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Walt Whitman Research Paper

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Dear Mrs. Freel, January 31, 2017 Walt Whitman is an American poet and journalist who lived during the mid to late 19th century. He wrote from a different view than the norm during that time period. One of the most famous works of Whitman might be “O Captain! My Captain!” which was a part of the Dead Poet’s Society. We watched that movie in 11th grade english and I remembered that I missed part of it…. Probably for something music related. He is a very famous poet and his works are commonly used in classes. “A Great Treat of Ice Cream” was dated about one year before the end of the Civil War. He was in the hospital visiting the patients who were injured in the war. This is a letter to informed his mother about the hospital ward

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