... own poems, which sprout forming a whole, green and luxuriant. At the same time, the whole name is a mocking appellation for his own works because in the language of nineteenth century book-publishers, 'grass' was used to denote works of minor value. This expression of humility and self-irony diverts from the idea that Whitman, looking for connections with nature, is describing himself as ... to decipher. 2.3. Pantheism In the second stanza, the metaphor of "the handkerchief of the Lord" suggests the image of the dew in the morning that settles on the grass, but also the idea of a po...

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