ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The verse collection Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman’s best-known work. He revised and added to the collection throughout his life, producing ultimately nine editions. The poems were written in a new form of free verse and contained controversial subject matter for which they were censured.

Detailed explanation-2: -Walt Whitman is America’s world poet-a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In Leaves of Grass (1855, 1891-2), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship. This monumental work chanted praises to the body as well as to the soul, and found beauty and reassurance even in death.

Detailed explanation-3: -Walt Whitman, although best known for his work as an American poet, is also remembered for the care he gave to thousands of sick and injured soldiers in Washington, D.C., hospitals during the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-4: -Walter Whitman (1819–1892) the American poet and journalist, is best known for his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855.