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
Have you reckon’d a thousand acres much? have you reckon’d the earth much? Have you practis’d so long to learn to read? Have you felt so proud to get at the meaning of poems?
A man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity; but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman.
I swear the earth shall surely be complete to him or her who shall be complete, The earth remains jagged and broken only to him or her who remains jagged and broken.
In this broad earth of ours, Amid the measureless grossness and the slag, Enclosed and safe within its central heart, Nestles the seed of perfection.
TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little, Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved, Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever after-ward resumes its liberty.
There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.
Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth ever afterward resumes its liberty.
The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections.
Where the earth is, we are.
And I or you pocketless of a dime, may purchase the pick of the earth.
The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very well where they are, I know they suffice for those who belong to them.
Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless-each of us with his or her right upon the earth.
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world
I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms