Song of Myself
by:
Walt Whitman (author)
It was with this first version of "Song of Myself," from the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, that Whitman first made himself known to the world. Readers familiar with the later, revised editions will find this first version new, surprising, and often superior to the revisions, and exhilarating...
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It was with this first version of "Song of Myself," from the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, that Whitman first made himself known to the world. Readers familiar with the later, revised editions will find this first version new, surprising, and often superior to the revisions, and exhilarating in the freshness of its vision. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486414102 (0486414108)
Publish date: February 15th 2001
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 64
Edition language: English
Walt Whitman, a kosmos, of Manhattan the son,Turbulent, fleshy, sensual, eating, drinking and breeding.No sentimentalist, no stander above men and women or apart from them,No more modest than immodest.I am not an avid reader of poetry but somehow this book was on my to be read shelf so i decided...
Does anyone ever "finish" reading a poem? With some - like this one, The Wasteland, maybe Howl - others? - they are like bottomless cups of coffee. Every time you go back to them, take another sip, there's more to taste.That is all.(and I'm still taking this as a notch on my book challenge bedpost...
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