WALT WHITMAN

EARLY LIFE

• 1819-1892
• West hills, Long Island, NY
• Eight siblings

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• Worked as a printer
• Read a lot
• Taught in schoolhouses
• Became a journalist in '41

WORKS

• Leaves of Grass
• Good-Bye, My Fancy
• Passage to India
• Drum Taps

LEAVES OF GRASS

• First published 1855
• Revised 7 times
• Controversial

The Untold Want


The untold want, by life and land ne’er granted,
Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.

SOURCES

• http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/walt-whitman
• http://www.whitmanarchive.org/
• http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/walt-whitman
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman