Abstract:In his 1855 poem that he continually reworked for twenty-five years and eventually titled "Song of Myself," Walt Whitman pulsates between the singular and the plural, reflecting on both the single "spear of summer grass" and the vast, multitudinous "journey-work of the stars." 1 The poet constantly toys with the distinction between the one and the many in this text, which has become one of the most quintessential of American poems. This is partially achieved through his experimentation with poetic lists. His p… Show more
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