Walt Whitman, Song of Myself

Ysa, Emily, and I celebrate Whitman's masterpiece Song of Myself. We talk about what it feels like to stand in the presence of great art, what makes Whitman's poetry timeless and democratic, what aspects of his poem we can still use as models in the 21st century, how to make truth statements in poetry, how to use abstractions, how to notice moments of quiet beauty, what the poem's rhythmical power is, and much more.