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 * "Song of Myself"**: A poem in "Leaves of Grass" published in 1855//

He believed that all things are good in some way.
 * Author's Purpose:**

This poem was takes place during American Civil War. It shows the hardships in everyday life.

He will never sleep any more as he did in the cot in his mother's bedroom; The jour printer with gray head and gaunt jaws works at his case, He turns his quid of tobacco, his eyes get blurred with the manuscript; The malformed limbs are tied to the anatomist's table, What is removed drops horribly in a pail; The quadroon girl is sold at the stand. . . . the drunkard nods by the barroom stove ... (15)
 * Quote:** The lunatic is carried at last to the asylum a confirmed case,


 * Technique**: Whitman uses:
 * Diction
 * Apostrophe (ex. O'er... over)

Whitman is very indepth. He asks questions like: What is his purpose on Earth?and questions about who he is. Throughout the story whitman is speaking to himself...

Poem: [|Song of Myself] click to read...

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