Essay -Whitman `Song of Myself`

`Song of Myself ' is one of the most representative poems of Walt Whitman . It reveals what Walt Whitman is and what he stands for . In this poem , the poet discovers himself and gives the boldest expression to his true and ever expanding poetic-self defying all the limitations . In fact , it is a voyage of the self into the realms of imagination in an attempt to find its true nature . The poem celebrates his joy of finding his limitless and unbounded self identifying with the universal spirit It is a journey from the individual

self to the universal self

The poet expresses himself joyfully with the `original energy of nature which is unchecked and in exhaustive . The opening lines prepare the readers for an unprecedented flight of imagination

He says , I CELEBRATE myself , and sing myself

And what I assume you shall assume

For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you (Section-1

Whitman directly expresses the universality of the self and indirectly suggests the equality of all . He expresses the true nature of the self He feels it is common to all and everyone has the same self . Everyone in the world has an equal claim on this world . He identifies his physical self and makes a distinction between the physical self of the poet and universal self of the poet . In the third stanza he says . form 'd from this soil , this air

Born here of parents born here from parents the same , and their parents the...