The Commons · Book by Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass [Complete, 1897 Edition]

Publication date: 2017-06-11
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781547272129
Language: en

PoetryNature & Environment

About the book

Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892). It is a masterpiece that shifted the course of American literary history. Among the collection's best-known poems are "I Sing the Body Electric,""Song of Myself,"and "O Captain! My Captain!,"a metaphorical tribute to the slain Abraham Lincoln.