Walt+Whitman

[[image:thepoetryplace/walt-whitman2.jpg width="268" height="173" align="left" caption="Walt Whitman" link="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/walt-whitman"]] Walt Whitman
= A very famous and well-known poet today, most of his work is from after the Civil War. His most famous piece is "O Captain! My Captain!" Which is shown down below. This piece is about Abraham Lincoln to express the depression from the loss of such a great leader despite the recent win of the Civil War. Below are some facts about his life, other works of poetry, and several photos of Whitman himself and significant items from his life. = =media type="file" key="Walt_Whitman storybook 1.wmv" width="300" height="300"= = By: Cameron, Brittany, and Simeon = = **Facts** =
 * Born May 31, 1819
 * Born in Huntington Long Island, New York
 * 1835 became a journey man for 10 years
 * 1846 became editor for the Brooklynn Eagle.
 * Immeresed himself in the street life
 * 1850- 1855 was the most intellectual period of his life
 * 1855 Leaves of Grass was published.
 * His war poems were centered around 1865
 * Retired in 1873
 * 1873 suffered from a stroke
 * Continued to write poetry
 * 1881 was the seventh edition of Leaves of Grass
 * 1892 died
 * Worked as a teacher
 * Attended theatre, concerts, lectures, and political meetings
 * Often rode public transportation just to talk to people
 * Spent a great amount of his life in Camden, New Jersey
 * Designed his own tomb
 * Naturally looked older than his age

= **Poetry** =

O Captain! My Captain!
O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done; The ship has weathered 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,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! My Captain! Rise up and hear the bells; Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills; For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding; For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father!This arm beneath your head;It is some dream that on the deck, fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will; The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done; From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells! But I, with mournful tread,Walk the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.

I Hear America Singing I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it whould 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 woodcutter'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.

__ Poem Sources: __ 1845. Photograph. Morgan Library & Museum. //En.wikipedia.org//. By Samuel Hollyer. Web. . = **Pictures** = Whitman had an old look to him. Even in his younger years. Here is a picture of him in his old age. This is a picture of Walt Whitman on a collection of his poems in a book called "Leaves of Grass". Here is another picture of Walt in his older years. __Sources:__ Source: Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass Author: Modern Library Edition Source: WorldBookOnline.Com

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Photograph. //En.wikipedia.org//. George C. Cox (1851–1902)[1]. Web. .

1845. Photograph. Morgan Library & Museum. //En.wikipedia.org//. By Samuel Hollyer. Web. .

Photograph. //En.wikipedia.org//. By Mathew Brady. Web. .

//Portrait of Walt Whitman//. 1887-88. Photograph. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. //En.wikipedia.org//. Web. .

//François L'Olonnais from "De Americaensche Zeerovers"// 1678. Photograph. //En.wikipedia.org//. The Library of Congress Presents The Buccaneers of America. Web. .