# That Music Always Round Me explained — Leaves of Grass

> Chapter companion for Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

## What happens

The narrator describes an ever-present music that he once failed to hear but now fully perceives, encompassing all voices and emotions from triumphant joy to funeral wails. He is moved by the deeper meanings behind the sounds and feels he is beginning to understand the performers themselves.

## Themes in this chapter

### Unity of Soul and Body

The music unites all voices and emotions, reflecting the harmony of soul and body.

### Celebration of Nature and the Universe

The music is described as unceasing and universal, pervading the cosmos.

## Character check-ins

### Narrator

The speaker who now hears the unceasing music and is elated by its meanings.

## Key lines

> That music always round me, unceasing, unbeginning, yet long untaught I did not hear, But now the chorus I hear and am elated

The music that has always surrounded me, eternal and without beginning, I was long unable to perceive, but now I hear the chorus and feel joy.

_The narrator's awakening to the ever-present music._

> I hear not the volumes of sound merely, I am moved by the exquisite meanings

I do not just hear the loudness of the sounds; I am deeply affected by their beautiful significance.

_The narrator emphasizes the deeper emotional and spiritual impact of the music._

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