ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which poem is written by Walt Whitman?
A
Song of myself
B
Song of Innocence
C
Song of Experience
D
none of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"Song of Myself” is a poem by Walt Whitman (1819–1892) that is included in his work Leaves of Grass .

Detailed explanation-2: -’Song of Myself, ’ published in 1855 in “Leaves of Grass", is an epic poem written in free verse, without a set rhythm or rhyme structure. Walt Whitman shocked his readers with open and direct sensuality and claimed that the self is more important than God.

Detailed explanation-3: -They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Song of Myself, poem of 52 sections and some 1, 300 lines by Walt Whitman, first published untitled in the collection Leaves of Grass in 1855.

Detailed explanation-4: -The poet wishes to maintain the identity of his individual self, and yet he desires to merge it with the universal self, which involves the identification of the poet’s self with mankind and the mystical union of the poet with God, the Absolute Self.

Detailed explanation-5: -Walt Whitman wrote one of his most famous poems, Song of Myself, in 1855, but according to former United States poet laureate Robert Hass, it wasn’t until much later that the poem acquired the name by which it’s now known.

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