Free verse sounds more conversational, like people talking.Free verse creates a more American style.Free verse is less formal.Free verse conveys Whitman’s ideas about individualism, life, death, or the American landscape.

Marcel Blanck · Answer 2 · 2018-10-20T23:29:28+0000

Some critics think Walt Whitman used free verse in a deliberate attempt to create a unique style of writing that blends journalism with music, oratory, and other cultural influences to transform American poetry. Other critics say his free verse voice was the result of a spiritual and revolutionary enlightenment. Most agree it was a combination of the two.

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