Walt Whitman

To say that Walt Whitman is a very compelling poet is pretty much the proper thing to say based on his style. Having read -- and sort of skimmed -- the entirety of his poem (or collection of poems) "Song of Myself", I can certainly say that Whitman had an "interesting" taste when it came to poetry. For one, he wrote this poem sort of in a prose format in the sense that he rarely ever pertained to proper rhyme and seemed more like an avid description of nature. And, by "nature", I mean his interpretation of the human body, which has been subject to debate since his death. What makes the poem fully unique is the point of view; it is often debated whether the "I" in the poem is referring to simply Walt Whitman himself or somebody else. Whomever it is, it appears that the Whitman had a huge imagination that demonstrated his wit and wisdom.