Here's something I worked on recently for Culture Trip for a article about Walt Whitman. The article talked about how Whitman was Inspired by the people and tumultuous pace of life in New York City, his poetry celebrated the burgeoning metropolis at a time when his contemporaries were retreating to nature and extolling the value of self-reliance. https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/new-york/articles/walt-whitman-and-the-infinite-magnetism-of-new-york-city/