Discussing Whitman's Song of Mysel. Find notes here: https://www.classwithmason.com/2025/01/detailed-analysis-of-song-of-myself-by.html
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All right, let's dive in. Today we're taking a deep dive into Walt Whitman's Song of Myself.
Ooh, exciting.
Specifically, we're looking at the 1892 version.
Okay, so not the first edition. Got it.
right and i know i know poetry can sometimes feel like ugh homework totally but trust me on this one song of myself is not your typical poem it's not all flowery sonnets and rhyming couplets this is free verse folks and it's epic we're talking about a journey that explores everything from self-identity to america to the entire universe also like big ideas Huge.
And what makes this deep dive even more interesting is the time period it was written in. It's the late 19th century. And America's going through some massive changes. Think industrialization booming. The Civil War just ended.
So much upheaval.
Exactly. And Whitman, with his revolutionary free verse style, he's like a mirror reflecting all that change and disruption. He's totally breaking all these old poetic norms, just like the nation itself is redefining its identity.
I love that analogy. He's kind of like a rebel poet shaking things up.
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