Whitman

The works of literature that we have read over during this first section of school have been everything from very complicated to very simple, all of which I was very interested in. But out of these writers my favorite ended up the free going poet Whitman. The way Whitman wrote his poety was very enthralling, it was concise yet powerful. Every line of his poems from Leaves of Grass painted an imagine in your mind unlike any of the other authors we have read. Whitman did a great job at grasping the full basis of what he was trying to say in a way that made it enjoyable to read and even more so to imagine. When Whitman says in his poem "I will go to the bank by the wood and become undisguised and naked, I am mad for it to be in contact with me." you can really imagine (although you wish not to) this senario. Walt Whitman seemed to be the most down to earth and natural guy out of all these fine writers, which allowed me to really connect with his poetry. You can feel through the way he placed his words that Whitman had a real love of nature and love of life. Whitman's writing incourages you to live in the moment and let the full beauty of life embrace you which is why I thought Whitman was the easiest writer to connect to.