{"id":339,"date":"2016-10-25T20:36:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T20:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/ivytech-engl206-master\/?post_type=chapter&p=339"},"modified":"2016-11-10T00:07:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T00:07:51","slug":"when-i-heard-the-learnd-astronomer-by-walt-whitman","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introliterature\/chapter\/when-i-heard-the-learnd-astronomer-by-walt-whitman\/","title":{"raw":"Walt Whitman, \"When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer,\" 1865","rendered":"Walt Whitman, “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” 1865"},"content":{"raw":"When I heard the learn'd astronomer,\r\nWhen the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,\r\nWhen I was shown the charts, the diagrams, to add, divide,\r\nand measure them,\r\nWhen I sitting heard the learned astronomer where he lectured\r\nwith much applause in the lecture room,\r\nHow soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,\r\nTill rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,\r\nIn the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,\r\nLook'd up in perfect silence at the stars.\r\n\r\n \r\n
\r\n\r\nWalter<\/b> \"Walt<\/b>\" Whitman<\/b> (May 31, 1819\u00a0\u2013 March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, 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.\u00a0His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass<\/i>.\r\n\r\nBorn in Huntington on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and\u2014in addition to publishing his poetry\u2014was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans<\/i> (1842). Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass<\/i>, was first published in 1855 with his own money. The work was an attempt at reaching out to the common person with an American epic. He continued expanding and revising it until his death in 1892.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n ","rendered":"

When I heard the learn’d astronomer,
\nWhen the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
\nWhen I was shown the charts, the diagrams, to add, divide,
\nand measure them,
\nWhen I sitting heard the learned astronomer where he lectured
\nwith much applause in the lecture room,
\nHow soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
\nTill rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself,
\nIn the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
\nLook’d up in perfect silence at the stars.<\/p>\n

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Walter<\/b> “Walt<\/b>” Whitman<\/b> (May 31, 1819\u00a0\u2013 March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, 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.\u00a0His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Born in Huntington on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and\u2014in addition to publishing his poetry\u2014was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans<\/i> (1842). Whitman’s major work, Leaves of Grass<\/i>, was first published in 1855 with his own money. The work was an attempt at reaching out to the common person with an American epic. He continued expanding and revising it until his death in 1892.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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