# Adam — Leaves of Grass character guide

> Adam in Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0047-song-of-myself

## Who they are

Biblical first man, symbol of primal humanity and innocence.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/characters/narrator)

_psychological_

Adam is a primal, archetypal figure representing innocence and the beginning of human consciousness, with whom the narrator identifies.

## In the story

### [Children of Adam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/children-of-adam)

Symbolic progenitor representing the origin of human sexuality and the body.

### [Spontaneous Me](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/spontaneous-me)

Referenced as 'Adamic and fresh daughters,' linking human procreation to the biblical first man.

### [Ages and Ages Returning at Intervals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/ages-and-ages-returning-at-intervals)

Implied through 'Adamic songs' as the archetype of original, potent sexuality.

### [As Adam Early in the Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/as-adam-early-in-the-morning)

The speaker identifies with Adam, the first man, emerging from the bower.

### [O Vast Rondure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/5)

Adam appears as the first human, descending from the gardens of Asia with Eve.

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