![]() The work was an attempt at reaching out to the common person with an American epic. Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass, was first published in 1855 with his own money. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans (1842). His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.īorn in Huntington on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and-in addition to publishing his poetry-was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. ![]() A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Walter "Walt" Whitman ( – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. ![]()
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