1. Walt Whitman Biography
This poem tells about his boyhood on the Long Island shore and how was his desire to be a poet. ... There, he learned how to set type under Patriot's foreman printer William Hartshorne. ... He wrote on topics where he criticized how the police rounded up prostitutes and again criticizing the public schools and the bad usage of the public founds. ... His mayor themes would be racism, liberty of rights and expression and also of individualism, emphasizing in his writings the word "I". ...
- Word Count: 3041
- Approx Pages: 12
- Grade Level: High School