Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist born in 1819 in New York. He published several works including Leaves of Grass, a collection of poems focused on transcendentalism and realism that was revised and expanded throughout his life. Whitman was influential for later poets and seen as capturing the spirit of America. He held unconventional religious and sexual views that were debated during his time. Whitman opposed the expansion of slavery in the U.S. and supported abolition in newly conquered territories before his death in 1892.

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2. Biography
● 31 may 1819 – 26 march 1892
● West Hills, Long island, Nova york
● American poet, essayist and journalist
● Transcendentalism and realism
● Rubén Darío, Wallace Stevens, León Felipe, DH Lawrence, Garcia
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3. Work
● Franklin Evans (1842)
● Drum.Taps (1865)
● Memoranda During the War
● Specimen Days
● Democratic Vistas (1871)
● Leaves of Grass
● Leaves of grass (hojas de la
hierba)
● Revised and expanded to death
● Died at 72 age.

4. Legacy and Influence
● Mary Smith Whitall Costelloe
● Ezra Pound poet: “ Poetry of America...He is Amèrica. ”
● Andrew Carnegie: “ The great poet of America so far. ”

5. Others Aspects
● Religion:
- Deísm; He denied that any faith was more important than another.
● Sexuality:
- Homosexual or bisexual; it is not clear that Whitman had a sexual
relationship with another man, so biographers continue to debate.
● Whitman opposed the extension of slavery in the United States and
supported the Wilmot condicion, whose wanted to abolish slavery
in the new territories conquered.

6. Conclusión