Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman | Biography
By Roma Shrestha -
November 14, 2026
Walt Whitman is one of the most famous American poets. His work boldly asserts the worth of the individual and the oneness of all humanity; his defiant break with traditional poetic concerns and style exerted...
Song of Myself by Walt Whitman | Summary and Analysis
By Roma Shrestha -
November 14, 2026
The very beginning of the poem Song of Myself Section I, is characterized by Walt Whitman himself called ‘the vehemence of pride and audacity of freedom necessary to loosen the mind of still to be...
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking by Walt Whitman | Summary and Analysis
By Roma Shrestha -
November 14, 2026
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking previously published as A Word out of the Sea in 1860 in his poetic collection ‘Leaves of Grass’ is composed by famous American poet Walt Whitman. Written in free...
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman | Summary and Analysis
By Roma Shrestha -
November 14, 2026
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry is one of the masterpieces in Leaves of Grass. Being a poet, and the voice of the people, Whitman took the role of a prophet and through his poems delivered his message...
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d by Walt Whitman | Summary and Analysis
By Roma Shrestha -
November 14, 2026
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d is an elegy in free verse divided into sixteen numbered sections. Written shortly after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the poem expresses both Walt Whitman’s grief and his...
A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman | Summary and Analysis
By Roma Shrestha -
November 14, 2026
The poem A Noiseless Patient Spider starts with the repetition of the title as ‘A noiseless patient spider’ to create an image in the mind of readers. A spider is personified when it is given...
The World Below the Brine by Walt Whitman | Summary and Analysis
By Roma Shrestha -
November 14, 2026
The speaker of the poem is sitting near the sea and looking at the wonderful variety of plant and animal life inside it. First he describes the plants under the water, and then the colors....
