Walt Whitman
Poet
American · 19th century
American poet whose magnum opus Leaves of Grass, continually expanded from 1855 to 1891, is considered one of the foundational works of American poetry.
Connection to Taylor Swift
An American poet whose expansive free verse and use of epiphora Uncle Jerry offers as a possible touchstone for Taylor's repetition-driven choruses, raised tentatively as a parallel rather than a confirmed influence.
Notable Works
- Leaves of Grass, Song of Myself, O Captain! My Captain!, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd