Embracing a New World “Song of Myself,” Whitman’s great lyric poem, exemplifies his democratic ideals without diminishing the intense feeling of a real world. Walt Whitman had some radical ideas about America, democracy, spirituality, sexuality, nature and identity. He used “Song of Myself” to explore those ideas while preaching self-knowledge, liberty and acceptance for all. Above all, “Song of Myself” is a poem of incessant motion. Whitman is opposed to self-righteous judgments and feelings of
Walt Whitman had career that spanned many decades and proved to be one of the greatest in American history. However due to the fact that his writing career was so long, it can be said that his writing could have changed over time due to occurrences or events that he experienced which could have possibly changed his perspective on the content of his writing. According to Randall Fuller the civil war that took place in America “changed Walt Whitman’s poetry.” (Fuller, 2011). Through the comparative