# An Evening Lull explained — Leaves of Grass

> Chapter companion for Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

## What happens

After a week of physical suffering, a calm and peaceful lull arrives in the evening, offering three hours of rest and mental soothing.

## Themes in this chapter

### Unity of Soul and Body

The calm after physical anguish suggests a harmony between bodily suffering and mental rest.

## Character check-ins

### Narrator

Experiences physical anguish and feverish heat before finding peace.

## Key lines

> After a week of physical anguish, Unrest and pain, and feverish heat, Toward the ending day a calm and lull comes on, Three hours of peace and soothing rest of brain.

Following a week of intense physical suffering and fever, the day ends with a tranquil period of three hours that brings mental peace and relaxation.

_Describes the transition from pain to calm._

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