Walt Whitman s Life That Changed The Way Of Life

Corey Haldiman Goulette Research Paper Walt Whitman Walt used creativity, personal experiences and different ideas in his writing. He moved various times through his childhood, and that may have moved his personality to become slightly neurotic. He has done a lot of things in his life that has changed the way that future poets will write. Walt Whitman entered this world on May thirty-first, eighteen-nineteen in West Hills, New York. He was the second son among nine other children in his household. His parents were Louisa Van Velsor and Walter Whitman, a housebuilder. His name was soon shortened to Walt to keep from getting confused with his father’s similar name. The family commuted to Brooklyn, New York when Walt was only†¦show more content†¦After he made the decision to move back to Brooklyn, he discovered the Brooklyn Freeman and found his own original way to write poetry. He was an American poet, journalist and also an essayist. Whitman had a huge impact on poetry. He is considered to be one of the most influential poets in history and his styles of writing were extremely unique. In his own special way he was known to be very intellectual, and an unusually different poet. He was also described as power-seeking, bisexual, and quirky. In the nineteenth century poets weren’t all that admirable, and he was especially looked down on for his sexuality. The sexuality of Whitman is believed to have something to do with his writing and it is believed that he had some kind of personal struggle with his sexuality as well. He finally realized that he was homosexual after he had a handful of unsuccessful sexual tries. When he reached this realization, it gave his imagination more power in his poems. Whitman was admired by many, and after he became extremely well known he found nicknames such as â€Å"The Bard of Democracy and â€Å"The Good Grey Poet† (Feldman 438) He was sought out to be one of the greatest poets because of the material he placed in his compositions for the world to see. Eldridge, William O Connor and John Burroughs, a small group who admired Whitman, gathered in Washington to participate in the Walt Whitman movement. C.K. Williams found himself very influence by Walt and wrote a book about