Download Walt Whitman Poem Astronomer Pics. Unable to find a publisher, he sold a house and printed the first edition of leaves of grass those who would say that walt whitman is trying to point out the inadequacies of science are reading too much into the poem. The folks at zen pencils put together an awesome comic version of this poem which you can read here.
When i heard the learn'd astronomer, when the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, when i was shown the charts, the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them, when i sitting heard the learned.
The phrases learn'd astronomer and lectured with much applause imply that the astronomer garners respect, not. Walt whitman' by walt whitman with editing by karen karbiener, phd and illustrations by kate evans is a well curated introduction to the life and work of one of america's greatest poets. .walt whitman wrote the poem in 1865. Poetry art with the background as a textured.