“I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least, Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself.”
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"This book offers the most comprehensive and detailed reading to date of Song of Myself. One of the most distinguished critics in Whitman Studies, Ed Folsom, and one of the nation's most prominent writers and literary figures, Christopher Merrill, carry on a dialog with Whitman, and with each other, section by section, as they invite readers to enter into the conversation about how the poem develops, moves, improvises, and surprises. Instead of picking and choosing particular passages to support a reading of the poem, Folsom and Merrill take Whitman at his word and interact with "every atom" of his work. The book presents Whitman's final version of the poem, arranged in fifty-two sections; each section is followed by Folsom's detailed critical examination of the passage, and then Merrill offers a poet's perspective, suggesting broader contexts for thinking about both the passage in question and the entire poem"--
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Walt Whitman
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“I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least, Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself.”
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“The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections, They scorn the best I can do to relate them.”
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“What do you think has become of the young and old men? And what do you think has become of the women and children? They are alive and well somewhere, The smallest sprout shows there is reall...”
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“A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out...”
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“I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well as a man, Stuffed with the stuff that...”
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“I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.”
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“And I or you pocketless of a dime, may purchase the pick of the earth.”
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“Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself.”
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