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10 de jun. de 2017 · Walt Whitman (1819-92), with his innovative free verse and celebration of the American landscape, made his poetry a sort of literary declaration of independence, seeking to move away from the literary tradition associated with the Old World and forge a new, distinctly American literature.
31 de mai. de 2016 · 12 poemas essenciais para conhecer Walt Whitman. No dia 31 de maio de 1819, nascia o poeta americano Walt Whitman. Considerado um dos mais importantes de sua época, é também uma das maiores referências para toda a literatura do século XIX e século XX. Seus principais ecos estão em parte da literatura marginal e, principalmente ...
Walt Whitman is America’s world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In Leaves of Grass (1855, 1891-2), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship. This monumental work chanted praises to the body as well as to the soul, and found beauty and reassurance even in death.
3 de set. de 2023 · Walt Whitman – poemas. Por Revista Prosa Verso e Arte. 3 de setembro de 2023. “Os poetas nos ajudaram a conhecer as paixões e, assim, a nos conhecermos: a inveja, a sensualidade, a crueldade, a hipocrisia e, enfim, todas as complexidades da alma humana”. – Octavio Paz, em “A outra voz”. [tradução Wladir Dupont].
Song of Myself (1892 version) By Walt Whitman. 1. I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
Walt Whitman is also known as the 'Father of free verse' because his groundbreaking collection Leaves of Grass broke away from traditional meter and rhyme schemes, paving the way for a more natural and expressive style of poetry. He has written around 160 poems and published 8 books before his death due to pleurisy.
Leaves of Grass (1891-92) Inscriptions. One's-Self I Sing. As I Ponder'd in Silence. In Cabin'd Ships at Sea. To Foreign Lands. To a Historian. To Thee Old Cause. Eidólons.
