Song of Myself

by Walt Whitman

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Song of Myself Questions and Answers

What is the meaning of section 1 in the poem "Song of Myself"?

How does Whitman use or describe death in "Song of Myself"? I am writing a paper on Whitman's "Song of Myself" and Dickinson's "Because I Could not Stop for Death," and I would like information on the differences in how they each portray death.

In "Song Of Myself," there are many figures of speech related to grass. In most cases throughout, the word it also refers to grass. Identify three figures of speech from the poem and briefly explain what each is comparing or suggesting.

What is the significance of the line "Nature without check with original energy" in "Song of Myself"?

"I Celebrate Myself" is the first section of Whitman's poem "Song of Myself." In what ways does "I celebrate myself" serve as an appropriate introduction to the themes and poetic vision described in these excerpts?

What is the significance of Grass in Walt Whitman's Song of myself?

What are some themes and symbols in "Song of Myself," with specific details?

In section 6 of "Song of Myself," how does the image of grass represent the cycle of life and death? Cite evidence from the text to support your response.

In section 1 of Song of Myself, explain following lines: "hoping to cease not till death. Creeds and schools in abeyance, retiring back a while . . ."

What is the meaning of the line "I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person" from Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself"?

What are some examples of metaphor in the poem "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman?

What might the hawk symbolize in "Song of Myself"?

What is the meaning of section 52 in "Song of Myself" by Whitman?

In section 10 of "Song of Myself", what do you think this stanza shows about the speaker’s relationship with his guest (the "runaway slave")?   Song of Myself: Number 10:  In the last scene, the “runaway slave” is one of thousands who entrusted their lives to those who would help them escape.

What are the symbols used in "Song of Myself"? Discuss in detail.

What do you learn about the speaker of the poem? How would you describe the speaker? Cite evidence from the text to support your response

What is the tone of "Song of Myself " by Walt Whitman?

What is characteristically American about the speaker of the poem "I Celebrate Myself, and Sing Myself" by Walt Whitman?

Song of Myself (Section 21) What Whitman is trying to say about "Love"? Prodigal You have given me love--therfore I to you give love. O unspeakable passionate love

How does Walt Whitman show individualism and idealism in his poem "Song of Myself"?

What does section 51, line 5 of "Song of Myself" mean?  

What are the literary devices in Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself"?

Explain the line, "My tongue, every atom of my blood, formed from this soil," in "Song of Myself."

What are the Romantic elements presented in "Song of Myself"?

What elements of realism are present in Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself"?

What is Walt Whitman's attitude in section 17 in of "Song of Myself"?

What is section 14 about in Whitman's poem "Song of Myself"?

What is a summary of Part 11 of "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman?

Can anyone explain what sections 16 and 19 mean in the poem "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman?

What are some examples of a thesis statement for Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" involving the dominant impression, the universal, generic truth found in the story?

What paradoxes does Walt Whitman list in section 16 of "Song of Myself"?

Evaluate Walt Whitman as a mystic poet in the context of "Song of Myself."

Can someone break down Section 7 of Song of Myself by Walt Whitman?

In section 33 of "Song of Myself," how is the skipper of the boat depicted?

The speaker in number 33 observes and participates in several American scenes.Identify the scenes,& describe the emotions they evoke in the speaker.

"I speak the pass-word primeval, I give the sign of democracy; / By God! I will accept nothing which all cannot have their counterpart of on the same terms" (lines 506–507). Describe the democratic project of the poem: What does it include? For whom are the things it accepts catalogued, and why? Whom does the poem seem to be addressing, and to what purpose? Consider the confident tone of the poem's voice: "In vain the speeding or shyness, / In vain the plutonic rocks send their old heat against my approach, / In vain the mastodon retreats beneath its own powder'd bones, / In vain objects stand leagues off and assume manifold shapes, / In vain the ocean settling in hollows and the great monsters lying low" (lines 674–78). The shapes, sizes, and dangers in this passage are often taken as the sublime, something to be regarded with awe and terror. How does Whitman treat the sublime in this poem?

In section 6 of Song of Myself, how does the image of grass represent the cycle of life and death?

What is the attitude of the speaker toward nature in "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman?

How can we apply this passage in our lives from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman? "You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, nor look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the specters in books, You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, You shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself."

In "Song of Myself," what do these lines mean? "I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."  

What does Walt Whitman mean when he calls the grass ''the flag of my disposition'' in section 6 of "Song of Myself"?

Many critics believe that Whitman’s poetry celebrates the democratic spirit and human equality. What evidence in section 16 of "Song of Myself" do you find to support this interpretation?

Whitman states, "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." How does that statement and his explanations about grass compare to Henry D Thoreau. Give specific examples

In Section 33 of Song of Myself, what are some examples of visual imagery and tactile imagery?

What are some examples of images in Song of Myself, what senses to they appeal to?

Can someone please explain section 4 of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" to me? Specially the paragraph where it says something about a bending arm. A short summery of this section in other words would be fine, too.

What are the themes in "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman?

What are examples of figurative language in "Song of Myself"?

In "Song of Myself", section 10, what repetitions of sentence patterns help to create cadence? What feelings does cadence create?

What does "you shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself" mean?