whitman+notes

Glenn: Good job with the information, but you have a fragment in the first sentence -- you fail to capitalize I, and you still need to work on combining your sentences. Look how many times you begin a sentence with Glenn or She.

Walt Whitman- born in NY in 1819 Early 19th Century INFLENCES Father was Liberal Grew up around quakers Education ended at eleven Worked as an apprentice printer. He rebelled against- Poetry that was artificial, that was written for purpose He began- He worked in New Orleans as a newspaper editor. Fascinated by languages First encountered wounded soldiers, war with Mexico Slaves being sold I sing the Body Electric Attended lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson Harmony between Nature and man Individualism Non-conformity He had originally been concerned with white working men. Slaves and blacks became an important part of his poetry Began educating himself to write in a new way His works: Strength of America, not in leaders But in hardworking citizens Carried a notebook where he wrote observations Leaves of grass- 12 unnamed poems His brother was in the civil war and was injured WW rushed to Virginia to tend to injured soldiers Lincoln was elected Against slavery When Lincoln died, WW wrote “Oh, Captain! My Captain!”