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A review by gregsaysstuff
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
1.0
I'll start off with the good news: Since there are hundreds of poems in this book, there's a really good chance you'll find at least one that you like.
The bad news is that most of them, especially the first 2/3 or so, read like an extremely self-indulgent man's grocery list. Most of Whitman's poetry boils down to reading off a bunch of nouns and names of cities in the United States. The guy's ego is insane, too. He gets a little more palatable in old age, but not compelling enough to change my rating. Out of six hundred pages, I think I liked maybe three poems total, none of which were longer than a handful of lines. The only one that even stands out to me now was "To A Certain Civilian," because I'm probably that guy, centuries later. This is not a book meant for me to like or understand, and at least he's aware of it.
The bad news is that most of them, especially the first 2/3 or so, read like an extremely self-indulgent man's grocery list. Most of Whitman's poetry boils down to reading off a bunch of nouns and names of cities in the United States. The guy's ego is insane, too. He gets a little more palatable in old age, but not compelling enough to change my rating. Out of six hundred pages, I think I liked maybe three poems total, none of which were longer than a handful of lines. The only one that even stands out to me now was "To A Certain Civilian," because I'm probably that guy, centuries later. This is not a book meant for me to like or understand, and at least he's aware of it.