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Walt Whitman


Born
in West Hills, Huntington, Long Island, New York, The United States
May 31, 1819

Died
March 26, 1892

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Walter Whitman Jr. was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature. Whitman incorporated both transcendentalism and realism in his writings and is often called the father of free verse. His work was controversial in his time, particularly his 1855 poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described by some as obscene for its overt sensuality.
Whitman was born in Huntington on Long Island, and lived in Brooklyn as a child and through much of his career. At the age of 11, he left formal schooling to go to work. He worked as a journalist, a teacher, and a government clerk. Whitman's major poetry collection, Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, was financed with hi
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Leaves of Grass

4.11 avg rating — 115,859 ratings — published 1855 — 2591 editions
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Song of Myself

4.16 avg rating — 15,878 ratings — published 1856 — 37 editions
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Poetry and Prose

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4.30 avg rating — 7,468 ratings — published 1982 — 9 editions
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The Complete Poems

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4.26 avg rating — 4,523 ratings — published 1892 — 27 editions
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Selected Poems

4.08 avg rating — 2,494 ratings — published 1892 — 2 editions
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Poems by Walt Whitman

4.15 avg rating — 1,845 ratings — published 1892 — 167 editions
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Leaves of Grass: First and ...

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Alone on the Beach at Night...

3.22 avg rating — 1,953 ratings — published 1892 — 6 editions
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Oh Captain! My Captain!

4.03 avg rating — 1,188 ratings — published 1865 — 23 editions
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Quotes by Walt Whitman  (?)
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“Resist much, obey little.”
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

“What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.”
Walt Whitman

“Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

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