Walt Whitman.

-Who is/was Walt Whitman?American poet, journalist and essayist.(May 31, 1819–March 26, 1892).
-What type of literature did he write? He wrote of nature and homosexual love with vivid descriptions of the human form.

-Is he a realist or a romanticist? why? He was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.