Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Walter "Walt" Whitmanwas an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth31 May 1819
CountryUnited States of America
Walt Whitman quotes about
If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.
Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.
The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.
If you want me again look for me under your boot soles.
What do you suppose will satisfy the soul, except to walk free and own no superior?
The wild gander leads his flock through the cool night, Ya-honk! he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation: The pert may suppose it meaningless, but I listen closer, I find its purpose and place up there toward the November sky.
And as to me, I know nothing else but miracles
The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable to counterbalance the inertia and fossilism marking so large a part of human institutions.
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.
My call is the call of battle- I nourish active rebellion;/ He going with me must go well armed.
The real war will never get in the books.