Marti and Dari

Jose Marti and Ruben Dario were Latin American poets that were well-read. They were influenced heavily by Walt Whitman. There are similarities between the  poems by Jose Marti, Ruben Dario, and Walt Whitman of nature, birth, and death. Marti wrote  “I Am and Honest Man,” Dario wrote “Fatality,” and Whitman wrote “Song of Myself”.

Jose Marti wrote “I Am an Honest Man” and it is found in The Norton Anthology of World Literature. By Martin Puchner. Longer 3rd ed. Vol. 2. “I Am an Honest Man” has themes of nature, birth, and death. For nature the theme include a palm tree, mountains, herbs, flowers, butterflies, vineyard, bee, land, and sea. For birth Marti wrote, “no burden heavier than that of conscious life” (681). For death Marti wrote, “And the sure terror of being dead tomorrow” (681).

Ruben Dario wrote “Fatality” and it is found in The Norton Anthology of World Literature. By Martin Puchner. Longer 3rd ed. Vol. 2.”Fatality” has themes of nature, birth, and death. The nature theme includes, tree, rock, darkness, and grapes. For birth, Dario wrote “there is no pain as great as being alive” (695). For death, Dario wrote, “And the sure terror of being dead tomorrow” (695).

Walt Whitman wrote “Song of Myself” and it is found in The Norton Anthology of World Literature. By Martin Puchner. Longer 3rd ed. Vol. 2. “Song of Myself” has themes of nature, birth, and death. For the themes of nature is “grass, soil, air, fog, earth, lakes, bays, coasts, hills, woods, heaven, hell, night, stars, trees, animals, and grass. For birth and death, Whitman wrote, “I pass death with the dying and birth with the new-washed babe, and/am not contained between my hat and boots” (649).

Jose Marti and Ruben Dario were poets that were well-read. Marti and Dario were influenced heavily by Walt Whitman. There are similarities between the  poems by Jose Marti, Ruben Dario, and Walt Whitman. This can be seen in the themes of nature, birth, and death.

                                                       

Works Cited

DaríoDario Rubén. "Fatality." The Norton Anthology of World Literature. By Martin Puchner. Longer 3rd ed. Vol. 2. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012. 693. Print.

MartíMarti,  José. "I Am an Honest Man." The Norton Anthology of World Literature. By Martin Puchner. Longer 3rd ed. Vol. 2. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012. 681-82. Print.

WhitWhitman, Walt. "Song of Myself." The Norton Anthology of World Literature. By Martin Puchner. Longer 3rd ed. Vol. 2. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012. 648-53. Print.