Walt Whitman And His Poetry
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Walt Whitman, a famous American poet, was born on May 31, 1819 in
the West Hills of Long Island, New York. His mother's name was Loisia Van
Velsor, of Dutch descent., and amazingly could not read very well, if at
all. His dad was an English carpenter who probably could not read his son's
poetry. Hi ....
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.... style of poetry he is known for. In 1891 he
finished the 30 years of contant writing it took him to write the book
Leaves of Grass. The Leaves of Grass basically was his life's work and
contained 400 poems. He is known as a poet for the Leaves of Grass. An
interesting fact: his opening poem in the Leaves of Grass tells about how
he knows he will die soon. It says that “I have walked the roads you will
walk” which is telling about how he once was alive just like us. It is a
peom that rememb ....
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