Reviews

Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman

cielllo's review against another edition

"O for the dropping of raindrops in a song!
O for the sunshine and motion of waves in a song!" (p. 175)

Enchanting Walt, so much love. Walt truly contains some multitudes. Reverberations of I/ joy/ soul/ dance/ grass/ drums/ Death/ God/ more Death/ America/ skies/ sun things/ sea/ lovers.

"I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign’d by God’s name,
And I leave them where they are, for I know that wheresoe’er I go,
Others will punctually come for ever and ever." ( p.94).
The strength of his faith is remarkable & admirable, especially his apparent certainty in "the eternal real life to come" (p. 198).

Couldn't quite find peace with the striking amount of nationalism and American geography, though. Hegel appeared also trop randomly but decided to ignore that.

"Will you give me yourself?" (p. 158). Hard to feel a no, really.

larchalr's review against another edition

Someone else summed it up. I like the idea of reading Whitman more than I like reading Whitman 

caitsidhe's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

cassgagnon's review against another edition

challenging inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

evetoi's review against another edition

inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

uzzair's review against another edition

I'm in no mood of poetry now.

jasmi_aaahhhh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

readingthethings's review against another edition

➳❥ recommended by: adam
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˳✧༚˚ i find it REALLY difficult to read one long poem ˳✧༚˚ my eyeballs wander ˳✧༚˚ no reflection on the book ˳✧༚˚ i love whitman & really want to be able to say I read this! :-) ˳✧༚˚

bmnayr's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

strangledfruit's review against another edition

4.0

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