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all the marvelous works about Walt Whitman and his own works (stalker links)

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https://literarydevices.net/walt-whitman/

https://whitmanarchive.org/criticism/current/encyclopedia/entry_700.html

https://whitmanarchive.org/criticism/interviews/transcriptions/med.00567.html

https://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=2189&context=luc_diss

https://poets.org/poem/i-hear-america-singing

https://whitmanarchive.org/criticism/interviews/transcriptions/med.00552.html

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In the poem “I Hear America Singing”, he expresses his true thoughts about America, making simple American jobs seem fun. Walt is trying to enlighten others about his feelings on the American Dream and daily American lives. Adding on, The poem attempts to survey all of America, to capture all of its diverse environments. In doing so, the poem does not champion one environment over another. It doesn’t claim that farmers are more American than city-dwellers. Even as the poem notes the differences between the work that they do, it also emphasizes the common bond that binds them together: the joy they take in their work and in being American. The poem's setting is thus as broad as America itself, and as diverse as the nation's many environments. In conclusion, Walt's poems openly express ways of individualism and diversity among the common people of America.

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I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,
The wood-cutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day-at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.

This poem is in the public domain.

Born on May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman is the author of Leaves of Grass and, along with Emily Dickinson, is considered one of the architects of a uniquely American poetic voice.

About Walt Whitman

This version of "I Hear America Singing" appeared in the 1867 edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. The original version appeared as number 20 in the section titled Chants Democratic in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

Born on May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman is the author of Leaves of Grass and, along with Emily Dickinson, is considered one of the architects of a uniquely American poetic voice.

About Walt Whitman

When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom'd,
And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night,
I mourn'd-and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.

O ever-returning spring! trinity sure to me you bring;
Lilac blooming perennial, and drooping star in the west,
And thought of him I love.

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O Me! O life! of the questions of these recurring,
Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill'd with the foolish,
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew'd,
Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,

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I Hear America Singing - I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,

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The American Dream and its culmination in Walt Whitman

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The American Dream and its culmination in Walt Whitman

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https://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=2189&context=luc_diss

The American Dream is normally always present in Walt's poems, whether subtle or very blunt. Walt's early life was not so easy, always moving to new places.  Through all of the hardships he faced, he continued to look at the greater things that life has to offer. He started by writing poems about his country and hope. A good example is the poem “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”.  This poem takes place during a memorial service for Lincoln. In it, Whitman tries to determine the best way to mourn a public figure in a modern world. In his resignation at the end of the poem. Walt instead concluded that it was up to their own general preference on how they want to mourn.

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Interview with the Author of "Leaves of Grass"

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Interview with the Author of "Leaves of Grass"

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https://whitmanarchive.org/criticism/interviews/transcriptions/med.00518.html
During an interview, Walt answered multiple questions regarding the book and how he has different interactions with people after publishing the book. He talks to the interviewers about his experiences as a war nurse. He thoroughly explains what he saw and how he was a saver of life, instead of a destroyer. Volunteering as a war nurse made him see things in a new light. Even though the war was terrible, he decided to see things in a positive way. This ties back to Walt Whitman's ideas of the American Dream; being able to see the light within a cave is the only way to achieve true happiness and a wanted future.

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Walt Whitman expresses his version of the American Dream through the editions of Leaves of Grass, writing about unification and how the common man searches for their destiny. Walt Whitman emphasizes this importance of individualism and having a perspective that nothing in life is trivial.