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Remembrances I plant American ground
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Whitman Archive Title: Remembrances I plant American ground
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Whitman Archive ID: duk.00029
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Repository ID: MS q 27
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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:
The draft poetic lines in this manuscript includes some language similar to wording in the first and final poems in the first (1855) edition of
Leaves of Grass
, eventually titled "Song of Myself" and "Great are the Myths." On the reverse (duk.00884) is a list of rivers, lakes, and cities that likely contributed to "Poem of Salutation" in the 1856 edition of
Leaves
.
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