Analysis Of Walt Whitman's Song Of Myself

Everyone has a moment in life we they feel that they are not the person they were before that after that moment they will be forever changed whether it be during a heartbreak a celebration or just a going through a rough time it is important to realize that when you read this poem you become changed; for its message is universal and is so relatable. Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself touches on so many aspects of humanity that when you try to compare this works you often find people who share the same views that he had. For instance, we see so many sides to Walt as he expresses himself in his writing much like the musical artists of today like Lady Gaga, Pink Floyd, and David Bowie these artist each convey one of his many messages that his poem

The Civil War, left this county extremely divided and for many years after it ended we are still in a place of some division it may not be as bad but you can still feel a presence of a divide but there are people like Whitman that share these views that everyone should be treated equally with respect regardless of where they came from whether it be their race background sex or how they are as a person. “I will accept nothing which all cannot have their counterpart of on the same terms” (Whitman) One musical artist that I think shares his belief in is Lady Gaga she always speaks her mind and uses her voice as a musical artist to get these points across to the world she like Walt has made it very clear that we should be treated equally as people. As a matter of fact she addresses these issues in songs like born this way and come to mama. There is a line in the song come to mama that fits with this viewpoint (So why do we gotta tell each other how to live? The only prisons that exist are ones we put each other in) With that being said it is sad to say this we are still not over these issues of prejudice in this world that we are still fighting for the beliefs that Whitman

It seems that his experience in the music scene is very similar to how Whitman was with song of myself because he worked on this poem till the day he died he understood that life is like a book that is in need of constant revision. I think that they were two men that were very comfortable with themselves that they understood the processes of life and felt that they were true to themselves in every way that they knew how. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself, and what I assume you shall assume (Whitman). For instance, if we look at David Bowie’s last album Blackstar he is talking about the questions that everyone asks but does not have the answer too where do we go when this all ends he was very philosophical on the matter of what happens to us after we leave this world Walt also has a similar thought when he is approached by a child “Said, What is the grass? Fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child…I do not know what it is any more than he”(Whitman) as he tries his best go about this big question he and Bowie approach the situation in about in a way of pure wonderment and provocative thought. And what they are both trying to say