The death of President Lincoln had a profound effect on Whitman's life and work.

Mar 26, 2010 - Betty Jean Steinshouer

In Song of Myself, 19th-century American poet Walt Whitman explores death as a natural and transformative process.

Apr 4, 2010 - Jennifer McNeil Bertrand

The life and poetry of Walt Whitman, American poet and journalist, famous for Leaves of Grass.

Apr 8, 2008 - Tel Asiado

Many Irish writers and political leaders during Ireland's struggle for independence have expressed an indebtedness to the poetry of Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Aug 1, 2011 - Richard Fleck

This article is an analysis and comparison of the civil war poetry of the celebrated writers Walt Whitman and Herman Melville.

Jul 3, 2011 - Stetson Thacker

Walt Whitman's evocative poem is a metaphor for religious experience. It examines, in distressing and lyrical imagery, concepts of death and rebirth.

Feb 15, 2011 - Janet Cameron

One major theme in Whitman's "Song of Myself" is the idea of shared experience, and a connectivity between all things.

Mar 19, 2011 - Ellie Walker

Several themes run through the poetry of Walt Whitman, which are illuminated through the use of imagery.

Jan 12, 2010 - Jeris Swanhorst

In Whitman's "Miracles," the speaker catalogues all the miracles he finds as he goes through life, concluding that he has encountered nothing but miracles.

May 20, 2011 - Linda Sue Grimes

Walt Whitman served in field hospitals during the American Civil War (1861-1865), and he wrote extensively about his experience in both poems and essays.

Nov 1, 2007 - Linda Sue Grimes

Responding the needs of a nation, Walt Whitman's collection Leaves of Grass was designed to become "a new covenant that would convert America into a true democracy."

Mar 12, 2009 - Kristie Camacho

This essay is a summary and analysis of Walt Whitman's "Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun" with a particular focus on the American aesthetic.

Dec 27, 2010 - Laura Tucker

Whitman's American sonnet demonstrates the power of the verb form known as the present participle, as his speaker dramatizes the activity of a severe storm at sea.

Jan 7, 2010 - Linda Sue Grimes

Using Spring motifs in "Autumn Rivulets," Whitman plays ironically with the idea of reminiscence, a remembering of innocence within the context of experience.

Feb 14, 2009 - Mary Desaulniers

The poet learns to sing the praises of the true meaning of patriotism.

Jul 4, 2009 - Linda Sue Grimes

On a sweltering August afternoon, gunman Charles Whitman transformed from deeply troubled young man to a terrifying symbol of America's best-known modern massacre.

Mar 22, 2010 - Amy Sillup

Walt Whitman and Bolton Socialists may seem an unlikely combination. Yet every May, Whitman's admirers walk on the moors to celebrate the birthday of Walt Whitman.

Aug 3, 2009 - Kathleen Duffy

Charles Baudelaire and Walt Whitman expound on the theme of urban crowds in their respective poems, "Crowds" and "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry".

Jan 4, 2010 - Jim Benz

After the long hard trip to the junction of the Walla Walla River and Columbia River, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman built a mission and began to minister to the Indians.

Apr 2, 2009 - Dale Raugust

A sports writer's first novel that became a bestseller celebrates the lives of ordinary people and reveals how much they matter

Feb 23, 2010 - Frank Parker