What is this poem of Whitman mainly about? After reading the first nineteen sections of the whole work, I would say that <<Song of Myself>> is like a poetic meditation by the poet himself. At least two main points are elaborated in this meditation. First of all is the idea of celebrating oneself. The fist line of the poem “I celebrate myself and I sing myself” seems to be a hint that leads me to …showed first 75 words of 364 total…

…showed last 75 words of 364 total…Death” should not be the end of everything but actually, leads to the cycle of eternity. Some people say that this poem from Whitman is in someway an American epic with a loose quest pattern. I feel that the poems of Whitman we read so far are like deep philosophical meditation of oneself with a form quite different from the traditional English poems. It’s good to have the chance to learn more about them.