The Complete Poetry of Walt Whitman (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Leaves of Grass (1855 & 1892) + Old Age Echoes + Uncollected and Rejected PoemsBy Walt Whitman
Length20h
About this audiobook
The Complete Poetry of Walt Whitman gathers the full range of a writer who transformed nineteenth-century verse: the expansive sequences of Leaves of Grass, the Civil War poems of Drum-Taps, elegies, chants, and late meditations on death, nation, body, and soul. Whitman's long, rolling lines, catalogues, apostrophes, and prophetic first-person voice broke decisively with inherited metrical decorum, placing American speech, labor, sexuality, and democracy at the center of poetic form. Born in 1819 on Long Island and shaped by work as a printer, journalist, editor, teacher, and volunteer nurse during the Civil War, Whitman wrote from intimate contact with urban crowds, political crisis, and bodily suffering. His poetry reflects both the optimism of Jacksonian democracy and the fractures of slavery, war, and modernization. The continually revised Leaves of Grass became his lifelong project: a self-fashioned scripture of the American experiment. This volume is essential for readers interested in the origins of modern poetry, American literary identity, or the relationship between poetic form and democratic imagination. It rewards both first encounters and sustained study, offering a capacious, challenging, and still-radical vision of human comradeship.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length20 hrs
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 10, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
40ON THE SAME PICTURE
2Introduction
41A THOUGHT OF COLUMBUS
3Author Biography
42UNCOLLECTED AND REJECTED POEMS
4Historical Context
43AMBITION
5Synopsis (Selection)
44BLOOD-MONEY
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6The Complete Poetry of Walt Whitman: Leaves of Grass (1855 & 1892) + Old Age Echoes + Uncollected and Rejected Poems
45RESURGEMUS
7The Poetry Collections
46GREAT ARE THE MYTHS
8LEAVES OF GRASS, 1855
47POEM OF REMEMBRANCE FOR A GIRL OR A BOY OF THESE STATES
9Preface
48THINK OF THE SOUL
10Song of Myself (1855)
49RESPONDEZ!
11A Song for Occupations (1855)
50APOSTROPH
12To Think of Time (1855)
51O SUN OF REAL PEACE
13The Sleepers (1855)
52SO FAR AND SO FAR, AND ON TOWARD THE END
14I Sing the Body Electric (1855)
53IN THE NEW GARDEN, IN ALL THE PARTS
15Faces (1855)
54STATES!
16Song of the Answerer (1855)
55LONG I THOUGHT THAT KNOWLEDGE
17Europe the 72d and 73d Years of These States (1855)
56HOURS CONTINUING LONG, SORE AND HEAVY-HEARTED
18A Boston Ballad (1855)
57WHO IS NOW READING THIS?
19There Was a Child Went Forth (1855)
58TO YOU
20Who Learns My Lesson Complete (1855)
59OF THE VISAGES OF THINGS
21Great Are the Myths (1855)
60SAYS
22LEAVES OF GRASS, 1892 (pt. 1)
61DEBRIS
23LEAVES OF GRASS, 1892 (pt. 2)
62THOUGHT
24LEAVES OF GRASS, 1892 (pt. 3)
63SOLID, IRONICAL, ROLLING ORB
25LEAVES OF GRASS, 1892 (pt. 4)
64BATHED IN WAR’S PERFUME
26LEAVES OF GRASS, 1892 (pt. 5)
65NOT MY ENEMIES EVER INVADE ME
27LEAVES OF GRASS, 1892 (pt. 6)
66THIS DAY, O SOUL
28OLD AGE ECHOES
67LESSONS
29TO SOAR IN FREEDOM AND IN FULLNESS OF POWER
68ONE SONG, AMERICA, BEFORE I GO
30THEN SHALL PERCEIVE
69AFTER AN INTERVAL
31THE FEW DROPS KNOWN
70THE BEAUTY OF THE SHIP
32ONE THOUGHT EVER AT THE FORE
71TWO RIVULETS
33WHILE BEHIND ALL FIRM AND ERECT
72OR FROM THAT SEA OF TIME
34A KISS TO THE BRIDE
73FROM MY LAST YEARS
35NAY, TELL ME NOT TO-DAY THE PUBLISH’D SHAME
74IN FORMER SONGS
36SUPPLEMENT HOURS
75Analysis
37OF MANY A SMUTCH’D DEED REMINISCENT
76Reflection
38TO BE AT ALL
77Memorable Quotes
39DEATH’S VALLEY
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