Democracy in Whiman's ‘Song of Myself’

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Md. Nurul Hassan Abstract: Walt Whitman (1819-1892) is a democratic poet. His democratic tone is found in the collection ‘The Leaves of Grass’. In the poem Song of Myself’ walt Whitman sings of America herself. Here, the poet gives a panoramic view of America scene as well as expresses those ideals which make Americanness. The poet addresses himself as an American and so the poem really is ‘the epic of America’, the song of America’ and the ‘Bible of Democracy’. Whitman’s ‘Song of Myself’ bears the theme of self, the identification of the self with other selves, and the poets relationship with the elements of nature and the universe. Houses and rooms represent Civilization; perfumes indicate individual selves and the atmosphere symbolizes the universal self. ‘Song of Myself’ is a good example of stylistic features of Leaves of Grass. Key -Words: Self, Selves, Houses, Rooms, Perfumes, Oneself, Individual Selves, Universal Self and grass, etc. Click here to print/download PDF of this research paper Democracy in whitman’s ‘Song of Myself’ Walt Whitman is one of the leading greatest poets of America. The great writers like Emerson and Ezra pound have praised him for his creative power in the field of poetry. His ‘Leaves of Grass’ is now regarded as one of the greatest immortal classics of the world literature. Sections 1-5, Line 1-98- In this section, Whitman presents his self and at the same time his self is universalized. While the ‘I’ is the poet himself. The poet will ‘Sing M...