![]() ![]() The title of the poem is directly connected to the content. The following paper aims to analyze the poem “Song of Myself” by Whitman and see whether its title, structure, and tone correspond with the idea that a human being is a part and a parcel of the overall existence connected with the universe via his immortal soul. In fact, the connection between an individual and the surrounding world can be seen in many elements of the author’s work. The poem explores the philosophical world of the human life, focusing on the concepts of life, death, and understanding of self. However, it was later divided into fifty-two sections of different length (LeMaster and Kummings 275). Interestingly, the first version of the poem did not have any sections and was formatted as a single entity. ![]() ![]() “Song of Myself” is a poem that was written by Walt Whitman and published in 1855 as a part of his book Leaves of the Grass. ![]()
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