... it is apparent that Whitman's love for democracy was diminishing after seeing the destruction it could cause against fellow man, though at first it was for a cause that furthered unity and equality during his childhood. Another of his poem collections, "Sea Drift", Whitman swings to transcendentalism the poems often-contained universal themes of separation and love. "Passage to India", a poem from this collection, details a ... outpour of emotion. Some of the poems that followed a less transcendental and more emotional theme were "A Woman Waits for Me" and "Children of Adam" which shows h...

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