Octavio Paz - Walt Whitman is the only great m...

Walt Whitman is the only great modern poet who does not seem to experience discord when he faces his world. Not even solitude - his monologue is a universal chorus.

Octavio Paz

Mexican Poet

Born: Mar 31, 1914

Died: Apr 19, 1998

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