While reading the preface to “Leaves of Grass” I found myself repeatedly underlining sentences that were just pleasurable to read. Already, I think I may be beginning to understand why Whitman has had such a lasting legacy. The way he weaves together words is absolutely enjoyable. Throughout the preface to “Leaves of Grass” Whitman spends […]
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Whitman’s Free Form: “What I tell I tell for precisely what it is.”
“He swears to his art, I will not be meddlesome, I will not have in my writing any elegance or effect or originality to hang in the way between me and the rest like curtains. I will have nothing hang in the way, not the richest curtains.” (14) Walt Whitman used the Preface to Leaves […]
