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A 6 page paper which examines two literary articles concerning Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself and discusses which seems more convincing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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famous poems that exists in history. It is a long poem that speaks of studying ones life, the narrators life, and it is a poem that takes the reader through
many different stages, thoughts, epiphanies, and speculations of the narrators life. Considering that it is such a deep, intricate, and famous poem it may well come as no surprise that
it has been explicated, and continues to be explicated, in many ways as critics, scholars, and authors seek what they feel is the most important element of Whitmans poem. The
following paper examines two different articles, separately, and then discusses the two together, arguing for ones superior explication over the other. The authors and articles are Jane Hirshfields Section 26
of "Song of Myself" and Whitmans Listening and Robert C. Sickels Whitmans Song of Myself Jane Hirshfield Explication As indicated in the title of this article the focus is
on section 26 of Whitmans poem as well as Whitmans action in listening. The author seems to branch out, however, and discuss many things about Whitman aside from the particular
section or the act of listening. Considering that it is a relatively short article it seems that the focus, or the thesis, of the article is not readily seen or
actually ever addressed. The author states, for example, towards the beginning of the article, how "No gesture of style so pronounced can be accidental, and I would guess that
the turn toward hearing was a necessary counterweight to Whitmans extroversion. To listen means to be quiet oneself" (Hirshfield 48). The author, shortly thereafter, states, "Whitman turns the steady regard
of an equal; it is all a song of myself. Why is this not insufferable? Because the movement is not a dragging of outer realities into the ego" (Hirshfield 48).
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