Walt Whitman

The impact of the poem relies on the transmission of emotions that humanity has only partially recognized and understood: namely a combination of nostalgia and confrontation with the future, as well as a devotion to nature and the unsolvable riddle of existence. In order to heighten the sense of contrast and urgency between the modern…

Walt Whitman is known to be one of the most well-known and influential poets in American history. After travelling the American countryside, he developed Leaves of Grass then sold his house to print and publish it himself. “In Leaves of Grass, he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship” (“Walt Whitman”, Poetry Foundation). His community took…

One of my favorite poems by Walt Whitman is “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking”. This poem, like many other creations by Whitman, could be interpreted in a variety of ways. It is a beautiful poem that is also quite difficult. The poem seems to start off as an adult man remembering a childhood memory….

Walt Whitman was an American Poet who was very influential and controversial due to his sexual imagery in his works. He’s a bold poet who brings to light shameless sexual desires and homosexuality that no one before him have since it was seen to be scandalous and unusual during his time. The theme of sexuality…

Introduction: The Poet Who Contained Multitudes Born in 1819, hardly 43 years after the United States had proclaimed their independence from Britain, Walt Whitman is considered the most representative poet of the America of the XIX century, an America where the growing States were not only struggling to develop their political entities and institutions, but…

Transcendentalism is a 19th century philosophical and religious movement that emphasized the rediscovery of nature and the interconnectedness of the self. Its adherents focused on the importance of spirit over matter, exchanging the objective world of reason and categories of common sense for the subjective world of ideas and the categories of the imagination. Transcendentalism…

Walt Whitman a renowned American poet also referred to as the father of the free verse had a great mission of pushing for what can be well termed as a rebirth of a new nation, United States of America. His literary works show that all he wanted is a democratic nation that would embrace unity,…

Human beings are motivated to observe elements within the world in classified sequences. Typically, the larger the size an aspect is, the more cherished it is well-thought-out. However, Walt Whitman learns an exceptional mode of witnessing the universe. This article, therefore, focuses on Walt’s poetries comprised in leaves of Grass. In this poem, Walt used…

In the opening poems of Drum Taps, Whitman has a patriotic tone which shows the audience that war was not only necessary, but that people’s lives were just small price to pay to ensure people’s safety back home. Whitman, along with Melville, does recognize that war does come with a price but, the price comes…

Poet Walt Whitman was born in Westhills, Long Island on May 31, 1819. Despite a difficult and dull childhood in Brooklyn, Whitman completed his education at the age of eleven and took up various jobs for extra income. As a poet, he fearlessly tackled subjects and individuals in his works. In poems like “O Captain!…