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Walt Whitman Born in (1819 - 1892)West hills NY, Is one of the most influential American Poets in American Literature. He was known for his free verse style of writing, Walt Whitman's Works reflect themes of individualism, Transcendence

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One of his most defining Characteristics is his use of free verse as he was known for it. Unlike traditional poets who follow some type of strict rhyme scheme of some sort, Whitman had moved on from using those type of conventions to create poetry that flowed naturally and everyday speech.

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a poetry that he hoped would be read by masses of average Americans and would transform their way of thinking. While most people were lining up on one side or another, “Whitman placed himself in that space, sometimes violent, sometimes erotic, always volatile,between master and slave His extreme political despair led him to replace what he now named the "scum" of corrupt American politics in the 1850s with his own persona,a shaman, a culture-healer, an all-encompassing.

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Whitman's deepest concerns and beliefs were under attack and the young men of America were killing each other in bloody battles; fathers were killing sons, sons fathers, brothers brothers. Whitman's prospects for his "new Bible" that would bind a nation, build an affectionate democracy, and guide a citizenry to celebrate its unified diversity, were shattered in the fratricidal conflict that engulfed America.

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Whitman seemed to endure his final moments through some sheer force to live, but he was to very sick. They made plans for the end was near they said, but he had a large mausoleum built in Camden’s Harleigh Cemetery. “The large tomb was paid for in part by Whitman with money donated to him so that he could buy a house in the country and in part by Thomas Harned, one of his literary executors