Leaves of Grass

Description:

*Leaves of Grass*, published in 1855 and later revised by the author, is a seminal work in American literature. Walt Whitman utilized a "free verse" style, which deviated from established poetry patterns. This design mirrored the expanding, dynamic nature of the new United States. The collection honours the individual, the common labourer, the beauty of the human body, and the profound interconnectedness of all living things. As a result, it remains a strong emblem of democracy and the American spirit.

subjects: Leaves of Grass,  Walt Whitman,  American Poetry,  Free Verse,  Transcendentalism,  Democracy,  19th Century Literature,  Nature,  Humanism,  Civil War Poetry

People: Walt Whitman,  Ralph Waldo Emerson,  Abraham Lincoln

Places: Brooklyn,  Manhattan (Paumanok),  United States,  Mississippi River,  Potomac River,  New York

Times: 1855–1892