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==Text== | ==Text== | ||
| − | + | One's-self I sing, a simple separate person,<br> | |
| − | One's-self I sing, a simple separate person, | + | Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse.<br> |
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| − | Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. | + | Of physiology from top to toe I sing,<br> |
| − | + | Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I | |
| − | + | :say the Form complete is worthier far, | |
| − | Of physiology from top to toe I sing, | + | The Female equally with the Male I sing.<br> |
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| − | Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I | + | Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power,<br> |
| − | + | Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine,<br> | |
| − | : say the Form complete is worthier far, | + | The Modern Man I sing.<br> |
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| − | The Female equally with the Male I sing. | + | |
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| − | Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, | + | |
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| − | Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine, | + | |
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| − | The Modern Man I sing. | + | |
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==Critical Edition== | ==Critical Edition== | ||
| − | + | Walt Whitman. "One’s Self I Sing [1867]." The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Vol. B. Fifth Edition. Ed. Paul Lauter. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. 2990. | |
| − | Walt Whitman. | + | |
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
| + | *Wilson, Rob. "Linguistic Scapegoating: The Pure and Impure of American Poetry," pp. 169-184. Jernudd, Björn H. (ed.) and Shapiro, Michael J. (ed.). The Politics of Language Purism. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1989. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *[http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2285.html Representative Poetry Online at University of Toronto] | ||
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[[Category:19th century|1867]] | [[Category:19th century|1867]] | ||
[[Category:1860s|1867]] | [[Category:1860s|1867]] | ||
[[Category:By author|Whitman, Walt]] | [[Category:By author|Whitman, Walt]] | ||
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Text
One's-self I sing, a simple separate person,
Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse.
Of physiology from top to toe I sing,
Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I
- say the Form complete is worthier far,
The Female equally with the Male I sing.
Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power,
Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine,
The Modern Man I sing.
Critical Edition
Walt Whitman. "One’s Self I Sing [1867]." The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Vol. B. Fifth Edition. Ed. Paul Lauter. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. 2990.
Further Reading
- Wilson, Rob. "Linguistic Scapegoating: The Pure and Impure of American Poetry," pp. 169-184. Jernudd, Björn H. (ed.) and Shapiro, Michael J. (ed.). The Politics of Language Purism. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1989.
