Song of Myself
Poem by Walt Whitman
Song of Myself
"Song of Myself" is an epic poem by Walt Whitman (1819-1892) from his book Leaves of Grass that explores the definition of the "American democratic self". The poem detailed this concept through a response to tensions of class disparities, which is relative to his own experiences from a humble life in rural Long Island. It also divulges into topics such as race and sexuality. Despite its impact as a poem today, even being deemed as Whitman’s "greatest poem", it had a mixed reception upon the Leaves of Grass first edition release. One review in 1855 had labelled it "a mass of stupid filth".
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