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The opening lines of “Song of Myself” announce Walt Whitman’s American idealism and exuberant trust in the innate value of the individual. The second line, “And what I assume you shall assume,” creates an imperative relationship between reader and poet which is to last the 1336 lines of the poem. Whitman’s bold poetry is written in nontraditional, free-flowing verse and celebrates all things and peoples. Recited by an actor.
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