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Making the poem your own, too. Finding your own personal connection to it.

Making the poem your own, too. Finding your own personal connection to it.

OK, I have to ask, you know, Whitman is clearly a genius, a visionary poet who really changed the course of American literature. But like, why should the average person, someone who maybe doesn't read a lot of poetry, care about Song of Myself? What can it offer them?

OK, I have to ask, you know, Whitman is clearly a genius, a visionary poet who really changed the course of American literature. But like, why should the average person, someone who maybe doesn't read a lot of poetry, care about Song of Myself? What can it offer them?

It's a poem that can help us understand our own lives, to find meaning and purpose. And it can be a source of, I don't know, comfort, inspiration, and also a challenge, all at the same time.

It's a poem that can help us understand our own lives, to find meaning and purpose. And it can be a source of, I don't know, comfort, inspiration, and also a challenge, all at the same time.

Okay, we're back for the last part of our deep dive into Song of Myself. It's been, well, it's been quite a journey. We've covered the body, democracy, even death. We've traveled through time and space, and it's all in this one poem.

Okay, we're back for the last part of our deep dive into Song of Myself. It's been, well, it's been quite a journey. We've covered the body, democracy, even death. We've traveled through time and space, and it's all in this one poem.

It really does get under your skin. You know, it makes you think, makes you feel things, makes you question everything you thought you knew about poetry and yourself and the world.

It really does get under your skin. You know, it makes you think, makes you feel things, makes you question everything you thought you knew about poetry and yourself and the world.

So before we finish up this deep dive, I want to leave our listeners with something to think about, some questions to ponder.

So before we finish up this deep dive, I want to leave our listeners with something to think about, some questions to ponder.

Okay, so listener, here's a question. How can you take Whitman's ideas and apply them to your own life? What does it mean to celebrate yourself, not in like narcissistic way, but in a way that embraces everything you are, even the flaws?

Okay, so listener, here's a question. How can you take Whitman's ideas and apply them to your own life? What does it mean to celebrate yourself, not in like narcissistic way, but in a way that embraces everything you are, even the flaws?

It makes you think about all the division in the world. But Whitman is saying that underneath it all, we're all connected. Part of this big, messy, beautiful thing called life.

It makes you think about all the division in the world. But Whitman is saying that underneath it all, we're all connected. Part of this big, messy, beautiful thing called life.

These are big questions, aren't they? They're not the kind of questions that have simple answers.

These are big questions, aren't they? They're not the kind of questions that have simple answers.

It's like he gives us this map, but there are all these blank spaces we have to fill in ourselves. Maybe that's the whole point. The journey is more important than the destination.

It's like he gives us this map, but there are all these blank spaces we have to fill in ourselves. Maybe that's the whole point. The journey is more important than the destination.