Song of myself from leaves of grass6/12/2023 In Section 7 the poet signifies his universal nature, which finds it "just as lucky to die" as to be born. And to die is different from what any one supposed." Even "the smallest sprout shows there is really no death," that "all goes onward and outward. He muses that perhaps "the grass is itself a child" or maybe it is "the handkerchief of the Lord." Here the grass is a symbol of the divinity latent in the ordinary, common life of man and it is also a symbol of the continuity inherent in the life-death cycle. Section 6 presents the first significant transition in the poem and introduces the central symbol in "Song of Myself." A child appears with both hands full of Leaves from the fields and asks the poet, " What is the grass?" The poet at first feels incapable of answering this question but continues thinking about it. 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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