An eighteenth-century german who was a major contributor to the sturm und drang movement was :

Goethe.

Explanation:

The Sturm und drang movement (roughly translated from the German as “storm and drive”, drive, meaning, effort) was an artistic movement in Germany that began during the second half of the 18th century and that is known to be the direct antecedent to the Romantic movement. Both movements stress the relevance of subjective perceptions and of emotions in the building of one´s own character. Without a doubt, Goethe is one of its main figures.

the difference of the poems of walt whitman and emily dickinson is that whitman uses personification, whereas dickinson avoids figurative language. whitman incorporates transcendentalism and realism in his works. on the other hand, dickinson's poems talks about death and immortality.

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