1. Walt Whitman's I Saw In Louisiana A Live-oak Growing
Between 1848 and 1855 he developed the style of poetry that won praise from Ralph Waldo Emerson and earned readers in England. ... Whitman's influence on later American poetry has been profound, both by the examples of his open forms and by his bold encompassing of subject matter that had formerly been considered unpoetic. Many of his four hundred poems contain musical terms, names of instruments, and names of composers. ...
- Word Count: 1529
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School