This section of the poem started out with a vague line, a child asking, “What is grass?” When beginning to answer this question, the speaker had a question for himself, “What has become dead buried in the ground?” The thought of centuries of different species roaming on top of grass, had now become engulfed in it. But, how does this make sense to modern readers in today's word. Well, to understand Walt Whitman's poems, you have to understand what kind of man Walt Whitman is. He was named the Bard of Democracy, and this poem is a prime example of it. It contained traces of democratic ideals, most noticeable when he said that grass is “uniform hieroglyphic.” It connects humans regardless of color, race, or social background, but yet still embodies