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Works of Walt Whitman: Song Of Myself: Sections 39 - 52
From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Whitman, Walt
Whitman, Walt
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Song Of Myself: Sections 39 - 52
Sections 39-40.
From the trembling of the last few sections, the poet moves ahead and
upward with strength and confidence. The Christ image of Section 38 is
suddenly joined by:
The friendly and flowing savage, who is he?
Is he waiting for civilization, or past it and mastering it?
The "savage" is man in his natural wholesome state, pure and
uncomplicated:
Behavior lawless as snow-flakes, words simple as grass, uncomb'd head,
laughter, and naivete, . . .
In Section 40, Whitman declares suddenly:
Behold, I do not give ...
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