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Walt W hitman

Walt W hitman. Among the Multitude.

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Walt W hitman

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  1. WaltWhitman

  2. Among the Multitude • Among the men and women the multitude, I perceive one picking me out by secret and divine signs, Acknowledging none else, not parent, wife, husband, brother, child, any nearer than I am, Some are baffled, but that one is not--that one knows me. Ah lover and perfect equal,I meant that you should discover me so by faint indirections,And I when I meet you mean to discover you by the like in you. -Walt Whitman

  3. Basics • Born on may 31, 1919 • He was the second son out of nine children • He grew up in Brooklyn and long island • At the age of 17 he became a teacher, later on he tried to write for the newspaper. • Whitman went back and forth between teaching and writing news letters

  4. More info. • He began Leaves of Grass which was a collection of poetry in 1850 • Ralph Waldo Emerson read the book and wrote Walt a letter approving the book, after this many more copies were distributed • Whitman was known as the father of free verse

  5. About “Among the Multitude” • This poem expresses all the thoughts and feelings of a person in a crowd, like in New York during rush hour • The style of this poem is free verse

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