1. Poem Analysis - Song to Myself
" Epics poems often contain a certain style that is common among them, though Walt Whitman seems to go astray from this classical epic form. ... Whitman's epic however differs from traditional epics because of its free flowing nature. ... In Homer's "The Odyssey", for example, Homer presents the hero Odysseus and his legendary adventure. ... As epics tend to, Whitman's epic often times brings up a particular culture of which he is fond of, namely America. ... In terms of digressing from the traditional epic, Whitman creates what is almost an exclusive style by e...
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