leaves of grass part 7

Divine am I inside and out, and I make holy whatever I touch or am touched from;
The scent of these arm pits is aroma finer then prayer,
This head is more than churches and bibles


The speaker believes in the beauty of human beings. This passage argues the validity of religion challenging its powers to that of the human body. The use of religious diction such as divine and holy give the powers of a religion to the human body thereby giving humans the power not a religious figure created by humans. The speakers position of the human body is made clear through the comparison of arm pit aroma to prayer the speaker implies that even something as unpleasant and seemingly unbeautifully thing such as body oder is a miracle finer then prayer. The speaker's point of view is to believe that in the end religion is just things like buildings (churches) and books (bibles) but the human mind is real.