According to the poet, “sea of the brine of life and yet always ready graves”. In this section, the poet tries to relate the gentility and hostility of the sea to the evil and good sides of man.

Walt Whitman as a teacher tries to teach the world about nature in section 22 of his poem, “song of myself”.

Furthermore, close attention will be paid to the language, imagery, symbol, metaphor, allusion, irony, versification, diction of the poem. This essay will focus on section 22 of the poem “song of myself” by Walt Whitman which deals with the sea and the essay with attempt to relate the theme of section 22 to the entire poem. Some sections of the poem deal with themes about nature, life, God and death. Grass is the main symbol used to illustrate the theme of the poem. The poet attempts to show how spiritual truths are attainable through love, contemplation and intuition. Divinity through intuition is clearly shown in the poem. The poem at different sections tries to show how nature relates to us and the presence of God right there in the things he has created. Raschka's exuberant pictures and Keats's playful nonsense poem make an irresist- ible combination from the very first page.An appended illustrator's note details the origins of the Keats ditty, written (as part of a letter to his sister) almost two hundred years ago-and now revisioned as a joyful nonsensical experi- ence for young listeners and readers.Ĭaldecott Medal and Honor winner Chris Raschka brings a playful poem by John Keats to life with his vibrant watercolor paintings.Walt Whitman’s “song of myself” is generally believed to be about Whitman’s beliefs about nature and life generally relating to God.

A lovely introduction to this romantic poet that will please readers of any age. Students can write their own playful poems about themselves, rhyming or not, after reading this delightful picture book. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books If you're looking to cunningly thread some canonical poetry into a collection or seeking to springboard a comparison between verse then and now, this will fill the bill. Raschka's free-flowing watercolors pick up the nursery-rhyme folksiness in the lines and also have a touch of Keats' near-contemporary Edward Lear in their joyful absurdity. It's an enchanting and intimate glimpse of the distant, anthologized Keats as a conversational letter writer who once 'stood in his shoes/ And. Raschka fittingly dedicates this edition to his own sister, and his endpapers make connections across time and space, too: a collapsed map imagines the islands of New York City abutting those of Scotland. Raschka injects fresh whimsy into a bit of linguistic tomfoolery from one of the poet's letters to his younger sister.Visually boisterous, great fun to read aloud, and likely to incite some 'wond'ring' along with the laughter. With the Caldecott medalist Raschka's always enjoyable watercolor art, the puckish little poem makes an effervescent picture book.

A song about myself poem