Walt Whitman's most famous poems
The top 3 according to 2 votes from people: Song of Myself · When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd · O Captain! My Captain!. (Updated Mar 14, 2024.)
The Leaves of Grass poems everyone meets at school or in Dead Poets Society, from Song of Myself to the Lincoln elegies.
Top 15
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1
Song of Myself
1855. The long poem at the heart of Leaves of Grass.
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2
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
1865. His great elegy for Lincoln.
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3
O Captain! My Captain!
1865. Grief for Lincoln; the poem of Dead Poets Society.
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4
I Sing the Body Electric
1855. A celebration of the human body.
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5
I Hear America Singing
1860. The varied songs of working Americans.
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6
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
1856. Talking to the passengers of the future.
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7
A Noiseless Patient Spider
1868. The soul casting threads into the void.
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O Me! O Life!
1867. The question and answer quoted in Dead Poets Society.
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When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
1865. Leaving a lecture to look at the stars.
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10
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
1859. A boy, a mockingbird and the sea.
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11
The Sleepers
1855. A dream journey through the night.
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12
Song of the Open Road
1856. The joy of setting out.
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13
Beat! Beat! Drums!
1861. The call to arms at the start of the Civil War.
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14
Pioneers! O Pioneers!
1865. A march for the westward pioneers.
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15
Miracles
1856. Everyday life as a series of miracles.
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