Walt Whitman's Accomplishments

Walt Whitman is one of the most important and influential American Poets of all time. Walter and Louisa Whitman gave birth to their second child Walter Whitman on May 31, 1819, in West Hills, New York. Whitman died March 26, 1892, at age 72 from numerous diseases, including pleurisy and tuberculosis. Whitman’s personal life, location, and the Romantic Era changed how he wrote. In Whitman’s childhood, he lived with his nine siblings and was forced to work to provide for his family. Whitman grew into hardship thus when Whitman’s first book failed, he was used to persevering and kept working on his writing career and did not give up. If he was not raised in hardship he would not have persevered to achieve his goals. “At the age of twelve, Whitman began to learn the printer’s trade and fell in love with the written word” (Academy of American Poets, 2001). Whitman’s first job as a newspaper supported Whitman’s writing skills and spurred him to become a poet. When he started to write poems he could already write and edit his own work. Whitman spent most of his days wandering around

This quote describes the sublime and escaping reality which is a major part of the romantic era. Also in this quote “How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick” (Whitman, Walt Whitman: selected poems.) This quote shows the Romantic era because it tells the reader facts are not always the truth. Finally, this quote shows Whitman’s life “Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars” (Whitman, Walt Whitman: selected poems.) This quote describes Whitman’s life because he was always alone and quiet and thus he enjoyed doing things quietly. This poem shows Whitman’s connection the Romantic Era through his connection to the