Walt Whitman: Poems

touchstones of his poetry

List the seven touchstones of Whitman’s poetry

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I'll try to name a few:

  • Focus on the individual self.
  • Likes to use free verse in his poetry
  • Focus on transcendent and the Spiritual.
  • Borders on Mysticism.
  • rejection of aristocratic society or sophistication of wealth.
  • Focus on human dignity of people.

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