... including the Sunday Times. His journalism earned him enough respect to move onto other forms of expressive art. Whitman's work ranged in interpretation from democratic to metaphysicist to free spirit. In 1855, twelve of his works were published in a collection entitled "Leaves of Grass", which stands today as one of America's most popular literary works. His poetry was considered revolutionary to poetry as it didn ... 't hinge on structure or meter, but rather had a smooth, "spoken word" flow to it. "Leaves of Grass" had a wide range of subject material, and therefore it incorporated man...

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