# Leaves of Grass

By Walt Whitman.

"Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman is a poetry collection first published in 1855. Beginning with just twelve poems, Whitman continuously revised and expanded this work throughout his life, eventually creating a collection of over four hundred poems. He celebrates American democracy, nature, the human body, and sensual pleasure in verse that breaks traditional rules of rhyme and meter. The book's explicit content sparked controversy and condemnation, yet it ultimately became recognized as one of the central works of American poetry. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: American poetry -- 19th century

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Leaves of Grass](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/891) by Walt Whitman (19 h 16 min, English)
- [Noiseless Patient Spider](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/179) by Walt Whitman (11 min, English)
- [Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/14122) by Walt Whitman (43 min, English)
- [Old Ireland](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/4559) by Walt Whitman (19 min, English)
- [Leaves of Grass (version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/13878) by Walt Whitman (18 h 44 min, English)
- [Old Chants](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/5502) by Walt Whitman (25 min, English)
- [Prairie Sunset](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/5841) by Walt Whitman (15 min, English)
- [O Captain! My Captain!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/9136) by Walt Whitman (37 min, English)
- [I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/7898) by Walt Whitman (18 min, English)
- [Roots and Leaves Themselves Alone](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/13231) by Walt Whitman (15 min, English)

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