1Whitman1819-18922ContentsLifeMajorWorksAppreciationofWorksWritingStyleInfluence3LifeAmericanpoet,essayist,andhumanist.ApartofthetransitionbetweenTranscendentalismandRealism.Thefatherofthefreeverse.4LifeBornin1819onLongIsland,NewYork.Poorandsemiliterate(半文盲的)parents,only5yearsformaleducation,largelyself–educated.Workedasofficeboy,printingworker,schoolmaster,editorandj...