Walt Whitman
1819–1892
Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855 and revised throughout his life, broke from traditional poetic form to celebrate the body, democracy, and everyday American life in sprawling free verse.
1819–1892
Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855 and revised throughout his life, broke from traditional poetic form to celebrate the body, democracy, and everyday American life in sprawling free verse.