Wasted Words: An Essay on Walt Whitman

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 …

…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!