Question

song of myself by Walt Whitman summary of the poem in my own words or version

Answer 1

• Whitman begins this poem by naming its subject – himself. He says that he celebrates himself and that all parts of him are also parts of the reader.He not only speaks for himself but the whole of mankind,, praising the joy and wonder of experiencing nature. He enjoys the union of his physical and spiritual selves.
• It is about celebrating one's body and becoming one with nature and experiencing fulfillment in life.
• This joined self is capable of simultaneously being one with nature and standing apart from nature. The self can merge with all things and experience all things and will in the course of life undergo many transformations while paradoxically remaining immortal.
• Its about accepting your uniqueness,and this uniqueness is all about being ordinary and embracing that ordinariness.This comprehensive awareness makes the speaker of the poem greater than himself, but it is a greatness and uniqueness that is, he emphasizes, accessible to all.
• It is a poem of democracy and liberty, the liberty of expression, of life and even of frank declarations of emotions as well as rebellion and repressed desires including the sensual and sexual.
• Whitman begins the poem by asserting the idea of self and its identification with all selves, and its identification with all selves and emphasizing his belief in the interrelationship of all beings and all matter.