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Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. Though it was first published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing, rewriting, and expanding Leaves of Grass [1] until his death in 1892. Six or nine individual editions of Leaves of Grass were produced, depending on how they are distinguished. [2]
The "Calamus" poems are a cluster of poems in Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.These poems celebrate and promote "the manly love of comrades". Most critics believe [1] [2] [3] that these poems are Whitman's clearest expressions in print of his ideas about homoerotic male love.
Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) 1855 A Broadway Pageant " Over the Western sea hither from Niphon come," Leaves of Grass (Book XVIII.); The Patriotic Poems III (Poems of America) A Carol Closing Sixty-Nine " A carol closing sixty-nine—a resume—a repetition," Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) A Child's Amaze
The poem is written in Whitman's signature free verse style. Whitman, who praises words "as simple as grass" (section 39) forgoes standard verse and stanza patterns in favor of a simple, legible style that can appeal to a mass audience. [7] Critics have noted a strong Transcendentalist influence on the poem. In section 32, for instance, Whitman ...
― Walt Whitman “How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health!” — Henry David Thoreau
The poem was later included in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass [4] under the title "A Word Out of the Sea" (and occasionally erroneously referred to, even by Whitman himself, as "A Voice Out of the Sea"). [5] "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" is found in the title section, Sea-Drift. Several of Whitman's individuals poems, including ...
Revising Himself: Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass at the Library of Congress, "Exhibition Celebrates 150 Years of Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass ' ", May 16 to December 3, 2005; Whitman Vignettes: Camden and Philadelphia at Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania, May 28 to August 23, 2019
In the 1881 edition of Leaves of Grass, it was moved to be the third of twelve poems that followed the "Calamus" cluster. [2] Whitman biographer Jerome Loving said the poem was "Whitman's greatest celebration of the transcendentalist unity of existence and is certainly the crown jewel of the 1856 edition." [4]