 | John Worthen, Mark Kinkead-Weekes, David Ellis - Authors, English - 1991 - 1034 pages
...turn out to be an extended critique of the famous opening of Whitman's 'Song of Myself: 'One's-Self I sing, a simple separate person, / Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse . . . ' 4 The word 'democratic' in Lawrencian utterance turned out, not surprisingly, to be very different... | |
 | Scott Tucker - Gay liberation movement - 1997 - 284 pages
...bending, and stopping. —Walt Whitman, "The Sleepers," Leaves of Grass For Larry, with love One's Self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. —Walt Whitman, "One's Self I Sing" America, I'm putting my queer shoulder to the wheel. —Allen... | |
 | Milton Hindus - Poetry, Modern - 1997 - 308 pages
...stand at the beginning of the book. Here, then, arc the first words of Leaves of Grass: One's-Self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Massc. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for... | |
 | Walt Whitman - Poetry - 2000 - 564 pages
...return. And thus upon our journey link'd together let us go. o One's-Self I Sing (1871 VERSION OF ABOVE) NE'S-SELF I sing — a simple, separate Person; Yet...physiognomy alone, nor brain alone, is worthy for the museI say the Form complete is worthier far; The Female with the male I sing. The Runner ON a flat... | |
 | Jerome Loving - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 642 pages
...1871 and 1881 editions of Leaves of Grass. The second and third lines read: Man's physiology complete, from top to toe, I sing. Not physiognomy alone, nor...worthier far. The female equally with the male I sing. Nor rease at the theme of Ones-self. I speak the word of the modern, the word EN-MASSE. Perhaps Whitman... | |
 | Walt Whitman - Poetry - 1999 - 568 pages
...complete, from top to toe, I sing. Not physiognomy alone, nor brain alone, is worthy for the muse; — / say the Form complete is worthier far. The female equally with the male, I sing. Nor cease at the theme of One's-Self. I speak the word of the modern, the word EN-MASSE. My Days I... | |
 | Rosemarie Rizzo Parse - Medical - 1999 - 434 pages
...Parse's theory. The opening lines of Leaves of Grass read as follows: From "One's-Self I Sing" One's-Self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse . . . Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine,... | |
 | Kevin Kelly, Christine Berg - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 136 pages
...a single human being. In two simple lines, the poet suggests both themes when he writes "One's-Self I sing, a simple separate person, /Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse." Later, in To the States, Whitman advises his fellow citizens to be wary of "unquestioning obedience"... | |
 | Tremaine McDowell - Education, Higher - 1948 - 108 pages
...individual must be reconciled with those of a democratic society. In the words of Whitman, One's-self I sing — a simple, separate Person; Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-masse. When the idea of unity within diversity is translated into the modest terms of the procedures of American... | |
 | Elizabeth J. Van Allen - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 412 pages
...recognize that Whitman knew that America was a diverse land full of differences and contrasts: "ONE'S-SELF I sing, a simple separate person, /Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse."21 Whitman acknowledged the tensions in American society between the multitudes of opportunities... | |
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One's-Self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing: Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse; I say the Form complete is worthier far. The Female equally... 
