In the poem “I sing the body electric” by Walt Whitman , the writer talks about the human body and questions if whether or not the body is connected to the soul and if not, then what is the soul? Not only that but he also describes the human body, female and male as a beautiful thing that makes life, life. The tone that the writer uses to explain the human body and soul is very passionate and powerful, which conveys the idea of this poem being a piece of literature. In the writing “What is literature” by Jonathan Culler, it is stated “some texts are taken to be richer, more powerful, more exemplary, more contestatory, more central, for one reason or another. But both literary and non-literary works can be studied together and in similar ways.” This quote from the writing shows how some pieces of literature are being described as admirable, debatable and strong, Which is how I would describe the poem made by writer Whitman, “Was it doubted that those who corrupt their own bodies conceal themselves? And if those who defile the living are as bad as they who defile the dead? And if the body does not do fully as much as the soul? And if the body were not the soul, what is the soul?” This is the second stanza of the poem which justifies my opinion on this poem being powerful. Not only that stanza but the whole poem includes aspects of literature that Culler describes in his writing when analyzing the question “what is literature?”. I also see literature as something one can’t give a solid definition of, you can describe it but there will never be an exact signification, which is something I will also use to describe this poem, it makes you think deeper than what you already know, you can describe it but there is no solid meaning to it.