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Walt Whitman Wang Ruixian 2014.12.13 Whitman ? Position A poet, an essayist , A journalist, a humanist A giant of American letters The father of free verse One of the great innovators in American literature Whitman ? Position A part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism Whitman ? Life Experience Born on May 31, 1819, the second son of a house-builder. Brought up in a working-class background on Long Island, New York. Had five years of schooling and a good deal of loafing and reading. Tried at a various of jobs and picked up a first-hand knowledge of life and people