ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Frost-Representative Poet of the Americans: Robert Frost reached the zenith of his popularity during his life time and the representative of most awarded American poet.

Detailed explanation-3: -Walt Whitman, in full Walter Whitman, (born May 31, 1819, West Hills, Long Island, New York, U.S.-died March 26, 1892, Camden, New Jersey), American poet, journalist, and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, is a landmark in the history of American literature.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.