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Whitman Archive Title: There is no word in
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Whitman Archive ID: duk.00018
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Repository ID: Trent II-7, 201
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Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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Date: Between 1850 and 1855
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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Content:
This manuscript features drafts of lines and ideas that appeared, in a revised form, in the first poem of the 1855 edition of
Leaves of Grass
, ultimately titled "Song of Myself." The drafted lines relate to the portions of the poem that ultimately became sections 48 and 49. This manuscript has been mounted and framed with a prose fragment, dealing with the soul and nature, and a photograph of Whitman. An image of the verso is unavailable.
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