One word that stuck out to me most in Walt Whitman’s collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, was the word “myself”. The word appears in the text a total of sixty times giving the word many interpretations. Each poem win this collection has its own focus point although, many share similar ideas. Whitman’s promotes his belief’s and he is able to do so by using the word “myself”. By using the word Whitman is asserting himself in each poem even if it specifically is not about him. Throughout the use of

very little warning, then, the I855 Leaves marks an abrupt departure from Whitman's previous style and an absolute discontinuity with the traditions of English verse” (Warren, “Reading Whitman's Postwar Poetry” 46). Whitman published Leaves of Grass in 1855, when he was thirty six years old. The appearance of Leaves was the central event of the poet’s life, both figuratively and literally. Free verse was not invented by Whitman; the poetic style he used in Leaves is the verse

commercial success is precisely what made Whitman’s poem’s so unique; a disregard for established literary form and an unrepentant interest in topics considered taboo at the time (Walt Whitman Biography, n.d.). It was this first version of the Leaves of Grass, which caught the eye of an admirer, Ralph Waldo Emerson encouraged the Rebel to continue his work, while his own work would inspire the Rebel to begin her

Walt Whitman was an American Poet who had wrote the groundbreaking poetry collection Leaves of Grass. Leaves of Grass is a collection of poems written in the nineteenth century. Beginning with twelve poems and ending with four-hundred, Whitman constantly revised his work. In Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman’s primary focus was to express, explore, and celebrate his own self, personality, and individuality. Secondly, he wanted to applaud democracy and the American nation with its accomplishments and

became the editor of Brooklyn Daily Eagle but eventually he got fired. However he did not give up and kept writing newspapers but the main focus for him was poetry. 8 years later he published his 1st book with 12 poems that were not titled. “Leaves Of Grass” has inspired many people to read it. Whitman produces 800 copies of his 1st edition and then posted the 2nd edition which had 20 more poems. Whitman was not only a poet. He was a man with a kind heart. For instance in the civil war he helped

Blackstar he is talking about the questions that everyone asks but does not have the answer too where do we go when this all ends he was very philosophical on the matter of what happens to us after we leave this world Walt also has a similar thought when he is approached by a child “Said, What is the grass? Fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child…I do not know what it is any more than he”(Whitman) as he tries his best go about this big question he and Bowie approach the situation

valuing introspection and demonstrating a value of individuality. Walt tell Americans in his great writing about his view about valuing individuality by explaining when he says, “I resist anything, better than my own diversity, Breathe the air but leave plenty after me, And am not stuck up, and am in my place. (The moth and the fish-eggs are in their place, The bright suns I see and the dark suns I cannot see are in their place, The palpable is in its place and the impalpable is in its place.) (155)

Death can be blissful, life can be painful, immobility causes insanity, and pain causes peace. During an extremely unfortunate turn of events, Walt Whitman's poetry sadly began to reflect this brutally truthful principle. His health was on a quick decline and he was practically dead. It was later in he's life when he found peace with himself and his pain therefore pain and peace were recurring themes in his somewhat gloomy later poetry. His gloomy and dismal style was displayed with a seamless and