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Short StoriesEssay Preview: Short StoriesReport this essayWalt Whitman illustrates his transition from the Romantic attitude to the Realistic one in his poem “Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun”. As the poem begins, Whitman seems to be asking for an idealized or perfect natural, rural life. His “splendid silent sun” is not capable of causing destruction.
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