic is: 
2. Compare the impact of Emerson’s “The Poet” on Whitman and Dickinson and write about the speaker and themes in “Song of Myself” (1-15, especially 1–7)  and other Whitman’s poems, such as When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”  with Emily Dickinson’s  “Because I could not stop for Death,” “I am Nobody,” “The Soul selects her own Society,” and other poems, such as  “This is my Letter to the World,”  “Fame is a fickle food” (1659 in Johnson) and write a comparative essay.  
The files below is the reading of all the stories. 
This here is a link to When Lilacs Last in the 
Dooryard Bloom’d

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