"I Sing the Body Electric" is a poem by
Walt Whitman from his 1855 collection Leaves of Grass. The poem is divided into nine sections, each celebrating a different aspect of human physicality.
Its original publication, like the other poems in Leaves of Grass, did not have a title. In fact, the line "I sing the body electric" was not added until the 1867 edition. At the time, electric was not yet a commonly used term.[1]
The song "The Body Electric" appears on the album Grace Under Pressure by the Canadian progressive rock group
Rush released April 12, 1984.
In the 1988 movie Bull Durham, Susan Sarandon's character reads the poem "I Sing the Body Electric" to Tim Robbins' character.
In the 1988 book The Satanic Verses, the poem is alluded to on page 405 when a character (Joshi) writes a poem called "I sing the Body Eclectic".
The 1995 book I Sing the Body Electronic, by Fred Moody, chronicles
Microsoft's push into multimedia.
American singer
Lana Del Rey references Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass in her song "
Body Electric", from her EP Paradise (2012). She also quotes some verses from the poem in her short film Tropico (2013).[3]
The group
Miracle Musical released the song “The Mind Electric” on the album Hawaii: Part II (2012).
Icarus released the album I Tweet the Birdy Electric in 2004.
"Sing the Body Electric", a song by Astrid Williamson from the album Here Come the Vikings
References
^Loving, Jerome. Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself. University of California Press, 1999.
ISBN0-520-22687-9. p. 202
"I Sing the Body Electric" is a poem by
Walt Whitman from his 1855 collection Leaves of Grass. The poem is divided into nine sections, each celebrating a different aspect of human physicality.
Its original publication, like the other poems in Leaves of Grass, did not have a title. In fact, the line "I sing the body electric" was not added until the 1867 edition. At the time, electric was not yet a commonly used term.[1]
The song "The Body Electric" appears on the album Grace Under Pressure by the Canadian progressive rock group
Rush released April 12, 1984.
In the 1988 movie Bull Durham, Susan Sarandon's character reads the poem "I Sing the Body Electric" to Tim Robbins' character.
In the 1988 book The Satanic Verses, the poem is alluded to on page 405 when a character (Joshi) writes a poem called "I sing the Body Eclectic".
The 1995 book I Sing the Body Electronic, by Fred Moody, chronicles
Microsoft's push into multimedia.
American singer
Lana Del Rey references Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass in her song "
Body Electric", from her EP Paradise (2012). She also quotes some verses from the poem in her short film Tropico (2013).[3]
The group
Miracle Musical released the song “The Mind Electric” on the album Hawaii: Part II (2012).
Icarus released the album I Tweet the Birdy Electric in 2004.
"Sing the Body Electric", a song by Astrid Williamson from the album Here Come the Vikings
References
^Loving, Jerome. Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself. University of California Press, 1999.
ISBN0-520-22687-9. p. 202