Another Walt Whitman Poem

Another poem that I like a lot by Walt Whitman is called "Poets To Come". This poem is very deep and interesting to me. I like how he makes you really think, and how he talks about the man who leaves you to make his motives into words.

My favorite Walt Whitman Poem

When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer

When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astonomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman was an American poet, and a journalist during the 1800’s.

He wrote poetry and he would write in the newspapers. He even made a book of his different poems.

He is a romantist because he would write about his opinion on things or how he felt about them, his writing was more than just facts it was opinions.