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Whitman’s Poetry

Walt Whitman

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Table of Contents

Themes, Motifs and Symbols

Summary and Analysis

“Starting from Paumanok”

“Song of Myself”

“Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”

“Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking”

“As I Ebb’d with the Ocean of Life”

“By Blue Ontario’s Shore”

“When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”

“The Sleepers”

“I Sing the Body Electric”

“Song of the Open Road”

Study Questions & Essay Topics

Suggestions for Further Reading

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