Song of myself

“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

. . . . . . . .
Nature without check with original energy.” (1-15)

Whitman is one of the great poets of the flag country, is

a poet who adores, values and wants to maintain the identity
of the democratic ego, identifies the poet's ego with the
human person. That has been clearly shown through the poem
Song of myself in Leaves of Grass, and specifically in section
1 that is divided into four parts.
The first three verses of the author are self-
commemorating and improving my own ego. At the beginning of
the poem, the author used the art of exclamation to praise
himself, proudly and confidently transforming himself into his
own poet, Whitman "celebrate myself, and sing myself". But
when moving to the second verse, what makes the reader see is
the self-conceit of the author: "And what I assume you shall
assume". However, the author immediately changed the reader's
gaze when conveying the reason behind his pride and arrogance,
who said that human beings will receive everything the same,
no one more than nobody. Poor: ”For every atom belonging to me
as good belongs to you”. By using the opposing artistic
measure of the opening three verses, Whitman cleverly
introduces the two main characters throughout the work, "I"
and "you". Starting from "I" and ending at "you", transferring
all experiences, experiences from "I" to "you", "you" here
represents everyone, the first dear call. with each person in
different moments.
Through the second part, the next two sentences of the
author use the image of "a spear of summer grass" to observe
his soul. Song of myself is not simply talking about the
democratic ego but also about the temporal development of the
ego and the integration of the small individual ego with the
communal ego, becoming one. The combination of the absolute
self and the relative ego expresses the joy, inclination and
enjoyment of the poet: “I loafe and invite my soul, / I lean
and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass”.
In the sequel, four verses, Whitman mentions passing
through the image of each leaf of the grass when thinking
about the land in which he grew up and his parents, his
ancestors, as "a spear of summer grass ”sprouting from graves,
is left behind by the deceased. Not only that, "tongue" will
sing about the author's own past, which is "form'd from this
soil, this air,". Not only that, the author also expressed his
hope for "perfect health begin" at "perfect health begin" at
"thirty-seven years old". Finally, the author affirms
something "hoping to cease not till death" expresses the faith
and the intense desire to continue celebrating herself until
death.
And at the end of section 1 poem, the author expresses
self-liberation for myself as well as others from the
indignant belief, "Creeds and schools in abeyance," and tries
to bring us through. "good" and "bad" prejudices, a fight that
"nature without check", is allowed to confront "with original
energy", freeing itself from the constraints and limitations
that are taught.