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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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Character Web

10 connections

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NANarratorLOLoHEHeroesMEMediumsDMDread MotherELEleves

Relationship types

  • Social
  • Other

Character groups

  • Historical and Symbolic Personages
  • Protagonist
  • National and Mythic Archetypes
  • Maternal and Mediating Forces

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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Relationships

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In the story

Eleves appears across 2 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

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