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An Old Man’s Thought of School

by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of An Old Man’s Thought of School by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 12, 2012.

Whitman claimed that after years of competing for "the usual rewards", he determined to become a poet. He first experimented with a variety of popular literary genres which appealed to the cultural tastes of the period. As early as 1850, he began writing what would become Leaves of Grass, a collection of poetry which he would continue editing and revising until his death. ( Summary from Wikipedia )

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