Poetry Explication Walt Whitman was an inspirational poet who mainly focuses on the ideas of Transcendentalism and Romanticism. These ideals show in the poem "When I heard the learn'd astronomer". This poem focuses on the importance of appreciating nature and is beneficial to those people who spend most of their time indoors. The poem "When I heard the learned astronomer" is explaining the issues that arise when people only view the world in an intellectual way. Whitman is not saying that learning is bad or a waste of time, he is simply saying that sometimes humans needs to take a break from learning and admire the world around us in a different way. He portrays this belief in the poem by expressing his disgust when he is listening to a
