Walt Whitman

(31 May 1819 - 26 March 1892 / New York / United States)

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Walter "Walt" was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.

Born on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and – in addition to publishing his poetry – was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance ... more »

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  • ''Rugged, mountainous, volcanic, he was himself more a French revolution than any of his volumes.''
    Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. Specimen Days (Feb. 10, 1881).
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  • ''I will put in my poems, that with you is heroism, upon land and sea—And
    I will report all heroism from an American point of view.''
    Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. Starting From Paumanok, sct. 7.
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  • ''And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.''
    Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. Starting From Paumanok, sct. 13.
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  • ''I never see that man without feeling that he is one to become personally attach'd to, for his combination of purest, heartiest tenderness, and native western form of manliness.''
    Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. "The Inauguration," March 4, 1865, Specimen Days and Collect (1882).
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  • ''The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.''
    Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. Leaves of Grass, preface (1855).
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  • ZZZoe (3/21/2018 1:21:00 AM)

    I am doing my translation asignment and I dont know how to translate 采集日志 into English. It is the Chinese name of a collection of Whitman.

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  • Ali Raza (3/5/2018 6:15:00 AM)

    What is the art of white man with reference to American Naturalism

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  • h8 all niggers (2/6/2018 11:54:00 AM)

    my name is cool yeah

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  • niggr (2/6/2018 11:52:00 AM)

    who els is in school?

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  • britshit (1/5/2018 7:49:00 PM)

    anyone else notice he is self obsessed

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  • ed witbeck 907 598 1661 (12/28/2017 4:58:00 PM)

    whitman and thoreav write book 1930 on the book its for sale

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  • ed witbeck 907 598 1661 (12/28/2017 4:55:00 PM)

    whitman and thoreav write a book 1930 year on book cash it for sale

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  • jorge da cunha lima (11/29/2017 6:24:00 PM)

    poetry is not inspiration

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  • kool dood (11/26/2017 5:54:00 PM)

    i am the bestist and da koolist good arownd

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  • kool dood (11/26/2017 5:52:00 PM)

    i am da koolist dood arownd

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Best Poem of Walt Whitman

O Captain! My Captain!


O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.


O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills; 10
For you bouquets and ...

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