Shut not your doors to me proud libraries,
For that which was lacking on all your well-fill'd shelves, yet
needed most, I bring,
Forth from the war emerging, a book I have made,
The words of my book nothing, the drift of it every thing,
A book separate, not link'd with the rest nor felt by the intellect,
But you ye untold latencies will thrill to every page. 

1. Who is/was Walt Whitman?
   He was an American poet, journalist, humanist and essayist.
2. What type of Literature did he write?
   He wrote poems.
3. Is he a realist or a romanticist? Why?
   He is a realist because in his writings he refers to real life and possible events.