![]() ![]() He calls himself a "kosmos." The word "kosmos," meaning a universe, is significant and amounts to a renewed definition of the poet's self as one who loves all people. Section 24 presents some of Whitman's basic tenets. In section 23 the poet affirms his acceptance of "Reality." He salutes scientists but, he admits, "your facts. He is the poet of both good and evil: "I am not the poet of goodness only, I do not decline to be the poet of wickedness also" the two qualities complement each other. He feels at one with it ("I am integral with you") for it has as many aspects and moods as he has. Calling to the earth, he thanks it for giving him love, which he answers with love: "Prodigal, you have given me love - therefore I to you give love!/O unspeakable passionate love." In section 22 the poet reveals that he also loves the sea. In section 21, Whitman proclaims himself "the poet of the Body" and also "the poet of the Soul." He is a poet of pleasures and pain, and of men and women. The poet declares that all he says of himself the reader is to say of his own self, "else it were time lost listening to me." He declares himself to be "solid and sound," "deathless," and "august," and, while no one is better than he, no one is worse, either. Whitman: The Quintessential American Poet. ![]() When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd.Are You the New Person Drawn Toward Me?. ![]()
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