1. Walt Whitman's I Saw In Louisiana A Live-oak Growing
... . At the age of twelve he started to learn the printer's trade, and fell in love with written and printed word. He was mainly self-taught. He read voraciously, and became acquainted with Homer, Dante and Shakespeare early in life. He knew the Bible thoroughly, and as a God-intoxicated poet, desired to ... inaugurate a religion uniting all of humanity in bonds of friendship. In 1836, at the age of 17, he began his career as an innovative teacher in the one-room school houses ... them,) Yet it remains to me a curious token, it makes me think of manly love; For all that, and though the live...
- Word Count: 1529
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School