Selected Poems, Paperback/Walt Whitman

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In his unconventional verse, Walt Whitman spoke in a powerful, sensual, oratorical, and inspiring voice. His most famous work, Leaves of Grass, was a long-term project that the poet compared to the building of a cathedral or the slow growth of a tree. During his lifetime, from 1819 to 1892, it went through nine editions. Today it is regarded as a landmark of American literature. This volume contains 24 poems from Leaves of Grass, offering a generous sampling of Whitman's best and most representative verses. Featured works include ``I Hear America Singing,`` ``I Sing the Body Electric,`` ``Song of the Open Road,`` ``Out of Cradle Endlessly Rocking,`` ``When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd,`` and ``O Captain My Captain `` -- all reprinted from an authoritative text.