Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819 on Long Island, and grew up in Brooklyn. He was known to be one of the most powerful poets during the nineteenth century. Many know him as the father of free verse. He found beauty in everything, even death and appreciated the body and the soul.
Whitman did not have a very happy childhood. His family was not very stable economic status which resulted in him moving a lot. At the age of eleven, he went to school and also worked to help him family financially.
Whitman was an author, poet, journalist, and a teacher. Working as a printer at a newspaper company allowed him to learn about the printing process all of the typesetting’s. Soon after his parents moved, Whitman took a job as an editor of a weekly newspaper. Along with that, he started to anonymously publish his own poetry in the newspaper.
At the age of 17 Whitman moved back with his family in Long Island and started teaching. He was not happy as a teacher so he stopped in 1838 and moved back to New York and established his own newspaper called the Long Islander.
After selling the Long Islander, Walt Whitman went through a couple more jobs. During that time, he started to publish his work in newspapers which allowed him to adapt a style that made his work stand out as his own.
Whitman did not have a very happy childhood. His family was not very stable economic status which resulted in him moving a lot. At the age of eleven, he went to school and also worked to help him family financially.
Whitman was an author, poet, journalist, and a teacher. Working as a printer at a newspaper company allowed him to learn about the printing process all of the typesetting’s. Soon after his parents moved, Whitman took a job as an editor of a weekly newspaper. Along with that, he started to anonymously publish his own poetry in the newspaper.
At the age of 17 Whitman moved back with his family in Long Island and started teaching. He was not happy as a teacher so he stopped in 1838 and moved back to New York and established his own newspaper called the Long Islander.
After selling the Long Islander, Walt Whitman went through a couple more jobs. During that time, he started to publish his work in newspapers which allowed him to adapt a style that made his work stand out as his own.