Question

How does Walt Whitman's atitude change toward death during his poem "When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'D" What does he learn?

I know that through the poem he speaks of the death, but I don't know how his atitude changed. I think he learns the truths of life and death, but I'm not sure how his atitude changed. I'm having a hard time understanding this. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-60,pageNum-42.html
"develops from ... to ... " = attitude change

Interesting commentary:
http://www.bibliovault.org/BV.book.epl?BookId=5743

Answer 2

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "<I>Whitman lilacs death</I>" to get these possible sources:

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/roots/legacy/whitman/lilacsweb.html
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0030-8129(198201)97%3A1%3C31%3AW%22ATGO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-F
http://alpha.fdu.edu/~jbecker/americanlit/lilacsnotes.html
http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/whitman/section7.rhtml

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.