Whitman's Democracy
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"I speak the pass-word primeval, I give the sign of democracy,
By God! I will Accept nothing which all cannot have their counterpart
of on the same terms."
This is Whitman's expression of the idea of democracy taken from "Song
of Myself." In this all encompassing interpretation Whitman says that ....
Middle of paper
.... mimics the concepts of democracy with his words. He lets all know that he
embraces the people that others have rejected, as democracy should embrace all.
These people are part of America also, and should be accepted as such. as
democracy should embrace all.
Whitman commends the many people of America in "I Hear America Singing."
He writes of the mothers, and the carpenters. He says that they all sing their
own song of what belongs to them. In this poem Whitman brings these people from
all ba ....
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Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
