Walt Whitman

A community portal about Walt Whitman with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Walter Whitman was an American Romantic poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. Proclaimed the "greatest of all American poets" by many foreign observers a mere four years after his death, his works have been translated into more than 25 languages. Whitman is among the most influential and controversial poets in the American canon. His work has been described as a "rude shock" and "the most audacious and debatable contribution yet made to American literature." He largely abandoned the metrical structures of European poetry for an expansionist freestyle verse—"irregular" but "beautifully rhythmic"— which represented his philosophical view that America was destined to reinvent the world as emancipator and liberator of the human spirit. As Whitman wrote in Leaves of Grass, "Rhymes and rhymers pass away—... America justifies itself, give it time..."

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Poem of the Week: Thanks in Old Age

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Walt Whitman - IMG_5772 by dbking Thanks in Old Age was written by Walt Whitman (1819–1892), the American poet, essayist, journalist, and 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. Thanks in Old Age is one the 58 poems in the collection. Download audio file (poem-oldage.mp3) internet advertising Amazon.com Widgets Coming ... Read Full Story

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Essay Papers on Walt Whitman

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Walt Whitman was a famous American writer. His contribution into the development of American Literature was significant indeed. That is why his poems are included on the list of topics for discussion in many academic institutions. Students may be assigned to write different papers on Walt Whitman , including essays, for American Literature classes. So, if help with writing essay papers on Walt Whitman is what you are searching for, this article is just for you. Impact of transition between two literature ages on Whitman’s works Since Whitman got under the influence of Transcendentalism, it could not but affect his works. ... Read Full Story

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May 31, 1819: The Birth of Walt Whitman

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It is a fitting coincidence that the birthday of Walt Whitman always occurs within the same week in which America commemorates its fallen soldiers. Whitman???s voice is the voice of the soldier, the battlefield???the American experience of war. Whitman never picked up a rifle, and he never faced the onslaught of an enemy bayonet charge; however, Whitman???s time in Washington as a volunteer working with the Civil War wounded becomes, in his writing, a testament of combat and an encomium to its brave participants. NPG Historian David Ward describes the effect of the Civil War on Whitman: On December 13, 1862, the Union army ... Read Full Story

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In a little house.... Walt Whitman

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A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. ~Walt Whitman My Picture-Gallery Walt Whitman I N a little house keep I pictures suspended, it is not a fix’d house, It is round, it is only a few inches from one side to the other; Yet behold, it has room for all the shows of the world, all memories? Here the tableau's of life, and here the groupings of death; Here, do you know this? this is cicerone himself, With finger rais’d he points to the prodigal pictures. 1880 *Note: Cicerone is an old term for a guide, one who ... Read Full Story

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A Little Walt Whitman

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When I heard the learn’d astronomer by Walt Whitman When I heard the learn’d astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them, When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, Till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself, In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time, Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars. Just wanted to share some genius with you today. Those old poets really ... Read Full Story

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Thoughts on Walt Whitman

What are other important subjects for Whitman? The interconnectedness of all people – across gender, race, and even time -- especially in "Song of Myself " and "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry." This of course plays into his ideas about equality and democracy but I see shades of a more spiritual urge. In so many of his poems he refers to the similitude of human experience and assumes that readers will know exactly what he refers to. I could expand...

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Walt Whitman's home earns literary honor

The final home of poet Walt Whitman has added another distinction to its foundation. The Camden building, already a national historic landmark, has been named a state literary landmark by the New Jersey Center for the Book.

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