In 1855 Walt Whitman published Song of Myself. This poem was included in his work twelve pieces of Leaves of Grass. Song of Myself is a very self-centered poem that talks directly about Whitman himself. Whitman wrote this poem in the Romanticism period, which is where an author focuses on himself and also showed inspiration. In the poem Whitman draws attention to the different kinds of people and places into itself and tries to make one as a union. Also it shows what it is to be a true American. The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume E, it states “Walt Whitman left an astonishing legacy.”(Puchner, 2012)
“I celebrate myself, and sing myself, and for what I assume you shall assume, for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”(Puchner,
“I celebrate myself, and sing myself, and for what I assume you shall assume, for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”(Puchner,