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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 October 2024. Poem by Walt Whitman on the death of Abraham Lincoln "Oh Captain, My Captain" redirects here. For the Grimm episode, see Oh Captain, My Captain (Grimm). For the Shameless episode, see O Captain, My Captain (Shameless). O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman Printed copy of "O Captain! My ...
Walter Whitman Jr. (/ ˈ hw ɪ t m ə n /; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels.He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature.
Walt Whitman, aged 37, steel engraving by Samuel Hollyer "Pioneers!O Pioneers!" is a poem by the American poet Walt Whitman.It was first published in Drum-Taps in 1865. The poem was written as a tribute to Whitman's fervor for the great Westward expansion in the United States that led to things like the California Gold Rush and exploration of the far west.
Walt Whitman and the Civil War: America's Poet during the Lost Years of 1860-1862. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520-25906-5. Ignoffo, Matthew F. (1975). What the War Did to Whitman: A Brief Study of the Effects of the Civil War on the Mind of Walt Whitman. New York: Vantage Press. ISBN 0-533-01572-3. Matteson, John (2021).
"Prayer of Columbus" is a poem written by American poet Walt Whitman.The poem evokes the enterprising spirit of Christopher Columbus in a God-fearing light, who rediscovered the North American continent in 1492, leading to the colonization of the Americas by the emerging European powers.
"There Was a Child Went Forth" is a poem written by Walt Whitman in 1855 and later included in the collection of poems entitled Autumn Rivulets. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is ...
Pages are topped with quotes from the likes of Presidents George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt. But among these well-known names and images is a quote from a lesser-known figure: former ...
Long, Too Long America " Long, too long America," Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) Look Down Fair Moon " Look down fair moon and bathe this scene," Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) Mannahatta " I was asking for something specific and perfect for my city," Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII.