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    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. Life in its ever-evolving glory seems at times to be nothing more than a serious of random events that lead us from one place to another. It takes many

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    Leaves on Grass is collection of poems written by an American poet named Walt Whitman. The first edition was published in 1855 but, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and rewriting Leaves of Grass, until his death in 1892 at the age of 72. Even though during the time his work was considered immoral later people began to realize the beauty behind his poems and started to appreciate the man who wrote them.Whitman 's Leaves of Grass is iconic in American poetry because of the beauty

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    able to take the knowledge he gained and apply it to his writing. Journalism allowed writing to be one of his major skills, and using a multitude of writing techniques became a big part of his work. One of his most well known works of poetry is Leaves of Grass, a collection of poems, originally published in 1855. Although he could not afford to make many copies, he still earned success as he made an impact on the people around him. The style of the poems in that book fell away from traditional, organized

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    Corey Haldiman Goulette Research Paper Walt Whitman Walt used creativity, personal experiences and different ideas in his writing. He moved various times through his childhood, and that may have moved his personality to become slightly neurotic. He has done a lot of things in his life that has changed the way that future poets will write. Walt Whitman entered this world on May thirty-first, eighteen-nineteen in West Hills, New York. He was the second son among nine other children in his

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    Breaking Bad is a TV show about a science instructor, Walter White, turning to cooking methamphetamine when he finds out that he has terminal cancer, so as to leave some legacy for his family. The show accompanies Walter as he changes from a compliant and empathetic father to a cold, merciless drug kingpin through the wrong decisions he makes in life. Vince Gilligan made the show with a dream of having the hero turn into the adversary as the show advances and to investigate the subject "actions have

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    already working in the printing trade but after a fire, he returned to Long Island with his family. I also learned he is one of America’s most significant 19th century poets, even though he received limited formal education. He self-published Leaves of Grass which was edited countless times during his lifetime. i. “Walt Whitman” 1.

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    Walt Whitman's Influences

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    There have been many influential writers that left their own unique mark on American history; one in particular that has made a significant impact is Walt Whitman. His writing styles evoke different nontraditional methods that did not coincide with the traditions of more “mainstream” American writers. He did this by establishing a pattern that utilized a lot of free verse compared to the more natural rhyme of poems, and also by describing his subject with emphasis to make the story as real as possible

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    Walter Whitman

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    Walter Whitman “I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars” (Whitman 41). Walter Whitman, also known as Walt Whitman, was born on May 31, 1819, in Long Island, New York, to Walter Whitman and Louisa Van Velsor Whitman. When he was twelve, Walt and his family settled in Brooklyn, up to then his family had lived in a dozen different places (Conarroe 4). Walt worked in many different positions; to some he was even viewed as a drifter. Walt was many different things;

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    He also worked for 24 years in printing, publishing, and journalism before publishing “Leaves of Grass”. This instilled in him the desire to write and would lead him to eventually, become a major figure in the literary world. Walt Whitman very much looked up to and admired Ralph Waldo Emerson. He was drowning in a world of criticism and Emerson’s

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    critical practice of their faith”(Birmingham). Whitman, Birmingham warns, was “a great poet of experience and the possibilities it contains, but is actually a terrible philosopher”(Birmingham). According to him, a stanza from the last poem in Leaves of Grass slightly exaggerates how badly he often wrote when a philosophical mood came upon him, and gives the following quote: “Great is justice; Justice is not settled by legislators and laws .... it is in the soul, It cannot be varied by statutes any

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