'Song of Myself\r'

'In Walt Whitman’s song Leaves of Grass, rootage published in 1855, the poet explores themes of the vagary of the egotism, the recognition of self in relation to other people and the poet’s connection nature and the universe. For example, Whitman’s social function of concrete objects such as the houses and the entourage symbolize the inn. another(prenominal) example is his use the perfume which embodies the self of sensation being; lastly, he use the ambience to tie the entire self.\r\nFor Whitman, the self is regarded as mystical and rest constant without life. The self includes thoughts, experiences, conscious and subconscious states, and the individual’s spirituality. The theory of self is in-chief(postnominal) in Whitman’s work because it is where his intellect and artistic creation is reflected.\r\nWalt Whitman sees the self as an individual and also as nature or the entire universe. The poet wants to preserve his receive self whil e fusing with the entire universe. This means that the poet recognizes his engage to associate with others and to commune with God. His reference to sex is a metaphor for spiritual experience. The poet’s pleasure stems some(prenominal) from the physical and the spiritual.\r\nWhitman demonstrates his individualistic style in â€Å" vocal of Myself”. I consider it as mavin of the greatest poems I’ve read. His experiwork forcet with words is just pinch taking. As one reads through his verses, one is confounded in trance through his vivid imagery.\r\nThe poem opens with the celebration of the self. The poet rejoices with the experience of communing with the universe as expound in Section I lines 1-9:\r\nâ€Å"I save myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you sh wholly assume, For every fragment belonging to me as not bad(predicate) belongs to you. I loafe and receive my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observant a spear of summer tummy.\r\nMy ton gue, every piece of my blood, formd from this soil, this air, Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same, I, straight thirty-seven years old in immaculate health begin, Hoping to cease not till termination”.\r\nIn department 2 of the poem, Walt Whitman asserts his independence from corporation and at the same time declaring his connection with nature. â€Å"Houses and rooms are full of  perfume”, as verbalize in line 1 of incision 2; the perfume is a re stick ination of the individual selves and the atmosphere denotes the universe. The poet is enticed to be with the other selves and he wants to aliveness his freedom and independence.\r\nThe poet delights in experiencing all of his five senses. His use of his sight, his hearing, his taste, his smell and his hint gives him an intoxicating pleasure. Sections 3 and 4 of the poem, the poet reproaches the â€Å"talkers”, the â€Å"trippers” and the â€Å"as kers” for discussing things that is of shallow importance.\r\nWhitman describes his spiritual communion with God in segment 5 of the poem by stating,\r\nâ€Å"And I know that the promise of God is the promise of my aver,\r\nAnd I know that the spirit of God is the brother of my own”…\r\nIn component part 6 of the poem, a electric shaver asks the poet â€Å"What is the grass?” The poet regresss and thinks and finally explains that the â€Å"grass” is a metaphor for life and death. The grass grows and eventually dries up and dies. In section 7 of the poem, the poet describes his widely distributed nature. The universal self discovers that he is surrounded by everything good and he is a part of them. In sections 8-16, the poet depicts everything he encounters, genders, all young and old alike, people from incompatible places. He is drawn to them and he considers himself as one of them. The poet acknowledges his similarity with mankind as illustra ted by section 17.\r\nThe poet addresses the entire humanity from section 18-19.  In sections 20-25, Whitman expresses his forebode experience by the fusion of the physical frankness and universal reality. The poet listens to everything around him as depicted in Section 26. The poet is amazed by the sense of touch and what joy it brings to him as it is described in section 27-30 where he asks â€Å"Is this then a touch? chill me to a new identity”. The poet believes that all grim things are essential. He cites that â€Å"a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars”, as portrayed in sections 31-33. The poet makes reference to every person in macrocosm and the ones who died; he also gives an account of his experiences in the invoice of America (Section 34-36).\r\nHe further explains in sections 37-38 that through his connection to all things dead and living, he feels authorize by the experience. Sections 39-41 states that the poet is transform ed to a hero that he would save people from falling he would keep â€Å"the descending man from and raise him with resistless go out…/By God you shall not go gobble up! hang your whole weight upon me”. In section 41, the poet accepts religion as universal. He believes that all men are divine. Whitman sees the inequality, injustice and corruption in society as described by section 42.\r\nThe poet embraces all religion as explained in section 43. The idea of death and eternity is expressed in sections 44-49. He explains that everything will eventually unite with God in the end. Whitman feels that there is something greater than death and yet he could not explain it as cited on section 50 of the poem. Finally, in sections 51-52, the poet bids farewell â€Å"The past and present wiltâ€I have fill’d them, emptied them, /And proceed to fill my next fold of the emerging…Missing me one place search another, /I stop somewhere waiting for you.”\r\nWalt Whitman believed that the poet has a component part of exposing the truth by using his poems. The use of metaphors not only enhances the reader’s imagination but also becomes an eye opener. It makes a person stop and think. It creates a sort of awakening of the senses that may not be seen, heard or felt before.\r\n plant life Cited\r\nWhitman, Walt. â€Å"Song of Myself”. Leaves of Grass. New York: Bantam Books, 1998.\r\n'