The entire poem “Song of myself” is generally about life and elements in the world. Whatever man turns out to be, the creator of the world still dwells in the same world with man. The poet concludes that the quest can only be about a mean man or an infidel. So he tells the sea to take him away believing that is what it wants. In this part, the poet is relating with the sea about its desire to interact with him. In section 22, the poet says “I believe you refuse to go back with out feeling of me, we must have a turn together. He portrays himself as the intermediary between nature and man. (Walt 876) Furthermore, in section 24 of the poem, the poet refers to himself as a “Kosmos” which literally means universe. He tries to use Grass as an illustration of God’s presence everywhere. As shown in section 18 of the poem, where all members of humanity are saluted. (Desmond 777)įurthermore, the poet believes nature is always interacting to us. He says, “you sea! I resign myself to you also, I guess what you mean”. At the beginning of the poem, the poet tries to comprehend what the sea wants and he eventually submits himself to it. Man either benefits or loses at different times from natural things around us. This refers to the natural things all around us that symbolize the supremacy of God. According to the poet, “sea of the brine of life and yet always ready graves”. In this section, the poet tries to relate the gentility and hostility of the sea to the evil and good sides of man. Walt Whitman as a teacher tries to teach the world about nature in section 22 of his poem, “song of myself”. Furthermore, close attention will be paid to the language, imagery, symbol, metaphor, allusion, irony, versification, diction of the poem. This essay will focus on section 22 of the poem “song of myself” by Walt Whitman which deals with the sea and the essay with attempt to relate the theme of section 22 to the entire poem. Some sections of the poem deal with themes about nature, life, God and death. Grass is the main symbol used to illustrate the theme of the poem. The poet attempts to show how spiritual truths are attainable through love, contemplation and intuition.

Divinity through intuition is clearly shown in the poem. The poem at different sections tries to show how nature relates to us and the presence of God right there in the things he has created. Walt Whitman’s “song of myself” is generally believed to be about Whitman’s beliefs about nature and life generally relating to God.

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