# Walt Whitman: American Poet and Free Verse

https://americanwritersmuseum.org/american-voices-walt-whitman/

Walt Whitman, 1819–1892, self-published Leaves of Grass. His free-verse poetry celebrated American individualism and democracy. Works like 'Drum-Taps' reflect his response to the Civil War.

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