Walt Whitman is an American poet. Being one of America’s greatest, most decorated poets, Whitman is considered America’s Poet. Whitman was born May 31, 1819. Whitman moves fairly constantly. Whitman being the iconic poet he is, Whitman also faced the struggles of America. Walt Whitman was born May 31,1819, in Long Island, New York (source #2). Whitman is the second child of Louisa and Walter Whitman. Walter Whitman was a carpenter who later considered working in real estate. In 1823, the family moved to Brooklyn where Whitman attended school until age eleven when he the worked as an office boy in a law firm (source #2). In 1824, Whitman worked in a newspaper office. By 1835, Whitman worked as a typesetter in New York. In 1838, Whitman founded, published, and edited a newspaper, with his family’s financial support. The newspaper continued to be directed by Whitman for a year. Whitman also dabbled in politics when he addressed a Democratic political rally in New York (source #2). In 1841, Whitman …show more content…
My Captain!” evocates triumph overshadowed by despair showing the dark horrors of the victor and is widely reprinted (Source #4). “Leaves of Grass” is a collection of the manious poems Whitman revised over his lifetime of poetry. (Source #3) Considered to be “as exuberant and encompassing as ever”, Leaves of Grass is an instant classic and a staple of American literature history. (Source #4) Whitman’s prolific poem “Drum-Taps”, is devoted to the Civil War and the horrific portrayals of New York and the Union. The poem “I Sing the Body Electric” appeared in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass as the third poem. The poem first connects loved ones. The next four lines are rhetorical questions regarding the stress of corruption of the body and soul. “And in the body were not the soul, what is the soul?”. The next section in “I Sing the Body ELectric” states and discusses that each, male and female, is