As Adam Early in the Morning.

As Adam early in the morning,
Walking forth from the bower refresh'd with sleep,
Behold me where I pass, hear my voice, approach,
Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass,
Be not afraid of my body (Whitman).
This is a poem about coming out. Walt Whitman wrote this poem for himself because he was a homosexual. The first part of the poem deals with just coming out to the world of his preference of lovers. When I wake up in the morning, I am refreshed and ready to go for the day. All the things that happened yesterday are behind me and I am ready for anything new. Homosexuality was a new thing to Whitman and he is ready to accept his new life choice. "Walking forth from the bower refresh'd with sleep, " (Whitman). This line shows that he is now refreshed with his new life and he is relieved that he has now discovered that he is able to not live in shame any longer. Sleep represents the time when he was not accepting of his life. He wakes up and now is comfortable within himself. "Behold me where I pass, hear my voice, approach," (Whitman). This line is starting that he is kind of second guessing what he is doing. But, he hears his voice (which is probably God's voice). Telling him it is okay to be who he is. "Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass," (Whitman). Here Whitman is asking God to give him the okay to be who he is. He is asking God to touch him as an okay for his to follow his desires. "Be not afraid of my body" (Whitman). Here he is saying that he is now comfortable in his body. He is saying that he would be comfortable to show his body to other men of his nature.
The Bloom's Literally Criticism said the same thing. It said that the "Children of Adams" poems were about the love between a men and women (Oliver). "As Adam Early in the Morning" is the last poem in the "Children of Adams" section of Leaves of Grass. It starts a transition to the next section called Calamus are about the love of men and men (Oliver). This would be true because Walt Whitman wrote about his life in his poems. Oliver also says that when he was talking about Adam, Whitman wanted Adam sto see him. That would mean that he wants a nother man to see him and he wants to be with a man (Oliver). Whitman talked a lot about finding love and sensual feelings between two people (Oliver). Whitman was more profound in his sexuality. I can tell this by his writings and poems. He was able to express his feelings for men and woman through his Leaves of Grass. He started with woman because that is the "Correct" way of life, but he changed to men, because that is what he preferred.

Oliver, Charles M. "'As Adam Early in the Morning'." Critical Companion to Walt Whitman: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work, Critical Companion. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2005. Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&SID=5&iPin= CCWW026&SingleRecord=True (accessed March 3, 2011).

Whitman, Walt. "AS ADAM EARLY IN THE MORNING. (Leaves of Grass [1891-1892])." The Walt Whitman Archive. Web. 03 Mar. 2011. .