# Walt Whitman's most famous poems

The Leaves of Grass poems everyone meets at school or in Dead Poets Society, from Song of Myself to the Lincoln elegies.

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- Mar 14, 2024 · pageturner_salty
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## Top 15

1. **Song of Myself** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1855. The long poem at the heart of Leaves of Grass.
2. **When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1865. His great elegy for Lincoln.
3. **O Captain! My Captain!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1865. Grief for Lincoln; the poem of Dead Poets Society.
4. **I Sing the Body Electric** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1855. A celebration of the human body.
5. **I Hear America Singing** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1860. The varied songs of working Americans.
6. **Crossing Brooklyn Ferry** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1856. Talking to the passengers of the future.
7. **A Noiseless Patient Spider** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1868. The soul casting threads into the void.
8. **O Me! O Life!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1867. The question and answer quoted in Dead Poets Society.
9. **When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1865. Leaving a lecture to look at the stars.
10. **Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1859. A boy, a mockingbird and the sea.
11. **The Sleepers** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1855. A dream journey through the night.
12. **Song of the Open Road** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1856. The joy of setting out.
13. **Beat! Beat! Drums!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1861. The call to arms at the start of the Civil War.
14. **Pioneers! O Pioneers!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1865. A march for the westward pioneers.
15. **Miracles** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1856. Everyday life as a series of miracles.

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