... Body Electric," "Faces," "Son of the Answerer," "Europe," "A Boston Ballad," "There Was a Child Went Forth," "Who Learns My Lesson Complete," and "Great Are the Myths.". Except for the last poem, all others continued to appear in each successive edition of the same title, as though Whitman was recreating and reliving ... solid transcendental doctrine. The small sale of the first edition of Leaves of Grass did not discourage Whitman from publishing a new edition with a great many new poems the following year. His major encouragement was a letter from Ralph Waldo Emerson praising his wor...

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• Grade Level: High School

... lass of fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but her vast expectations-. At one point Ichabod danced with her at a party and the book states that "Brom Bones, sorely smitten with love jealousy sat brooding by himself in one corner."" I see Katrina ... the book much more interesting and exciting, I especially liked the way he described things so specifically so you can really feel what he wanted you to, He did this with quotes like: "He beheld something huge, misshapen, bl...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate