The textual investigation is underpinned with related literature and studies. This research uses the qualitative method of discourse analysis. This aims at finding the sexuality concerning homosexual standpoints in the text. This literary study analyzes the poem 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman using formalistic theory and archetypal theory. 'It stands to reason', says one critic, 'that Whitman gave much thought to the planning and organizing of his poems' (James Miller, 1964). ' Song of Myself' and other poems have distinctive features as repetition, parallelism, rhetorical mannerisms and the employment of the phrase instead of the foot as unit of rhythm, to create forms called free verse. Whitman was acquainted with the varying aspects of the metropolis, listening to the oratory of the time, becoming intimate with drivers of omnibus and ferryboat pilots, joining the crowds at bathing beaches, all of which had an effect on the manner of his poetry. Previously titled “Poem of Walt Whitman, an American” and, in the 1860, 1867, and 1871 editions, simply “Walt Whitman.” The poem’s shifting title suggests Whitman’s intentions. Song of My Self does not take on the title “Song of Myself” until the 1881 edition.

“Song of Myself” is composed more of vignettes than lists, he uses small, precisely drawn scenes to compose his. It is not nearly as heavy-handed in its pronouncements as 'Starting at Paumanok', rather, Whitman uses symbols and sly commentary to get at important issues. The song is a sprawling combination of biography, sermon, and poetic meditation. Like most of the other Whitman’s poems, 'song of myself' is revised extensively till its final permutation in 1881. Walt Whitman’s 'song of myself' is one of the original twelve pieces- first edition of Leaves of Grass appeared in.

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