Exploring the Themes of Diversity and Equality in Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself' - Prof., Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

¡Descarga Exploring the Themes of Diversity and Equality in Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself' - Prof. y más Apuntes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! “SONG OF MYSELF” 16, 17, 51 WALT WHITMAN From “Leaves of Grass” Sheila Rodríguez Piñero Laura Álvarez Machado TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 16 Section 17 Section 51 Conclusion SECTION 16 Literary figures: Repetition. “…And am not stuck up, and am in my place.” (The moth and the fish-eggs are in their place, The bright suns I see and the dark suns I cannot see are in      their place, The palpable is in its place and the impalpable is in its place.)” Anaphora. “At home on Kanadian snow-shoes or up in the bush, or with      fishermen off Newfoundland, At home in the fleet of ice-boats, sailing with the rest and      tacking, At home on the hills of Vermont or in the woods of Maine,      or the Texan ranch…” SECTION 17 (page 151) “These are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, If they are not yours as much as mine they are nothing, or next to nothing, If they are not the riddle and the untying of the riddle they are nothing, If they are not just as close as they are distant they are nothing.” “This is the grass that grows wherever the land is and the water is, This the common air that bathes the globe.” SECTION 17 Idea of Equality . Whitman allows us to make our own interpretation. He makes us to think by ourselves. Constantly addressing the reader (“yours”). SECTION 51 In these lines we can find that Whitman looks for the future as something to fill, in contrast with the past and the present that are empty for him. Direct allusions to the reader. The author asks questions to the reader about himself. Accepts contradiction as something possible. Questions addressing directly the audience or the reader. SECTION 51 Literary figures: Repetition. Anaphora. “Who has done his day's work? who will soonest be through with his supper? Who wishes to walk with me? Will you speak before I am gone? will you prove already too late?” CONCLUSION One of the most influent author of American Literature. Breaks with the formal traditions. Simple and daily language, “free verse”. “Song of myself” meant to be universal. Self-reliance.