In this poem, Whitman explores the physicality of the human body and how it does just as much as the soul. He talks about how his version of a well-made man does not only express himself through facial expression but in the way he carries himself in whole. The way he walks, the flex of his waist and knees and the way he may talk.  Whitman talks about how his clothes can’t hide him and he can still see who is through the clothing. Whitman then describes women- their shapes, styles, the contour of their shapes and other people and what those people do and how they do it-the narrator is explaining in detail the beauty of the body. The narrator talks about a farmer he knew, he describes what he looked like and how tall he was and he talks about the farmers sons and daughters and how they loved him with personal love he talked about how his grandsons loved him and that if you knew him you’d love him to and would wish to sit by him. Whitman was expressing the thoughts of being surrounded by beautiful bodies and how he takes in the details of men, women, babies. The narrator discusses how the female body is a gate for the soul touching on the topic of reproduction and the female form,  Whitman talks about the beauty in the male form and how he takes his part in “power and action”  saying that both female and male bodies are holy.  Whitman talks about the a man being sold at a slave auction and a auctioneer who doesn’t know what he is doing and the people at the auction who can’t afford the males body because its worth more than money, Whitman describes how this man has dreams and aspirations, how he has senses, arms and legs, and that he has the same blood as everyone else and that he’s not just one man. He talks about a woman being sold in auction and how she’s not just one woman and how she is a mother and she will have daughters who will be mothers. Whitman talks about how the human bodies are all connected in one way or another using a christian belief.