“Song of Myself,” “I Saw in Louisiana…,” “When I Heard the Learned Astronomer

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Whitman/Dickinson/Twain/Crane ResponseAre there any similarities that can be found in the writings (even though there are different authors)? What is the theme that runs throughout each? What are the authors trying to say with these selections? Read them carefully, and tell me what you think. Use specific references from the text to illustrate your response.“Song of Myself,”“I Saw in Louisiana…,”“When I Heard the Learned Astronomer,”A Noiseless Patient Spider,”“The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,”“Story of the Little Bad Boy,”“A Man Said to the Universe,”“The Open Boat”

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