Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

First published in the year 1855, the present book ‘Leaves of Grass’ is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. The poems of Leaves of Grass are loosely connected, with each representing Whitman’s celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity. This book is notable for its discussion of delight in sensual pleasures during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. Where much previous poetry, especially English, relied on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on the religious and spiritual, ‘Leaves of Grass’ exalted the body and the material world.