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Walt Whitman Love Poems

Walt Whitman isn't usually thought of as a love poet. His greatest works are seen to be those about patriotism and democracy. Nonetheless, Walt Whitman wrote several love poems which became instant classics.

Some of Whitman's love poetry is not gender specific. In To a Stranger, Whitman's famous words are:

You grew up with me, were a boy with me or a girl with me, I ate with you and slept with you, your body has become not yours only nor left my body mine only,

However in other works such as Fast Anchor'd Eternal O Love!, Whitman is not as open-ended:

Fast-anchor'd eternal O love! O woman I love!

Although Whitman's love poetry isn't uttered in the same sentence as John Donne nor Oscar Wilde, they are still, and will be, seen as part of the greatest collaborations of works in history.

Below is a list of Walt Whitman's most famous love poems.

1. As if a Phantom Caress'd Me
2. Fast Anchor'd Eternal O Love!
3. From Pent-Up Aching Rivers
4. Once I Pass'd through a Populous City
5. So Long
6. Sometimes with One I Love
7. To a Stranger
8. When I Heard at the Close of the Day