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        <title><![CDATA[In the two first lines, the speaker describes the movement of people in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the two first lines, the speaker describes the movement of people in a cafe-bar. It is wintertime and people assemble around the stove to get warm. Nevertheless, the speaker does not need any artificial warm as he is expecting his lover who will give him human warm. Then, the speaker will not need to scrutinize other people who make promises in vain and tell obscene jokes. What is vital is that the speaker´s lover will be sitting beside...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What conceptions of freedom are issued on Song of Myself? And  how does...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What conceptions of freedom are issued on Song of Myself? And  how does it reflect societal expectations regarding race and masculinity ?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:32:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What traditional elements of poetry does Walt Whitman abandon? What new...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What traditional elements of poetry does Walt Whitman abandon? What new elements does he put in their place?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 16:33:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[If you read the rest of the many sections of Whitman's lengthy and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you read the rest of the many sections of Whitman's lengthy and groundbreaking "Song of Myself," you will notice that one of its major themes is that of celebrating his unity with all of mankind.  In numerous sections, Whitman describes all types of people going about their work, going about their days, living their lives, and he celebrates each one of them. He even gets in there with them and does their work, in order to feel more at one...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:03:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does the assumption Whitman begins "Song of Myself" with allow him...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What does the assumption Whitman begins "Song of Myself" with allow him to do?  How is this assumption important throughout the rest of the poem?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:48:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Number 10 of Whitman's "Song of Myself" there is a strong emphasis on...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Number 10 of Whitman's "Song of Myself" there is a strong emphasis on the social equity that became an identifiable association between the poet and his ideas.  The primary motivation of number 10 is to display the level of immersion between subject and external world.  This helps to bridge social inequity and gaps in narrative experience.  If there is no division in how individuals perceive and interact with one another, the social...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:51:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the literary elements that emphasize the social issue of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the literary elements that emphasize the social issue of equality of all men in Number 10?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:43:49 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This section of "Song of Myself" is a commentary on the many fallen...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This section of "Song of Myself" is a commentary on the many fallen heroes that fight battles for us in war, and never come home to the victory parades, bands and marches that are thrown in honor of returning armies.  Whitman mentions how he wants to come with "cornets and...drums" to "beat and pound...and blow" not for the men who came home, not for the "victors," but for the

"slain persons...the dead...those who have fail'd...who sank in...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:29:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the meaning of section 18 in "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the meaning of section 18 in "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:19:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This poem is pretty much what the title states it is; it is Whitman...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This poem is pretty much what the title states it is; it is Whitman writing a poem in which he sings the praises of himself, of his life, of the life that surrounds him, and of the sheer beauty and joy that it is to be himself at this point in time.  It is a joyous, thrilling ode to life.  In section one, he focuses on how he feels blessed to be who he is.  He states, "I celebrate myself and sing myself," to indicate this section will be...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:41:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the meaning of section 1 in the poem "Song of Myself" ?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the meaning of section 1 in the poem "Song of Myself" ?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:12:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The gist of part 11, Song of Myself, goes something like this:
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        <description><![CDATA[The gist of part 11, Song of Myself, goes something like this:

Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore,Twenty-eight young men and all so friendly;Twenty-eight years of womanly life and all so lonesome.  --This refers to the fact that she is an older woman, has had 28 years of "womanly life" (on top of her non-womanly life as a girl, one supposes.)  Probably early 40s?  There are also 28 men bathing by the shore she lives on (men would...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:46:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is a summary of Part 11 of Song of Myself from Walt Whitman?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is a summary of Part 11 of Song of Myself from Walt Whitman?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:06:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One of the critical elements in "Song of Myself" is the idea of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One of the critical elements in "Song of Myself" is the idea of transcendence, the ability to identify an essence within a human being that is universal and knows few, if any, boundaries.  In this particular stanza, this universal essence is Whitman's notion of happiness. He expresses this as something that cannot be lucidly articulated and quantified: "There is that in me--I do not know what it is--but I know it is in me." This brings...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:20:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is Whitman talking about in stanza 50 of "Song of Myself"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is Whitman talking about in stanza 50 of "Song of Myself"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:08:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA["Song of Myself" in total is a poem in which Whitman examines what it is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA["Song of Myself" in total is a poem in which Whitman examines what it is to both be an individual and to be part of a larger world.  Ultimately, he reveals that while everyone is an individual, no one is - we are all part of each other.  Inextricably intertwined would be a good way to describe it - unavoidably and completely mixed in with everyone else.
In excerpt #46, Whitman covers two topics, which are themselves interconnected.  He...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 4 Aug 2009 20:45:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Please summarize Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" Excerpt #46?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Please summarize Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" Excerpt #46?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 4 Aug 2009 19:22:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I would suggest a couple reasons.  Perhaps the most obvious is the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I would suggest a couple reasons.  Perhaps the most obvious is the form.  Song of Myself is written in a new and unique type of free verse, in some ways closer to the cadence of the human voice that the written word; in fact, I have always found the poem very difficult to read, but much easier to read aloud and enjoy the unique rythm of his language.  It is also full of his endless lists, lists of almost everything treated in a way that...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:43:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What makes Walt Whitman's poem " Song of Myself" a special of American...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What makes Walt Whitman's poem " Song of Myself" a special of American literature?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:28:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Grammardog Guide to Song of Myself]]></title>
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