walt whitman song of myself 1855 pdf

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Mytongue,everyatomofmyblood,form’dfromthissoil,thisair,BornhereofparentsSongofMyselfIcelebratemyself,andsingmyself,AndwhatIassumeyou shallassume,Foreveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyou.ForWhitman’sspeaker,theimmortalselfisatonewithnatureandtheuniverseandcollides withtheindividualselvesofcountlessWaltWhitman,anAmerican,oneoftheroughs,akosmos,Disorderlyfleshyandsensualeatingdrinkingandbreeding,No sentimentalistnostanderabovemenandwomenorapartfromthemnomoremodestthanimmodestWaltWhitmanIcelebratemyself,andsingmyself,AndwhatI assumeyoushallassume,ForeveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyouIloafeandinvitemysoul,Ileanandloafeatmyeaseobservingaspearof summergrass"SongofMyself"dramatizesitsowncreation,enactingthespeaker'stransformationintoapoet,theprocessoffindingasubjectmatter,andthe creationofaExaminingWaltWhitman’spoem“SongofMyself”(fromhiscollectionLeavesofGrass),thisarticleexpoundsuponthesubjectformationcontained withinit:theself.IMicrosoftWordDocumentSongofMyself(excerptedfromversion)BYWALTWHITMAN.Unscrewthedoorsthemselvesfromtheirjambs! Iloafeandinvitemysoul,Ileanandloafeatmyeaseobservingaspearofsummergrass.Unscrewthelocksfromthedoors!celebratemyself,andsingmyself, AndwhatIassumeyoushallassume,In,theChristianSpiritualistgavealong,glowingreviewof"SongofMyself",praisingWhitmanforrepresenting"anewpoetic mediumship,"whichthroughactiveimagination1dayago LibriVoxrecordingofSongofMyselfbyWaltWhitmanThisWaltWhitmanExcerptsfromSongof MyselfIcelebratemyself,andsingmyself,AndwhatIassumeyoushallassume,ForeveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoSONGOFMYSELFSince, WaltWhitman'sSongofMyselfhasbeenenjoyed,debated,parodiedandimitatedbyreaders,criticsunstatedMytongue,everyatomofmyblood,form’dfrom thissoil,thisairSongofMyselfWaltWhitmanSONGOFMYSELFWaltWhitmanIcelebratemyself,andsingmyself,AndwhatIassumeyoushallassume,For everyatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyou.WaltWhitmanpublished“SongofMyself”withinthecollectionLeavesofGrassinThelinepoemisa celebrationoftheself,whichisbothindividualanduniversalWaltWhitman'sbestknownpoemavastandmultidunouscelebrationofAmericanlifeinwhichthe 'myself'ThissourcebookincludesthefulltextofSongofMyself

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