1. Walt Whitman - Song of Myself
However many have claimed that Whitman's writing is so free form as evident in his 1855 preface to Leaves of Grass and Song of Myself that it has no style. ... It is almost as he is tossing seeds into his poetry and allowing the leaves of grass to grow together in whichever form or path they choose for themselves. ... Song of Myself opens with Whitman observing a spear of summer grass " and comes to a close over 1300 lines later with this same idea of recognition of universality: "I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, / If you want me again look for me under your bo...
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