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Poet Walt Whitman 1819–1892
POET’S REGION U.S., Mid-Atlantic
Subjects Relationships, Family & Ancestors, Social Commentaries, Heroes & Patriotism
Poetic Terms Free Verse
Biography
Walt Whitman is America’s world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In Leaves of Grass (1855), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship. This monumental work chanted praises to the body as well as to the soul, and found beauty and reassurance even in death.
Along with Emily Dickinson, Whitman is regarded as one of America’s most significant nineteenth century poets. Born on Long . . .
Poems by Walt Whitman
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SUBJECT Relationships, Family & Ancestors, Social Commentaries, Heroes & Patriotism
POET’S REGION U.S., Mid-Atlantic
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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excerpt from "A Passage to India"
