Leaves of Grass · Character
Eleves
Students or disciples addressed in a pedagogical poem.
minor
Also known as your
First appearance: song of myself
Eleves's tie to Narrator is one of the pressures that moves Leaves of Grass—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
The narrator salutes and calls upon the eleves to continue their annotations and questionings.
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With Narrator (social): Eleves are students or disciples who look to the narrator for guidance and inspiration. In Chapter 38: The narrator salutes and calls upon the eleves to continue their annotations and…
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- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Historical and Symbolic Personages
- Protagonist
- National and Mythic Archetypes
- Maternal and Mediating Forces
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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