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themountaingoats's review against another edition
the drama this book has caused me personally 👍 don’t even worry about it
davidwright's review against another edition
5.0
There's a Whitman program on KCTS right now, and I'm reminded of how much I love this book. My girlfriend gave me this book back in high school, then part of the new Library of America series. At that time it was an attempt to express the spiralling ecstasies and wonders of a very romantic first love. Over the years, this same volume has resurfaced every so often, each time showing a different aspect, a new refraction. There are favorite, cherished books that feel like friends and family; for me Whitman's words will always feel like a lost lover, or mother, or myself. I don't just love it: I adore it. Fond words, but there you are. Great stuff: everyone should do Whitman, and do it young, too.
onclout99's review against another edition
5.0
The second poet featured in my English course this semester. "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Native Moments," and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" will be close to my heart forever.
I leave you with his most vows-worthy lines (of which there are many): "...I will be your poet, / I will be more to you than to any of the rest."
I leave you with his most vows-worthy lines (of which there are many): "...I will be your poet, / I will be more to you than to any of the rest."
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