Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass covers many aspects of human love, including love of the physical body. Whitman's book contains many poems that seek to embrace the beauty of the human body instead of hiding it. Whitman describes the human form in great detail in Leaves of Grass, but one of his poems in particular is particularly vivid in detail. In “The Children of Adam,” the fourth book in Leaves of Grass, Whitman offers readers a celebratory look at the human form. “I Sing the Body Electric” is one poem in particular that demonstrates how Whitman celebrates the human body through descriptive language of love and the human form and elevating the human form to more than just a vessel for a soul. Whitman uses these techniques to emphasize the idea that mortal human forms are no less magnificent than spiritual bodies. The first section of “I Sing the Body Electric” emphasizes the idea that the body is something to be celebrated (Whitman lines 1-8). This opening section sets the stage for Whitman's many images of the human body in action and of the body itself. In...