Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson quotes explained

Kathryn Galbraith American Lit. <Tab/>Emily Dickinson was a brilliant writer and is often considered the "mother" of poetry. For this reason I choose a passage from her writing to start this paper. <Tab/>Some keep the Sabbath going to church <Tab/>I keep it staying home <Tab/>With a bobolink for a choirister <Tab/>…

…and Whitman can relate to me as I can relate to them, then time, in essence, means nothing. I find this point extremely significant because if it takes a paper in order to realize this, then I have accomplished something. On the other hand, the fact that it took a paper and reflection in order for me to realize this, I am left feeling tiresome. Why could I not embrace this writing on my own?