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Leaves of grass is a compilation of over 400 poems. Though the first edition was published in 1855, whitman spent his entire. But it was whitmans selfpublished leaves of grass that established and secured his reputation as one of the most influential poets in american literature. Where much previous poetry, especially english, relied on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on the religious and spiritual, leaves of grass exalted. Walt whitman s leaves of grass consists of 35 parts for ease of reading.
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