The 16th poem in, "Songs of Myself" in the book "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman, gives us an incite to the people he has seen around him. It tells us of diffrent people in this world and each and every one of them are unique, a single soul doing what they normally do, now captured in time by the words of Whitman. They are all the main character, yet they are united. Each line tells us of someone new, such as: The pure contralto, the carpenter, the married, the piolet, the mate, the farmer, the lunatic and so much more. These people have nothing to do with each other, yet in there own world they are the normal, and they are all up to something.
The introduction of the book, "Leaves of Grass" shows an american spirit. Most poems read during this time period were by European authors. Showing a revoloution of literature, Americans began to write their own things, inspired by the Culture and colours of the United States of America. Likewise in this poem, Whitman shows these colours. He shows the people that make up the country he lives in. All these people make who he is, and make the USA, " And such as it is to be of these more or less I am, and of these one and all I weave the song of myself."
The introduction of the book, "Leaves of Grass" shows an american spirit. Most poems read during this time period were by European authors. Showing a revoloution of literature, Americans began to write their own things, inspired by the Culture and colours of the United States of America. Likewise in this poem, Whitman shows these colours. He shows the people that make up the country he lives in. All these people make who he is, and make the USA, " And such as it is to be of these more or less I am, and of these one and all I weave the song of myself."
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