Walt Whitman was a unique American poet known for writing about democracy and everyday life in free verse without strict rhythm or rhyme. His most famous work, Leaves of Grass, explores the analogy of grass representing the circle of life through birth, life, and death. Whitman would wander the streets observing people and nature to capture the spirit of American life in his poems, often composing while lying in grass, which likely inspired his grass analogy.

1. WALT WHITMAN“What is Grass?” By: Kelsey Starling Professor Owens Modern English 1102 December 5, 2010

3. His poems are very distinctive because he mostly wrote about democracy and every day life.

5. The lengths of his lines were different, and the lines were not grouped in normal stanzas.

7. He accomplished this in his poems by wondering the streets during the day and recording the things into a journal like the one seen here.

9. He though it was the new life and the resting place of life.

10. His works talked about people’s lives and how it was relevant to grass.

13. Studying Whitman showed the differences in poets of the 19th century.

15. In his poem “Song of Myself”, he wanted to convey the connection between nature and all of mankind.

16. In a way, all of his works connect to his grass analogy through the every day life he wrote about.