Song of Myself
by Walt Whitman
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Read in August, 1999
Expansive, grand, vast, yet unpretentious and intimate.
This is the American mind, I say.
This is the poem of one man's life. Don't just dwell on the hippie bullshit (though it's the greatest hippieness ever hipped!) but there's serious metaphysics and political statements here, too.
Welcoming and vibrant and dusky and sweet. He stops somewhere, waiting for you.
Bloom says that Whitman (at least while tending to the sick and the dead soldiers of the Civil War) is the American Jes...more
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Read in April, 2004
I learned a lot about Walt Whitman by reading this book. There were some sections that were slightly confusing, but overall I learned about his opinions and feelings on life. I feel that taking time to compose a document about my feelings and impressions would be beneficial, to really analyze how I feel about particular subjects. I really enjoyed section 16 and the contrasts Whitman stated about himself. I think it is important for each person to take time and analyze his/her feelings and pr...more
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Read in January, 2008
It's that time of year again! The 4th annual Song of Myself marathon reading will be taking place this Sunday, at 6 bells in the afternoon, the quarterdeck of Peking, looking towards Brooklyn Ferry. I'm reading sections 13 and 31 this year. No quahogs to mispronounce, but one pismire.
(That's Sunday, September 16, 3:00 PM at the Southstreet Seaport Museum, at the back of the Peking, you lubbers)
(That's Sunday, September 16, 3:00 PM at the Southstreet Seaport Museum, at the back of the Peking, you lubbers)
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Read in January, 2002
recommends it for:
everyone
I CELEBRATE myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
Song of Myself and Leaves of Grass are two of the most heartbreaking works of beauty. I hope one day to live inside myself as fully as a Whitman work.
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
Song of Myself and Leaves of Grass are two of the most heartbreaking works of beauty. I hope one day to live inside myself as fully as a Whitman work.
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I don't understand why this needs to be 52 sections long! I have to admit I begun to skip through somethings after a point because he was just going on and on about how great America is. Yes, I get it, you love your country!
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Read in January, 2003
I finally understood what the big deal was about Walt Whitman. I'd suggest reading some background on the Transcendentalists before reading this poem.
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Read in January, 1995
recommends it for:
mike
another one i first read in high school and it has remained a part of me... it makes me want to burst. i can identify so much... i wonder why.... ;0)
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just not a big whitman fan...
maybe i need to give him more attention...he seems a bit of a windbag to me...
am i wrong?...
maybe i need to give him more attention...he seems a bit of a windbag to me...
am i wrong?...
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if i ever get a tat, it is going to be inspired by all goes onward and outward/nothing collapses bit.
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Read in April, 2007
an epic poem of the body and the nature of self and selflessness. an american masterpiece.
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recommends it for:
everyone on and off the planet
So, sometimes when I've had a bad day I read random passages aloud to myself in the bath.
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My spirit has been forever enriched, deepen and expanded thanks to this book. I am in awe.
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If one book could contain my entire worldview and belief system, this would be it.
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Read in September, 1995
I read this during my junior year of high school and absolutely loved it.
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this writing made my eyes tingle as the words turned into diamonds.
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Read in February, 2008
I love the underlying meaning in Walt Whitman's work.
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Stay as far away from this as you can!!!!!
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Read in January, 1995
For a long time, I took this everywhere.
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avg rating (all editions): 4.16 (491 ratings) avg rating (this edition): 4.16 (426 ratings) number of reviews: 21popular shelves
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"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. "
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