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30342	Burroughs, John	Whitman: A Study			.txt	text/plain	67717	3536	74	Whitman was not a poet by elaboration, but by suggestion; not an artist by Whitman the poet of "democracy," or of "personality," or of "the modern," things, the real man, which we get in Whitman. life, nature, are poetical to us, Whitman will not be. no book," he says: "who touches this touches a man." In one sense Whitman concrete life, not as poet or artist, but simply as man. so-called nature-poets, but because he has the quality of things in the Passing from such a poet as Tennyson to Whitman is like going from a warm, Whitman's ideal poet is the most composite man, rich in temperament, rank One of the key-words to Whitman both as a man and a poet is the word Whitman wants to be a man, and to get at the meaning and value of life. the common man, common life, common things, but always does the poet stand	./cache/30342.txt	./txt/30342.txt