# Dread Mother — Leaves of Grass character guide

> Dread Mother in Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mother, your, yours

**First appearance:** 0047-song-of-myself

## Who they are

Personified maternal figure, possibly representing nature or death.

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