The Poet’s Patriotic Orientation in “Song of Myself” BY
Reem Abbas
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The forefather of modern American poetry Walt Whitman writes “Song of Myself” in his great production Leaves of Grass. This poem is one the most enjoyable, controversial, and pioneering poem among twelve other poems. Many poets and critics from the day of its publication until now have debated about it. This influential poem makes Emerson greet Whitman in his great career, which is being a poet and also leads Ezra pound to write a poem called “ A Pact to Whitman “. “Song of Myself” assembles many readers because it imbues beauty and passion with many serious issues. So, the poem’s numerous themes touches the readers’ …show more content…
Loving also explains that Whitman capitalizes the pronoun “Myself” to invoke a spiritual identity. He becomes more democrat and less of “kosmos”
Further more, he raises the slavery issue and rejects the unfair treatment the slaves received by their masters. Section thirty three reveals how Whitman's portrayal of slaves,
The hounded slave that flags in the race and leans by the fence, blowing and covered with sweat,
The twingesthat sting like needles his legs and neck,
The murderous buckshot and the bullets,
All these I feel or am.
I am the houndred slave . . . . I wince at the bite of the dogs,
Hell and despair are upon me . . . . crack and again crack the marksmen,
I clutch the rails of the fence . . . . my gore dribsthinned with the ooze of my skin,
I fall on the weeds and stones,
The riders spur their unwilling horses and haul close,
They taunt my dizzy ears . . . . they beat me violently over the head with their Moreover, in section ten he talked about the runaway slave who comes to the poet’s house to show that he is against the fugitive slave law.
The runaway slave came to my house and stopt
Reem Abbas
43380421
The forefather of modern American poetry Walt Whitman writes “Song of Myself” in his great production Leaves of Grass. This poem is one the most enjoyable, controversial, and pioneering poem among twelve other poems. Many poets and critics from the day of its publication until now have debated about it. This influential poem makes Emerson greet Whitman in his great career, which is being a poet and also leads Ezra pound to write a poem called “ A Pact to Whitman “. “Song of Myself” assembles many readers because it imbues beauty and passion with many serious issues. So, the poem’s numerous themes touches the readers’ …show more content…
Loving also explains that Whitman capitalizes the pronoun “Myself” to invoke a spiritual identity. He becomes more democrat and less of “kosmos”
Further more, he raises the slavery issue and rejects the unfair treatment the slaves received by their masters. Section thirty three reveals how Whitman's portrayal of slaves,
The hounded slave that flags in the race and leans by the fence, blowing and covered with sweat,
The twingesthat sting like needles his legs and neck,
The murderous buckshot and the bullets,
All these I feel or am.
I am the houndred slave . . . . I wince at the bite of the dogs,
Hell and despair are upon me . . . . crack and again crack the marksmen,
I clutch the rails of the fence . . . . my gore dribsthinned with the ooze of my skin,
I fall on the weeds and stones,
The riders spur their unwilling horses and haul close,
They taunt my dizzy ears . . . . they beat me violently over the head with their Moreover, in section ten he talked about the runaway slave who comes to the poet’s house to show that he is against the fugitive slave law.
The runaway slave came to my house and stopt