Walt Whitman's Song Of Myself And Was A Child Went Forth

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"This is Walt Whitman's masterpiece, a classic and influential volume of poems about life, sensuality and other philosophical topics. I first got in contact with his work during a college assignment, and i've been a fan ever since! I identify myself with many of the poems here, such as Song of Myself and The Was a Child Went Forth, and is easy to get carried away by the emotions he's able to convey within the same poem, such as rage, hope and sorrow. Walt approaches those topics with a raw honesty that I'm yet to see again in other contemporary poets. His lyrics can really make you feel what he's feeling, and transport you to his state of mind. This is one of those books that I carry with me whenever I go, and also have a copy in my beside."

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