Analyze the following poem: Walt Whitman - "A child said, What is the grass?"

In the poem, "A Child said, What is Grass?" Whitman is
reminding the reader that life goes on, even after death. In fact, he says there really
is no death or death is not we suppose it to be. In death, he states that one is
lucky.

When the child asks what is grass, Whitman is at a
loss. Then upon reflection, he determines it to be a variety of things. He states that
it is the "uncut hair of graves" or the "handkercief of the
Lord."

After describing what the grass could be, Whitman
creates beautiful lines, claiming that the grass is "Growing among black folks as among
white, Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive them the
same.

Whitman realizes that prejudices exist but he
addresses the issue with mere common sense and causes the reader to realize how absurd
prejudices are.

Finally, Whitman states that smallest
sprouts of grass give hope that life goes on:

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They are alive and well somewhere;
The
smallest sprouts show there is really no death,
And if ever there was it led
forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it,
And ceased the moment
life appeared.

All goes onward and outward. . . .and nothing
collapses,
And to die is different from what any one supposed,
and
luckier.