What are some of the ways that you can compare and contrast Whitman and Dickinson?

The previous post was quite thorough.  I would only like
to add that one particular point of convergence in both is how the notion of American
literary voice was rooted in self expression.  Both thinkers held true to the idea that
any notion of the universal comes from the subjective, and that from this only can truth
be fully understood.  However, within this form of expression might also be a point of
divergence.  Whitman is quite passionate about the democratic political form as being
the best political structure to express this subjective experience.  Whitman is able to
assert complete confidence in how the heterogeneous composition of American Democracy
helps to enhance individual voice.  Dickinson is not so sold on the idea of political
expressions of the good, in general.  Her writing does not explicitly articulate how
politics fits into the subjective expression of self.  This difference in perception on
the role and function of political orders might be one additional area of contrast
between both thinkers.