In Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of Myself” section “A Child Said What is the Grass,” Whitman uses grass as a symbol to convey an underlying message. Specifically, that America is formed of all kinds of races and that we should all be equal to each other. In the following portion it states, “ I guess it must be the flag of my disposition,..” (lines 2-3). This is significant because Whitman is saying the grass represents one’s qualities. A flag signifies liberty, it gets blown by the natural air of earth, and it sways with a calming rhythmic way. Furthermore, disposition is the inherent features we are born with. In other words Whitman is addressing that even though we all come from diversities of culture, we shall respect and be unbiased to whomever
