American society has been drastically shaped through the strong beliefs of its poets, journalists

Walt Whitman was a revolutionary poet who let his emotions run free through his poetry. Whitman was never afraid to express himself no matter how inappropriate or offensive his emotions might have seemed at the time. This is why Whitman's poem still echo that same sentiment and emotion today almost as loudly as when the drums were first tapped.

Whitman wrote broad stanzas and focused on the whole of America as his inspiration. His lines covered a wide range of topics and generated multiple points of view for the reader. He called his life’s work “Leaves of Grass”; stressing the

“Re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul” (Whitman). The brilliant mind behind this quote is Walt Whitman, one of the greatest and most influential poets America has ever produced. Walt was inspired by transcendentalists Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Although, Walt Whitman is considered the most radical out of the three. He had many radical views, but primarily on his views of the individual, religion, and education. Walt Whitman believed in a certain pedagogy, otherwise known as the method and practice of teaching, and he also had certain views of what it means to be a teacher and about learning past the years of school.

Walt Whitman, one of the world's greatest journalist and poets, touched the lives of many different and diverse cultures through his many works in which he placed his feet in the shoes of everyday people and the experiences they faced. However, his attitude towards slavery and abolitionism were never permanent as if he was constantly torn between how he really felt or how others who did not agree with him would judge his views. As the saying goes, "your first teachers are your parents." Whitman grew up in a racist environment, in which he was a descendent of slave owners. Therefore, he grew up embodying white prejudice and coming to a conclusion that blacks were shiftless and ignorant. However, as he grew older and became more educated on the

Walt Whitman is one of the most influential writers in American History. Although greatly unappreciated in his time, Whitman’s works were truly groundbreaking and served as the basis to usher in a completely new literary movement. Growing up and writing in a era of American History of immense change on numerous spectrums, Walt Whitman’s literary works explored many of these new concepts and ideologies brought forward during this time. As possibly the most important poet of the American Romantic movement, Walt Whitman’s poetry such as “For You O Democracy” and “I Sing the Body Electric” exemplified resurging and new found American ideals stemming from the events of the early to mid nineteenth century. With economic, physical, ideological,

Walt Whitman was an 19th century American poet and author of “Song of Myself,” a 52-section poem that conveys a lot of the basic premises and themes of transcendentalism. Transcendentalism is the belief in the power of the individual, no one is better then anyone else, everything is interconnected, and the power and value of nature. It was a reaction towards rationalism that resulted in the development of transcendentalism. Walt Whitman shared this values and beliefs and is notable in a lot of his work, even more so in his poem “Song of Myself,” where he opens-up about his opinions with one’s self, nature, and the universe. Another theme of Transcendentalism believes that Authors should be equine and create new literature, just as Whitman have his own style of writing that made him equine and original. Throughout “Song of Myself” Whitman conveys the point of view of a transcendentalist as his constantly makes the connection connecting nature, humans, and spiritual. The poem tells us about Whitman, almost to the point that it was his form of writing his autobiography, but even more so it expresses his self-satisfaction is all that mattered and personally didn’t care if you joined in his-self celebration or not regardless he was going to celebrate.

The comparison between Walt Whitman and Walter White may seem humorous due to the fact that a man who lives in the Twenty-First Century is surrounded by the technological advances that allowed him to engineer his legacy. Of course, Whitman did not have the technology to create his writings, or distribute his productions as efficiently as White. Or simply humorous because White makes and distributes methamphetamine and Whitman created literature. Despite the differences, Walt Whitman is labeled as an American who changed the game of literature. White, happened to change the game of drugs. Besides having the same name, they both test society. They are both innovators. They both test rules, laws, and norms of society. Both teach and both are striving

In conclusion Walt Whitman is one of my favorite poets of all time; and aside from him having the nickname Father of Free Verse and referred to himself as the American Bard at Last everything from his birth to his death are intriguing. Whitman is a very well know American Poet and will forever be known as a controversial writer, essayist, journalist, a humanist and was part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism. Incorporating both

“Walt Whitman is thus of the first generation of Americans who were born in the newly formed United States

Second part of this vedeo lecture portayes great national poet Walt Whitman. He was born 1819, and lived in Brooklin. In 1855v we wrote “Leaves of Grass.” It known as freeverse contraversial subjecr. Whitman was supporting democracy and felowship. He respected Abraham Lincoln, he even called him “My Father” and “My Capitan.” Whitman died in 1892, he was true revolutunary American, he expressed his love for america in his writings. Whitman’s literature will always be remembered.

Walt Whitman’s fame is not just about his passion for democracy. Van Wyck Brooks stated that the real reason that Whitman is so relevant is that “for the first time [he] gave us the sense of something organic in American life” (112) and “precipitated the American character” (118).

President Abraham Lincoln, admired by Walt Whitman, blossomed in “Whitman's writing and in American mythology”(Eiselein) for his leadership and nobility. Whitman hoped for a rugged, healthy, who knew what real, physical work was, to be the “[r]edeemer [p]resident of [t]hese [s]tates”(Whitman). His hopes came true “as in a dream”(Whitman) when “four years later, just such a beard-faced boatman”(Goodheart) entered the White House. Walt Whitman discovered the “comprehensive, all-directing soul he had long been seeking”(Reynolds) in Abraham Lincoln’s life. Therefore Whitman, a patriotic American, would see Lincoln’s death as not only a grave tragedy but also a “promise [of] ultimate purgation and unification for America.”(Reynolds).

Walt Whitman’s portfolio of poetry was a crucial staple in the American identity. Whitman used his poetry to contribute to the evolution of self-reliance, human freedom and concepts of democracy. These influences can be seen throughout all of his poems, but more relevantly in “Song of Myself”, “For You O Democracy” and in “Live Oak, with Moss”. After analyzing these works thoroughly, Whitman has undeniably aided in the development of American identity and influenced many more American poets and literary authors. Whitman is able to influence his beliefs by creating personal connections in his poems that will resonate with his audience. During the time of Whitman, the Civil War was on the rise

Walt Whitman, arguably America’s most influential and innovative poet was born into a working class family in west Hills, New York, a village near Hempstead, Longstead on May 31, 1819. He was an American poet, Journalist and essayist whose verse collection “Leaves of Grass” is a landmark in the history of American Literature. At the age of twelve, Walt began to learn the printer’s trade, and fell in love with the written word. Largely self-taught, he read voraciously, becoming acquainted with the works of Homer, Dante, Shakespeare and the Bible. Whitman’s own love for America and its democracy can be at least partially attributed to his upbringing and his parents, who showed their own admiration for their country by naming Walt’s younger brothers after their favourite heroes. The name includes George Washington Whitman, Thomas Jefferson Whitman and Andrew Jackson Whitman. Whitman worked as a printer in New York City until a devastating fire in the printing district demolished the industry. In 1836, at the age of seventeen, he began his career as a teacher in the one-room school houses of Long Island. He continued to teach until 1841, when he returned to journalism as a full-time career. Walt proved to be a volatile journalist with a sharp pen and a set of opinions that didn’t always align with his bosses or his readers. He backed what some considered radical positions on women’s property rights, immigration and labour issues. He lambasted the infatuation he saw

“Walt Whitman, an American, one of the roughs, a kosmos,/Disorderly fleshy and sensual…. Eating drinking and breeding,/No sentimentalist…. no stander above men and women or apart/ from them…. no more modest than immodest” (499-501).