Leaves of Grass vs The Prophet: Which Should You Read?

Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman · 1855 ★★★★☆ 4.1 288 pages · ≈ 5 h 20 m · Demanding

Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. First published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and rewriting Leaves of Grass, revising it multiple times until his…

The Prophet Kahlil Gibran · 1900 ★★★★☆ 4.2 128 pages · ≈ 2 h 22 m · Demanding

The Prophet is a book of 26 poetic essays written in English in 1923 by the Lebanese-American artist, philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran. In the book, the prophet Almustafa who has lived in the foreign city of…