D.H. Lawrence has been considered to be a "prophet of humanity" much like Walt Whitman. Our book explains that Lawrence believed Whitman was too indiscriminate. However, one could argue the two are very similar despite what Lawrence believed. For instance, Lawrence conformed to Whitman's free long line and bardic voice.
Lawrence's works are spontaneous overall; not only within each poem, but with regards to all of them as a whole. He attempts to cover multiple subject areas which provides evidence about how his imagination takes him off on tangents. Though a bit different, Whitman's poetry could be noted to be more of poetic visions as opposed to poetic imagination.
I, for one, believe that D.H. Lawrence took a lot from Walt Whitman. Lawrence's style of writing can be highly attributed to Whitman, yet he practically refused to see it. It is important to notice the similarities instead of shrugging them off. Whitman came way before Lawrence. So maybe D.H. was trying to envolve into an original and in the process he could've simply tweaked Walt's ideas to serve them as his own?
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