Song of Myself

Walt Whitman wrote “Song of Myself” in 1855, when he was 36 years old. The poem consists of four stanzas of different lengths. The poem is written in free verse. The theme of this poem is the eternal and poetic soul and spirit of Walt Whitman.

In this poem, the speaker talks directly to his soul of his relationship with it. The first stanza shows Whitman speaking to his soul that they should not belittle each other. In the second stanza, Whitman says tha...