Walt Whitman: Poems

Walt Whitman

“The rhapsodic form [Whitman] developed as a poet was like the arias he adored.” Paraphrase and explain this statement about Whitman.

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Whitman began reviewing theater and fell in love with opera. The opera heavily influenced his prose in Leaves of Grass. The musical intensity of the opera helped develop his poetry's rhythmic nature.

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