“Don’t Quit” is a poem written by John Greenleaf Whittier about never giving up, no matter what happens in one’s life. John Greenleaf Whittier has written many inspiring poems and has an interesting life story. The Ebsco article states, “In 1889 he had received a letter from another girl, Helen Keller, then ten years old, a letter expressing her gratitude that Whittier’s poems had ‘made her joyful all the day long because her mind could see all the lovely things which she could not see with her eyes’” (Maskal 138). He inspired so many with his poems and one of which is “Don’t Quit”. This poem is narrated in Apostrophe format, has a couplet rhyme scheme, has a specific diction choice, impacts readers, and can reach all kinds of people.
John Greenleaf Whittier has had experience in the writing poems. My Ebsco source is about Whittier’s life. He was born in 1807 and passed away in 1892. Maskal’s “John Greenleaf Whittier and the Washington Territory” states, “Despite the immense popularity of Snowbound (1866), one influential critic of the 1880s judged Whittier a poet only of New England rather than of national stature” (Moskal). Later in the paper though it states that there was a much wider spectrum of people that enjoy his works. Scholars discovered that the poet had become popular in …show more content…
The two poems mentioned above also have the couplet rhyme scheme like Don’t Quit. One might assume he was a fan of or enjoyed couplet poetry. The two poems are also very inspirational and easy to read. They are about abolishing slavery and the United States Civil War. “The Furnace Blast” states, “Can ye not cry, ‘Let slavery die!” (Marius 100). This again is reaching his target audience then and now by encouraging people to standup for what they believe
John Greenleaf Whittier has had experience in the writing poems. My Ebsco source is about Whittier’s life. He was born in 1807 and passed away in 1892. Maskal’s “John Greenleaf Whittier and the Washington Territory” states, “Despite the immense popularity of Snowbound (1866), one influential critic of the 1880s judged Whittier a poet only of New England rather than of national stature” (Moskal). Later in the paper though it states that there was a much wider spectrum of people that enjoy his works. Scholars discovered that the poet had become popular in …show more content…
The two poems mentioned above also have the couplet rhyme scheme like Don’t Quit. One might assume he was a fan of or enjoyed couplet poetry. The two poems are also very inspirational and easy to read. They are about abolishing slavery and the United States Civil War. “The Furnace Blast” states, “Can ye not cry, ‘Let slavery die!” (Marius 100). This again is reaching his target audience then and now by encouraging people to standup for what they believe