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Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman

1819- 18921819- 1892

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Who was he?Who was he?Son of a house builder

Self taught, read the classics- Dante,

HomerWorked as a rinter, teacher, !ournalist,

editor, clerk 

18"", Whitman took out a co#right on

the $rst edition of %ea&es of 'rass(o#alt# ro&ided him modest li&elihood

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%ea&es of 'rass%ea&es of 'rass 18)8 and 188) editions of Leaves of Grass 

selected oems - the 18)8 edition introducedWhitman to *ngland+s literar# elite, the 188)edition, was aimed at bringing Whitman to theworking classWalt Whitman, was initiall# thought to be a oet

who wrote of sentimental &alle# of rose andnightingale but later Leaves of Grass is seen asa new oetr# of lo&e and comradeshi at this

time of social misgi&ing, when rich and oor alikemake us keenl# feel the need of the sirit ofhuman lo&e.Was ercei&ed to sings of the new, urer

Democrac#

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StructureStructureDialogue format of oem/ Seaker asks and the

rel# constitutes the oem0 wo wa#s in which 34is used

3nterchangeable? he 2 3s merge5ll of us are art of the uni&ersal one6*mhasis on self and its 7ualities

se of archaic language Who art thou?4 showsre&erence for the rain, thus sets the tone of theoem --- one of re&erence and awe for the force ofnatureollocation art, whence, eternal4 with 4imalable,

reck4d, atomies4 contrast shown between eternal7ualit# of rain and the erishable nature of all otherthings

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haracteristics of he(ain'entle;atural*ternal

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 The Rain Cycle

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Shelle#4s he loud - a recurrent themeShelle#4s he loud - a recurrent theme

I bring fresh showers for the thirstingowers,From the seas and the streams;I bear light shade for the leaveswhen laidIn their noonday dreams.From my wings are shaken thedews that waken

 The sweet buds every one,hen rocked to rest on theirmother!s breast,

"s she dances about the sun.I wield the ail of the lashing hail,"nd whiten the green #lains under,"nd then again I dissolve it in rain,"nd laugh as I #ass in thunder.

I am the daughter of $arth and ater,"nd the nursling of the %ky;I #ass through the #ores of theocean and shores;I change, but I cannot die.

For after the rain when with never astain

 The #avilion of &eaven is bare,"nd the winds and sunbeams withtheir conve' gleams(uild u# the blue dome of air,I silently laugh at my own cenota#h,"nd out of the caverns of rain,)ike a child from the womb, like aghost from the tomb,I arise and unbuild it again.

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