Walt Whitman, Champion of Democracy

In “I Hear America Singing,” Walt Whitman voices his belief that every American has pride in their life and vocation; thus, enhancing the concept of democracy. In their daily lives each person sings “what belongs to him or her and to none else” (line 11). This demonstrates the importance of American in

In “Song of the Open Road,” Whitman continues the democratic sense. He employs his revolutionary use of prose and listing to emphasize the importance of self. Part five, lines 62-64 Whitman’s exemplifies the individual: “All seems beautiful to me,/I can repeat over to men and women You have done such good/ to me I would do the same to you.” This metaphor of self yet reliance on everyone, conveys Whitman’s high esteem towards the democratic sense. Which in turn points to his views on interdependency among the mass. Dependency on the masses, puts the power in the hands of the people, along with Whitman’s thinking, leads to radical thought and anarchy in the true sense(which is democracy in its most native, undisturbed form).

In “For You O Democracy,” Whitman illustrates his hope for the camaraderie of man. By writing “By the love of comrades,” Walt Whitman plans for democracy to create “the most splendid race the sun ever shone upon” (lines 2-4). This race will be comprised of individuals with “companionship thick as trees” (line 6). A brotherhood is necessary for a democratic nation to prosper.

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