Whitman as a poet of Democracy

Walt Whitman, the representative poet of America, is primarily the poetic spokesman of Democracy. He is considered one of the greatest poets of democracy, and that, not only in American literature, but in the world literature as well. He believed in the inherent dignity and equality of all men and women.  He gave priority of individual over society. All individuals should be developed so that they produce. He brought about innovation in poetry. The realistic tradition in American literature is strengthen by Whitman. He liberated the American sense and sensibility from the shackles of conservation and Puritanism. He celebrated the beauty of everyday things and works democracy and common people whom he hailed as the most important force in society. He greeted the revolutionary event and developments of his time and advocated international craftsmanship. His conception of democracy is based on this belief.

Whitman as a mystic poet

 Whitman as a mystic poet:

It is an established fact that Mysticism is not a philosophy, or doctrine, but rather a temper of mind. A mystical experience, according to Bertrand Russell, involves insight, a sense of unity and the unreality of time and space, and a belief that evil is mere an appearance. Whitman’s poetry is full of mystic and transcendental strains. He had no coherent philosophy of life, but he certainly shows a strong note of mysticism and transcendentalism in his poetry. Here it is important to note that he was deeply influenced by Emerson, the American transcendentalist.