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Walt Whitman’s Views On Nature In His Early Poems About Journey

This paper tries to illuminate certain aspects of Walt Whitman’s views on nature. While most writers have an inclination to focus on specific places in their writings of nature, Whitman appears so universal that natural objects in his depictions may be presented in any setting or against any background. Yet, starting from his hometown Long Island and New York areas, and then stretching towards the North American continent as well as the world in general, Whitman travels and exhibits his vast knowledge and understanding of their inhabitants as well as specific natural objects. That is his democratic vision, in which each natural object shares the same spirituality with other natural objects. This paper, therefore, unravels Whitman’s pantheistic treatment of various places and natural objects and suggests how that treatment develops into a democratic pantheism.