Walt Whitman was a genius and was recognized as one of America's greatest poets (Classon 18-20). Walt Whitman, a man of many wise words, was criticized for his poetry about his like and beliefs. It took him thirty years to write his only book, Leaves of Grass. He was a teacher of life and morals that just wanted someone to listen. Walt Whitman was thoroughly familiar with the King James Bible. He believed that everyone …showed first 75 words of 446 total…

…showed last 75 words of 446 total…was different. People didn’t appreciate his poetry until much later. What Whitman was a poet with a lot to say and no one to listen. Whitman was a poet that wrote what was on his mind straight from his heart. Walt Whitman, the father of free-style poetry, was criticized for writing what no other man would - the truth. What Whitman died in 1891 but his words will live in the hearts of many forever!