song of myself

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English

 

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Quincy A

 

Date added:

August 20, 2013

 

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University

 

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A

 

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The tone at the very beginning of this poem seems a bit youthful. Especially when the question "What is grass?" is posed to him by a child. This opening line gives you a great mental picture of a child about the age of five or six, walking up and asking innocently a question that you cannot answer. By using the line, "fetching it to me with full/ hands;" Whitman gives you that image right from the beginning...
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By using the line, "fetching it to me with full/ hands;" Whitman gives you that image right from the beginning. From there he goes into this sort of naive tone, guessing what grass means. By doing so he shows himself to be mortal and not all-knowing. During this time in the poem, he gives beautiful metaphorical imagery, comparing the grass to other things and illustrating a better idea of what the grass is...
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