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<p><strong>Content Warning:</strong> This section of the guide includes discussion of sexual content.</p>

“I Celebrate Myself” [“Song of Myself”]

Leaves of Grass “I Celebrate Myself” [“Song of Myself”] Summary & Analysis

“Come Closer to Me” [“A Song for Occupations”]

Leaves of Grass “Come Closer to Me” [“A Song for Occupations”] Summary & Analysis

“To Think of Time . . . . To Think Through” [“To Think of Time”] Summary

Leaves of Grass “To Think of Time . . . . To Think Through” [“To Think of Time”] Summary Summary & Analysis

“I Wander All Night in My Vision” [“The Sleepers”]

Leaves of Grass “I Wander All Night in My Vision” [“The Sleepers”] Summary & Analysis

“The Bodies of Men and Women Engirth” [“I Sing the Body Electric”]

Leaves of Grass “The Bodies of Men and Women Engirth” [“I Sing the Body Electric”] Summary & Analysis

“Sauntering the Pavement or Riding the Country Byroads” [“Faces”]

Leaves of Grass “Sauntering the Pavement or Riding the Country Byroads” [“Faces”] Summary & Analysis

“A Young Man Came to Me With” [“Song of the Answerer”]

Leaves of Grass “A Young Man Came to Me With” [“Song of the Answerer”] Summary & Analysis

“Suddenly Out of Its Stale and Drowsy” [“Europe: The 72d and 73d Years of These States”]

Leaves of Grass “Suddenly Out of Its Stale and Drowsy” [“Europe: The 72d and 73d Years of These States”] Summary & Analysis

“Clear the Way There Jonathan!” [“A Boston Ballad”]

Leaves of Grass “Clear the Way There Jonathan!” [“A Boston Ballad”] Summary & Analysis

“There Was a Child Went Forth”

Leaves of Grass “There Was a Child Went Forth” Summary & Analysis

“Who Learns My Lesson Complete?”

Leaves of Grass “Who Learns My Lesson Complete?” Summary & Analysis

“Great Are the Myths . . . . I Too Delight” [“Great Are the Myths”]

Leaves of Grass “Great Are the Myths . . . . I Too Delight” [“Great Are the Myths”] Summary & Analysis