The poem “Oh Me! Oh Life!” by Walt Whitman, is where he questions about life and existence. But, he questions his own purpose for life and wonders why its so cruel. He wants people to just to be alive and live their life fully. Whitman encourages his readers to live now, experience the world, and enjoy living.
In the beginning of the poem, Whitman started out by making the poem represent hopelessness. “Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish, … Answer. That you are here-- that life exists and identity, That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.” (Whitman). The first and second verse of quotes shows that this is how people are living now. Nothing new, nothing changing, just the same thing
In the beginning of the poem, Whitman started out by making the poem represent hopelessness. “Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish, … Answer. That you are here-- that life exists and identity, That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.” (Whitman). The first and second verse of quotes shows that this is how people are living now. Nothing new, nothing changing, just the same thing