Difference between revisions of "Walt Whitman, "One's Self I Sing" (1867)"
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==Text== | ==Text== | ||
− | + | One's-self I sing, a simple separate person,<br> | |
+ | Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse.<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | 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, | ||
+ | The Female equally with the Male I sing.<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power,<br> | ||
+ | Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine,<br> | ||
+ | The Modern Man I sing.<br> | ||
==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. | ||
==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: | + | [[Category:19th century|1867]] |
+ | [[Category:1860s|1867]] | ||
+ | [[Category:By author|Whitman, Walt]] |
Latest revision as of 00:40, 23 November 2008
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.