Whitman is a democrat by nature and through the language of his writing. He had a unique way of writing his poems -freestyle verse. According to Walt Whitman’s Analysis “Whitman was the one that was able to cross the gap between the self and another individual, to affect a sympathetic exchange of experiences”. …show more content…
It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land,” it is saying what is your purpose here in life. “Do anything, but let it produce joy,” do what makes you happy. “Peace is always beautiful,” everybody’s happy. “If you want me again look for me underneath your boot soles,” next time you see me I’ll be six feet under. “Battles are lost in the same spirit they are won,” in the same spirit there are winner and looser.
When reading poems, you have an idea of what the writer is trying to contrast but when you writing freestyle verse poems, any reader can come up with different perspective of what the writer is aim for. Only the writer knows what message they are portraying and this is how Walt Whitman wrote his poems.
During last days of Whitman’s life, he wrote two poems called “Sands at Seventy” and “Good-bye My Fancy,” which is the edition to “Leaves of Grass”. During this time, I believe that he was preparing himself to die from the titles of his poems. “Sands at Seventy” especially because he died at the age of seventy-three. Furthermore, he was able to published the last two before he died. “Your very flesh shall be a great person,” Walt