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Briefly summarize and analyze "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman.

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Posted by patdnmb1fn on Tuesday November 18, 2008 at 7:03 PM and tagged with analyze, song of myself, summary, whitman.

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  1. morrol
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    There is simply no way to briefly summarize "Song of Myself". The poem is 52 stanza's of sensuality, vocabulary, rapture, and love. The basic principal that Whitman expressed in his masterpiece is that we, human beings, are all one. We are all connected in the beautiful tapestry of everything. He says "Every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you" (stanza 1). The poem glorifies the human spirit and the human form. Whitman saw the human body as a beautiful work of art. "Song of Myself" is a celebration of life.

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    Posted by morrol on Wednesday November 19, 2008 at 10:41 AM