# We Two Boys Together Clinging explained — Leaves of Grass

> Chapter companion for Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

## What happens

A celebration of an inseparable male bond, two boys journeying together through all experiences—physical, adventurous, and defiant—owning no law but themselves and reveling in their shared freedom and power.

## Themes in this chapter

### Comradeship and Love

The poem centers on an intense, unbreakable bond between two boys, celebrating their mutual devotion and shared adventures.

### Individuality and Self

The pair asserts their own law above all, embodying radical self-ownership and defiance of external authority.

## Character check-ins

### Narrator

One of the two boys, speaking as part of the inseparable pair.

### Comradeship and Love

The bond between the two boys embodies the theme of comradeship and love.

## Key lines

> We two boys together clinging, One the other never leaving, Up and down the roads going, North and South excursions making

Two boys hold tightly to each other, never separating as they travel every road and explore all directions.

_Opens with the image of an inseparable pair embarking on a journey of shared discovery._

> No law less than ourselves owning, sailing, soldiering, thieving, threatening, Misers, menials, priests alarming

They acknowledge no authority but their own, engaging in bold, lawless acts that shock the conventional and the pious.

_Highlights their radical autonomy and defiance of societal norms._

## Links

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