Walt Whitman

1. Walt Whitman Tori McDaniel

2. Walt Whitman was born May 31, 1819. In his younger days, he was a journalist, volunteer nurse, and a practicing lawyer. As a poet, he was considered one of the most influential and was often called the “father of free verse”. His sexuality was questioned and he was highly political. He died at the age of 72 on March 26, 1892; his funeral was open to the public. Walt Whitman in Washington D.C between 1865 - 1867.

3. O You Whom I Often and Silently Come O you whom I often and silently come where you are that I may be with you,As I walk by your side or sit near, or remain in the same room with you,Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is      playing within me.

4. Rhyme Scheme an d Meter Rhyme Scheme: AABACDE Meter The meter is iambic hexameter, iambic tetrameter, iambic hexameter, trochaic dimeter, iambic hexameter, iambic monometer, trochaic dimeter.

5. Figurative Language and Theme Figurative Language: “subtle electric fire that for your sake is      playing within me” This metaphor expresses the feeling of a fire within the speaker. Theme: Love can be freshened with every glance upon the muse.

6. What the critics had to say I have had the honor, which I esteem a very high one, to know Walt Whitman intimately for several years, and am conversant with the details of his life and history.-William Douglas O'Connor Walt Whitman (The book) is, in truth, an epic of the senses, passions, attributes of the body and soul.- John Borrough The exceptionally strong egalitarian and inclusive impulse guiding his life's work, Leaves of Grass, is periodically disrupted by moments of insensitivity and racism.-Kenneth M. Price

7. Links • http://www.whitmanarchive.org/ • http://www.wikipedia.com/waltwhitman/