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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

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Quotations
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Leaves of Grass Quotes
26,565 words, approx. 89 pages
Leaves of Grass (First edition 1855; final edition 1892) is a book of poetry by Walt Whitman . Whitman revised and rearranged his masterwork many times after the first edition of 1855. These selections are arranged in the sequence in which they were...


Project Gutenberg eBook
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Leaves of Grass eBook
104,927 words, approx. 350 pages
The complete online text of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.


Biography

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Biography of Walt(er) Whitman
18316 words, approx. 61.1 pages
Widely considered the most influential and innovative poet of America, Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, a village near Hempstead, Long Island, on 31 May 1819 to Walter and Louisa Van Velsor Whitman. His father had been born just after the end of the...
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Biography of Walt Whitman
11836 words, approx. 39.5 pages
"A great figure, the greatest assuredly in our literature—yet perhaps only a great childsumming up and transmitting into poetry all the passionate aspirations of an America that had passed through the romantic revolution, the poet of selfhood and t...
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Biography of Walt(er) Whitman
10370 words, approx. 34.6 pages
"A great figure, the greatest assuredly in our literature--yet perhaps only a great child--summing up and transmitting into poetry all the passionate aspirations of an America that had passed through the romantic revolution, the poet of selfhood and the...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Leaves of Grass Summary
3,621 words, approx. 12 pages
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Living during one of the most dynamic, divisive periods in American history, Walt Whitman captured the development of the nation and himself in his masterpiece, Leaves of Grass. The collection of poems, written over...
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Leaves of Grass Information
1,801 words, approx. 6 pages
Leaves of Grass (1855) is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," and Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President...


News and Journals
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The Christian Science Monitor
In love with leaves of grass.(THE HOME FORUM)
04/25/2008: 859 words, approx. 3 pages
Byline: Gaydell Collier My grandparents, Nana and Pappy, lived on the top floor of a six-story apartment building in Flushing, N.Y. For years when I was a child, I stayed with them two glorious weeks each summer. During the day, Nana and...
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The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
Leave Straw On Grass Seed.(life)
10/19/1996: 348 words, approx. 1 pages
Q. We just seeded a new fescue lawn and put down straw to keep the seed in place until it germinates. When the seed sprouts, should we rake up the straw? A. No, leave the straw in place. If you attempt to remove...
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The New York Observer
Thursday, August 2nd
7/31/2007: 308 words, approx. 1 pages
Wild for Whitman: The late poet Walt Whitman had a bit of a surge in popularity about a decade ago when his most famous work, Leaves of Grass, was revealed to be a standard-issue seduction tool of then commander-in-chief Bill Clinton. But ol’ Walt has...
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The Georgians: A Quick Quiz
10/8/2007: 266 words, approx. 1 pages
Question 1 of 10:The first monarch of the Georgian era, George I, couldn't speak English. True FalseQuestion 2 of 10: Britain 's first prime minister begin his tenure in 1721. But what was his name? Robert Walpole William Pitt the Elder Robert...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Kerry McSweeney
12,469 words, approx. 42 pages
In the following essay, McSweeney studies the relationship between physical health and imaginative power in Whitman's poetry, arguing that the differences in energy and tone between the poems of the 1855 and 1856 editions of Leaves of Grass and those poems added for the 1860 edition can at least in part be attributed to a shift in Whitman's emotional and physical health.
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Critical Essay by James Perrin Warren
10,741 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following essay, Warren maintains that, through works such as Leaves of Grass and in several essays, Whitman established a theory of language—one directly connected with literature and linguistic development and specifically focused on the significant role of literature in effecting linguistic change and diversity.
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Critical Essay by Mitchell Robert Breitwieser
9,683 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following essay, Breitwieser suggests that Whitman's usage of multiple voices in Leaves of Grass has political parallels. Breitwieser emphasizes the conflict in the poems between the voice of the small, individual "I" and that of the large, magnanimous, universal "I."
 
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Essay Grade: 86%
Walt Whitman and War
2,294 words, approx. 8 pages
Walt Whitman's poems in "Leaves of Grass" transcend his times. His reflections on war are as relevant in our current wartime society as they were in his time of the U.S. Civil War.
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Walt Whitman's Revisions
514 words, approx. 2 pages
Analyzes the Walt Whitman poems "The Soul, Reaching, Throwing Out for Love" and "Leaves of Grass." Describes the numerous editing done to each poem.
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Essay Grade: 81%
Whitman's Use of Alliteration in "Leaves of Grass"
473 words, approx. 2 pages
The ways Walt Whitman uses alliteration in his classic poem, "Leaves of Grass."


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