Nineteenth century
Walt Whitman
1819–1892
Poet of Leaves of Grass
He revised the same book for decades and contradicted himself on purpose. The permission to contain multitudes is also a method: the poem will not choose a single respectable self.
Nineteenth century
1819–1892
Poet of Leaves of Grass
He revised the same book for decades and contradicted himself on purpose. The permission to contain multitudes is also a method: the poem will not choose a single respectable self.