Song Of Myself Quote

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Tyeisha Moton
Dr. Kathy Lou Schultz
ENGL 4346
26 February 2016
Song of Myself
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, democracy is defined as a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting and religion is defined as an interest/belief/activity that is important to a person or group. Connections between culture, society, state, politics, and religions are reciprocal. I personally believe that religion has an influence on democracy and while reading Song of Myself and the Preface there were two quotes that stood out that related to that. In this paper, I will be discussing how religion relates to democracy and how a leaf of grass symbolizes democracy.
A quote from Song of Myself stated, “I have what the talkers were talking….the …show more content…

In Song of Myself I believe that a leaf of grass symbolizes a person in the society. In my perspective, in Whitman’s whole Song of Myself I believe in any sentence/stanza when he relates a leaf of grass to something that he is relating it to human life. Human beings relate to the grass because individuals as well as grass struggle to survive just as people do in daily life. Grass stands for what all individuals go through in life. Individuals have to have a plan from survival and grass does the same thing to survive in the world. A leaf of grass is weak without the rest of the family and if it is more than one leaf then it becomes stronger and greater. Plants, such as leaves, represent growth, formation of new things/regeneration, and beauty in it. Overall, a leaf of grass symbolizes the individual in the …show more content…

There were so many injuries of the Civil War which were extremely tragic but Whitman took everything in a positive and beautiful way. I examined one narrative in particular titled Back to Washington which was very significant and portrayed an image to the audience without having to actually be there. In my perspective, Back to Washington illustrates what Whitman thought was the greatest injury of the Civil War. The loss of humanity was definitely portrayed in this narrative.
Back to Washington discussed how there were so many wounded soldiers (both young and old) and how a number of soldiers went north. Whitman contributed quite a few things to the war effort including himself. Most of his day was spent at the Armory- Square Hospital. Throughout the Armory-Square Hospital there were various medical wards that were for the wounded soldiers. The soldiers were extremely broke and Whitman was very generous to help them. Whitman supplied every section in the hospital with writing paper, stamp’s envelopes and small gifts that included fruit and candy. The wounded were very grateful to receive these small gifts because they did not have anything at all. Whitman believed that these small things would help their spirit. Throughout this narrative it continued to discuss how many were wounded which was a large

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