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@Southeaststreams Says:
Fabulous video!
@paddymullin9131 Says:
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Whitman!?
@phillipchavez1321 Says:
1:33 intro
@dennisthemenace57 Says:
Overrated but I'm Australian
@TimGreig Says:
Whitman was far from the father of free verse: there was vers libre, before that and of course Leaves of Grass was saturated with the phrasing of the King James Bible. Anyone with a modicum of religious upbringing can feel how much it reads like biblical verse.
@cartoonsandcannabis Says:
“Do I contradict myself? Very well then…” I’m a poet from LI Uncle Walt is my root guru
@SethGavriel111 Says:
I recently became Aware my soul is also Walt Whitman. My soul has been several famous people in America, more than in any other nation or continent. Helps explain why I Love this country so much.
@Zoe77Seven Says:
There are no skyscrapers on Long Island. I should know, I live there.
@kirbycairo Says:
Definitely not the father of free verse (in the English language that would be William Blake). But good video, concise and offers a good quick overview.
@navyblue1210 Says:
I love these. May I request khalil gibran next?
@Rct3master44 Says:
Listened to this video wheile walking through West Hills. Should've went to Jayne's Hill.
@Absolutelynobody-j67 Says:
Wonking or wanking?
@joehutchinson8618 Says:
I will not put pants on to get my mail. I refuse
@yoshiplays157 Says:
To W.W
@jtcox1079 Says:
I love this guy’s content, but the constant pandering to sponsors is a little more than annoying.
@Tonyisgaming Says:
Whitman was a Paumanok boy in love with America beyond what America had become. As a boy, he admired the history of America before colonization, he admired the land of America more than the society.
This is why he is America's poet. He was stubborn in his infancy and it allowed him to keep the child within him alive as he began to understand and appreciate society more through the calamities of the Civil War.
What's more is that he did not find success when he came with his childlike pure art. He had to make a deal with the devil and write from his evil side in order to grab the eyes of Americans. But, the means justify the ends. He didn't take his fortune from the third edition and let it inflate his desires. He rather focused on the needs of his fellow Americans who made him so wealthy. That is the American spirit.
He is one of the most teachable artists to learn about. For me, I can relate very much. Might have to do with the fact I grew up in Hauppauge, lol.
@nigel_saxon Says:
"Here lies--
Walt Whitman? WAHAHAH!!!!
Damn you, Walt Whitman!
I... hate... you, Walt... freakin'... Whitman!
Leaves of Grass my ass!"
- Homer Simpson
@ehrldawg Says:
I dont think we were made to read Whitman. Thus I never heard of Whitman until the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
@Raptorrena Says:
To W.W. My star, my perfect silence.
@metpach Says:
WALT WHITMAN! DAMN YOU WALT WHITMAN!
-Homer Simpson
@metpach Says:
WALT WHITMAN! DAMN YOU WALT WHITMAN!
-Homer Simpson
@GregHuffman1987 Says:
Ive never been a big walt Whitman fan. I think the best place to find him is under your boot soles
@missarelly Says:
He is one of my favorite poets 💖funny thing.. I heared his name from the movie 'The Notebook' and first time I read his poems liked the way he wrote, right away. He was such a visionary for those times and even for today in some places💖He s amazing! I totally recommend it!
@NYmomAdrienne3915 Says:
I live on Long Island (not far from Woodbury) and did not know much of this history. I learned about Long Island from a Brit. 🧐 I only really know, “O Captain my Captain”
@x-rex7236 Says:
Now that I think about it, you kinda look like Walter White
@willae1 Says:
...long island conjures images of suburban america to most people that have been there....the vast majority of people there dont live in the hamptons, its just as known for fire island's club scene. or being the other commuter option for people that work in NYC (the other being newark)
@deadpaulrandom6798 Says:
Walter White inspiration
@timkennedy1192 Says:
Things have not changed that much today: "...damnation, thy name is school teaching!"
@donsandsii4642 Says:
Screen graphic guy really messing up this video: 1955 instead of 1855
@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 Says:
So hes “americas poet” huh? I think we have a few more (better known) than him.
@BaldingClamydia Says:
I knew of Whitman, but not from school
@camilohiche4475 Says:
Biographies that you have criminally overlooked so far:
Classical composers:
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- J.S. Bach
- Antonio Vivaldi
Gods/iconic figures:
- Michael Jackson
- Babe Ruth
Chess legends:
- Gary Kasparov
- Bobby Fischer
Painters:
- Gustav Klimt
- Marcel Duchamp
Architects/builders:
- Gustav Eiffel
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Le Corbusier
- Antonio Gaudi
- Buckminster Fuller
Writers:
- Léon Tolstoï
- Fiodor Dostoïevski
- Homer
- Sophocles
- Victor Hugo
- Jules Verne
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Miguel de Cervantes
- John Steinbeck
- Dante Alighieri
Philosophers/theologists:
- René Descartes
- Confucius
- Emmanuel Kant
- John Locke
- Voltaire
- Jean Calvin
Scientists:
- Max Planck
Dictators:
- Nicolae Ceausescu
- Manuel Noriega
Explorers:
- Zheng He
- Vasco da Gama
- John Cabot
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Hernán Cortés
Other:
- Anne Frank
- Caterina de' Medici
- Cesare Borgia
@lextrader7916 Says:
I cant understand anything you are saying unless i put my audio above 100%. I love your work > But please invest in a professional microphone with a compression to boost your vocal to normalization. I am sure you can afford it.
@neil8949 Says:
Whistler has an ego bigger than a planet. He is on his videos 80% of the time when viewers want to learn about the topic!
@SimonAshworthWood Says:
That “put on your pants” reminder at the start of the video seems oddly specific. Is that a reference to something that happened to you, Simon? 😁
@jtmcgee Says:
19:40 Its America and my country loves to backslide into fundamentalist dystopia.
@yougotbaitedlool Says:
This is so weird for me because I lived off Woodbury road and my family went to walt Whitman high school in Huntington.
@Kerriangel Says:
“Here lies …Walt Whitman?! Damn you Walt Whitman! I! Hate! You! Walt Freakin Whitman! Leaves of grass, my ass!”
@cephassb Says:
Just got Leaves of Grass for my 12 year old. I'm hoping it takes. Can't wait to show her this vid. Thanks, Simon.
@el.yungemperor188 Says:
As a young black song writer I salute whitman ,all my hats of no cap 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🤞🏾🤞🏾bun slavery in every way yer day
@ianashby6294 Says:
Oh captain my captain
@fernpaz9570 Says:
Nice Suit, Simon!
@berniekatzroy Says:
Chris Chan
@onepiecebarca Says:
there's a reason these videos don't do great.
Nobody cares about these kind of people.
So many other greats to cover and yet...
@timcal2136 Says:
Whitman is from my hometown! Our mall is named after him
@jamellfoster6029 Says:
Walt Whitman & Doyle were the 19th Century Odd Couple.
@PeachM0de Says:
“Dear scholars; we were boning.” I choked on my bong rip.
@Beryllahawk Says:
"Not exactly Naked Lunch" omfg I flinched, and then snorted my water up my nose laughing so hard.
Beautifully written script about one of America's absolute best.
@Jtworthy1 Says:
Anyone else notice how in the photos Whitman takes his fashion and poses are more like the ones we'd see in the 1950s and 60s? We was ahead of his time in more ways than one
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