“According to the text, “I celebrate myself, And what I assume you shall assume, for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you, I love and invite my soul,” (Line 1). This a quote from the poem, “Son of Myself” by Walt Whitman. What this quote from the poem is saying is that he celebrates himself and that everything that is good about him is also good to the reader in their self. He is saying that they should celebrate their self as well. He also talks about he is inviting and one with his soul. Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist and Journalist. He was born on May 31, 1819 and died March 26, 1892. He was known as a humanist. A humanist is a person that believes in the philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value
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The writing at this time focused on emotion versus reason and rationality. It also focused on the sublime. The common themes at this time was that beauty is found in things like the sublime and colorize. Furthermore, the individual was more important than the group. Also, they focused on folktales and mythology. They also idolized Native Americans. Transcendentalism was a subgroup of Romanticism, they had many of the same ideals and views. Moreover, they only consist of Americans. They believed in things like the universal soul and intuitive thought. To continue, they resisted anything dealing with authority. However, Realism was the opposite of this. Realism was the era of American literature directly following Transcendentalism from 1865 to 1910. This was a time where writers focused on reality. They were writing less on the leisure class and making their writing more about the Proletarian or Lumper proletarian class. Furthermore, literacy increased during this time. The goal was to represent the main character in a very truthful portrayal. They did not write things that were impassable. Last, they went against artist …show more content…
He is often called the father of free verse poems. A free verse poem is a poem with little to no rhyme scheme or structure, meaning stanzas. He work was considered very controversial in its time. Specifically, his collection of poetry titled Leaves of Grass. In this writing you will find his poem, “Song of Myself”. To continue, “Song of Myself was poem written in 1855. The poem was first released as the first of twelve untiled poems. The poem was previously titled, “Poem of Walt Whitman, an American”. It was titled this because heft let it exemplified the it meant to be an American at this time. To continue, in the poem he talks about how he is celebrating himself. Furthermore, he tries to encompass and is unrecoverable from the universe. This poem is very complex. One could say he shows mulled personalities. It also shows his shamelessness. Though all of this he is exemplifying identify and showing its importance. In Walt Whitman’s: “Song of Myself” Whitman emphasizes the relevance of identity through spirituality, independence and
The writing at this time focused on emotion versus reason and rationality. It also focused on the sublime. The common themes at this time was that beauty is found in things like the sublime and colorize. Furthermore, the individual was more important than the group. Also, they focused on folktales and mythology. They also idolized Native Americans. Transcendentalism was a subgroup of Romanticism, they had many of the same ideals and views. Moreover, they only consist of Americans. They believed in things like the universal soul and intuitive thought. To continue, they resisted anything dealing with authority. However, Realism was the opposite of this. Realism was the era of American literature directly following Transcendentalism from 1865 to 1910. This was a time where writers focused on reality. They were writing less on the leisure class and making their writing more about the Proletarian or Lumper proletarian class. Furthermore, literacy increased during this time. The goal was to represent the main character in a very truthful portrayal. They did not write things that were impassable. Last, they went against artist …show more content…
He is often called the father of free verse poems. A free verse poem is a poem with little to no rhyme scheme or structure, meaning stanzas. He work was considered very controversial in its time. Specifically, his collection of poetry titled Leaves of Grass. In this writing you will find his poem, “Song of Myself”. To continue, “Song of Myself was poem written in 1855. The poem was first released as the first of twelve untiled poems. The poem was previously titled, “Poem of Walt Whitman, an American”. It was titled this because heft let it exemplified the it meant to be an American at this time. To continue, in the poem he talks about how he is celebrating himself. Furthermore, he tries to encompass and is unrecoverable from the universe. This poem is very complex. One could say he shows mulled personalities. It also shows his shamelessness. Though all of this he is exemplifying identify and showing its importance. In Walt Whitman’s: “Song of Myself” Whitman emphasizes the relevance of identity through spirituality, independence and