In section 2 of Song of Myself, the first sense Whitman utilises to create the setting is the reader’s sense of smell. “Houses and rooms are full of perfumes,… I breathe the fragrance myself and know it and like it, … The distillation would intoxicate me also, but I shall not ...
An Annotation of Section 24 of Walt Whitman's Song of Myself Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" is a vision of the American spirit, a vision of Whitman himself. It is his cry for democracy, giving each of us a voice through his poetry. Each of us has a voice and desires, and this...
AnalysisSongofMyself Abstract:SongofMyselfisapoembyWaltWhitmanthatisincludedinhisworkLeavesofGrass. Ithasbeencreditedas"representingthecoreofWhitman‟spoeticvision."Itwasthe concentrationofLeavesofGrass,confirmingitsepicaspectandWhitman‟sunique perspective.Fundamentally,SongofMyselfisasongoffreedom,democracy,...
Song of Myself Syllabus --Background information --Commentaries of others --Theme --Section analysis 1 Background information It has been credited as “representing the core of Whitman’s poetic vision.” The poem was first published without sections as the first of twelve untitled poems in the...
Directions: Read the following sections from Whitman’s “Song of Myself.” Choose ONE section (ex., 1, 6, 17…) and complete a TWIST analysis on ..
2 Houses and rooms are full of perfumes, the shelves are crowded with perfumes, I breathe the fragrance myself and know it and like it, The distillation would intoxicate me also, but I shall not let it. The atmosphere is not a perfume, it has no taste of the ...
What things are described as "not the Me myself" in "Song of Myself"? What does "come to me days & nights" mean? How does Frost's "After Apple-Picking" compare to Whitman's "Song of Myself" in terms of their visions of nature? How do the first four lines of section 14 in...
For a person whose genius was kinetic, whose artistic ambition was virtually all-consuming, to listen was to renounce the bounding realms of ego. The ears hear what comes from outside the self. We cannot choose to open or close them, and the sounds of the earth come to us, entering ...
In lines 7-8 of section 52 in "Song of Myself," the figure of speech used is a metaphor. Whitman describes his transformation into nature by saying he "effuses" his flesh in eddies and drifts it in icy jags, which symbolize his spirit becoming one with natural elements. This ...
What is the theme of A Mere Interlude? What is This Boy's Life about? In section 2 of "Song of Myself", what is meant by "Have you reckon'd a thousand acres much? Have you reckon'd the earth much?" Is this about being an individual?