All 7 Uses of
Walt Whitman
in
Leaves of Grass
- …(for we are one,) That should I after return, Or, long, long hence, in other spheres, There to some group of mates the chants resuming, (Tallying Earth's soil, trees, winds, tumultuous waves,) Ever with pleas'd smile I may keep on, Ever and ever yet the verses owning—as, first, I here and now Signing for Soul and Body, set to them my name, Walt Whitman BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS One's-Self I Sing One's-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse.†
Chpt 1
- 24 Walt Whitman, a kosmos, of Manhattan the son, Turbulent, fleshy, sensual, eating, drinking and breeding, No sentimentalist, no stander above men and women or apart from them, No more modest than immodest.†
Chpt 3
- 1 O take my hand Walt Whitman!†
Chpt 6 *
- What widens within you Walt Whitman?†
Chpt 6
- 3 What do you hear Walt Whitman?†
Chpt 6
- 4 What do you see Walt Whitman?†
Chpt 6
- To a Common Prostitute Be composed—be at ease with me—I am Walt Whitman, liberal and lusty as Nature, Not till the sun excludes you do I exclude you, Not till the waters refuse to glisten for you and the leaves to rustle for you, do my words refuse to glisten and rustle for you.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(Walt Whitman) among the most influential and controversial U.S. poets (1819-1892) who is probably best remembered for his book of poetry, Leaves of Grass