Whitman Poets in the romantic era sought to explain events such as death through their works. Walt Whitman used several poems to explore the issue. The poems, the wound-Dresser and Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, describe death in four major ways. First of all, the event acts as a point of emotional development for most people. Another presentation denotes it as a normal aspect of human life together with the religious assumption of the separation of body and soul. The third and final depiction handles the issue as a sacred process which deserves respect from all humans. Walt Whitman defines death as a source of emotional maturity for people. In his poem, Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking...
