Leaves of Grass · Character
Homer
Ancient Greek poet, invoked as a foundational bard.
minor
First appearance: inscriptions
Homer shows up with force in Thus by Blue Ontario's Shore. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Among the loftiest bards of past ages who stride before the narrator
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In Thus by Blue Ontario's Shore: Among the loftiest bards of past ages who stride before the narrator Later, in Fancies at Navesink: Mentioned as one of the greatest bards whose works the speaker would barter for the…
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See Homer in inscriptionsNarrative arc
Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Thus by Blue Ontario's Shore
- Fancies at Navesink
- Had I the Choice
- To Get the Final Lilt of Songs
- Old Chants
- The Unexpress’d
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