"I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."
from walt whitman's song to myself
2007-01-23 13:52:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
This is a useless question. You don't make a poem to try to say something, a poem is the result of a particular emotional state or concern that the author had in the moment of writing it, and if the author had really an idea to communicate in fashion that people would understand, he was wrong by choosing a poem as a mean to say something concrete. The reason for a poem to exist, is to say something that people will understand differently, there is nothing but aesthetic admiration in a poem.
2007-01-23 14:10:14 · answer #1 · answered by Jose 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply put: we are all connected. Walt Whitman celebrates that.
2007-01-23 14:03:43 · answer #2 · answered by Pamela B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is about how we are essentially the same in soul and spirit and how we are extensions of one another. At the very atomic level, we are the same though we may love, hate, rival and fight one another at another level.
I don't exactly understand the part about I sing myself. I think it means to be in tuned with oneself. Interesting poem.
2007-01-23 14:01:52 · answer #3 · answered by hellothere 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heres a clue: The walrus was Paul.
Find that song, and you'll find some amazing similarities.
2007-01-23 14:05:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're all made of the same stuff and are heading to the same end. So why waste time being unhappy?
2007-01-23 13:57:29 · answer #5 · answered by John 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me it says Iam the universe. Or Iam part of it.
2007-01-23 13:57:27 · answer #6 · answered by thmsnbrgll 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My interpretation would be....I love my life, as well you should also love yours.
2007-01-23 14:01:45 · answer #7 · answered by john h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋