I Sing the Body Electric

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If anything is sacred the human body is sacred.

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

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Topic

Body as a temple Human body

Author

Walt Whitman

Source

I Sing the Body Electric Leaves of Grass

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1855 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. "I Sing the Body Electric." Leaves of Grass. Self-published, 1855, sect. 8.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. "I Sing the Body Electric." Leaves of Grass: The Complete 1855 and 1891-92 Editions. Library of America, 2011, sect. 8.