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My Captain</i></a>!</font></td></tr> <tr align="right"><td><i>Walt<br>Whitman</i></td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> </table></td>  <td valign="top" align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20070126093939im_/http://www.bartleby.com/images/space.gif" width="10" height="1"></td>  <td valign="top" width="439" align="left"> <table cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top"><td><font size="+2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#999966"><b>Leaves of Grass</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td><font size="+1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Walt Whitman</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"><td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">In 1855 Whitman published at his own expense a volume of 12 poems, <i>Leaves of Grass,</i> which he had begun working on probably as early as 1847. It was criticized because of Whitmans exaltation of the body and sexual love and also because of its innovation in verse formthat is, the use of free verse in long rhythmical lines with a natural, organic structure. 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href="/web/20070126093939/http://www.bartleby.com/br/142.html">Bibliographic Record</a>    <a href="/web/20070126093939/http://www.bartleby.com/142/2000.html">Preface</a></font></td></tr> <tr><td><font size="-1"><font color="#0B074F">PHILADELPHIA: DAVID McKAY, 1900 <br>NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 1999</font></font></td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td><ul type="SQUARE"> <li><a href="/web/20070126093939/http://www.bartleby.com/142/index1.html"><font size="+1">Contents</font></a> <br> <br> <li><a href="/web/20070126093939/http://www.bartleby.com/142/index2.html"><font size="+1">Index of Titles</font></a> <br> <br> <li><a href="/web/20070126093939/http://www.bartleby.com/142/index3.html"><font size="+1">Index of First Lines</font></a> </ul> <br> <br> </td></tr> </table></td> </tr> </table>  <table align="CENTER" width="601" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff">   <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td><table align="CENTER"> <tr><td align="CENTER">  <center> 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