Song of Myself

Transcendentalism was an American philosophical movement of the first half of the 19th century, for which there is a reality beyond the senses and reason. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) (Poetic author) by making use of the transcendental Foundation in his essay “Nature” tells us that the true independence of the individual is achieved with intuition and direct observation of the laws of nature. For this conception when a human is in contact with nature, making use of intuition and observation, is able to make contact with the cosmic energy, the creative source of life.

The work “Leaves of grass” was written by Walt Whitman, an American poet of the 19th century. Whitman titled his work with this suggestive name for the reason that he loved simple people; and as the humble people, leaves of grass are the most simple and healthy among the living things. The poetry book “Song of Myself”, included in the work “Leaves of grass”, is contrary to what its name suggests, a song inspired by humanity, of which each one is part.

Whitman establishes a direct connection between the lyrical and the reader to get to each one of us. The power that the poem has and having Whitman writing it, rests on the ability of the author to separate himself amongst thousands, almost as a wonderful schizophrenia which allows you to view the world from certain points of view and understand it better than anyone.

By its title, it is possible to think that singing to myself is designed from an egocentric and colorful perspective. However, this would constitute a base error, since what looks for Whitman is to capture all of nature to be expressed throughout his mouth and therefore, what results from this exercise, necessarily, have to be recognized. In other words, when Wh...

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...also an act of search and an expedition through the sublime poetic Word.

Eroticism insinuates, provokes and produces multiple sensations such as in the poetic experience because to deal with the eroticism of the good poets’ verses, it is necessary to enter a world full of images that stimulate our imagination. As a result; it makes us establish contact with eroticism presented in a poetic and invite to experience the delight and enjoyment produced by the reading.

In conclusion, “Song of Myself” is the perfect combination between poetry and revelation, Short but prodigious. In general terms, in this poem Whitman conveys the idea and reality of which all belong to a whole, that humans are part of an essence, which unites us and makes us all the same. Therefore; there is no difference between finding the essence and conceive the truth.

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Leaves of grass