Leaves of Grass

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Leaves of Grass

by Walt Whitman

EN·~12 hours·379 chapters

Chapters

379 total

LEAVES OF GRASS - By Walt Whitman

0:30

Contents

8:41

BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS

0:01

One’s-Self I Sing

0:27

As I Ponder’d in Silence

1:00

In Cabin’d Ships at Sea

1:36

To Foreign Lands

0:13

To a Historian

0:33

To Thee Old Cause

0:58

Eidolons

3:35

Description

A sweeping, exuberant celebration of the self and the world around it, this collection invites listeners to hear the pulse of ordinary life transformed into verse. From the opening call to “sing the body electric” to meditations on the open road, the poet’s voice unites personal experience with the broader tapestry of a nation in flux, honoring everything from bustling streets to quiet rivers. The work’s optimism and curiosity draw you into a dialogue that feels both intimate and universal, urging a deeper connection with the body, the soul, and the land.

Organized into a series of loosely linked sections, the poems shift from lively street songs to contemplative reflections on love, labor, and democracy. Their free‑form style and vivid imagery make each piece feel like a spontaneous conversation, while recurring motifs of growth, movement, and renewal give the whole a cohesive rhythm. Listeners will find themselves swept up in the poet’s boundless enthusiasm for humanity’s potential and the ever‑changing world it inhabits.

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Language

en

Duration

~12 hours (736K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

1998-05-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

1819–1892

A bold, original voice in American poetry, he reshaped verse with his sweeping free lines and his belief that everyday life was worthy of song. His lifelong project, Leaves of Grass, kept growing with him and became one of the central books of American literature.

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