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Breathjuice

  • Whitman Archive Title: Breathjuice
  • Whitman Archive ID: med.00728
  • Repository: Catalog of Unlocated Walt Whitman Manuscripts
  • Date: Before or early in 1855
  • Genre: prose
  • Physical Description: number of leaves unknown, handwritten
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  • Content: This list may have contributed indirectly to the ideas found in what became the second section of the poem eventually titled "Song of Myself." Those lines deal with breath, scents, and sexuality, all of which are suggested by the terms in this manuscript. Because the manuscript has not been located it is difficult to speculate on the circumstances or date of its composition, but it seems likely that it was written before or early in 1855.
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