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Song of Myself

Walt Whitman's best known poem - a vast and multitudinous celebration of American life in which the 'myself' of the title becomes at one with the universe. 'Song of Myself' was first published in 1855 as part of the collection Leaves of Grass and revised several times for subsequent editions. The version read here appeared as a single poem published in book form by the Roycroft Press of New York in 1904. This version is divided into 52 numbered sections, of 'Cantos', corresponding to the number of weeks in the year. Several of these cantos are well known in their own right, including Canto 6 ('What is grass?'), Canto 11 (The twenty-ninth bather), Canto 25 ('I sound my barbaric yawp!') and Canto 51 ('I am large, I contain multitudes'). - Summary by Phil Benson

Year of Publication: 1904Genres: Free Verse , Single author

Running Time: 02 hours 23 minutes 45 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Front Matter Phil Benson	1:32
2	Canto 1 Phil Benson	1:21
3	Canto 2 Phil Benson	2:43
4	Canto 3 Phil Benson	3:04
5	Canto 4 Phil Benson	1:49
6	Canto 5 Phil Benson	1:54
7	Canto 6 Phil Benson	3:03
8	Canto 7 Phil Benson	1:52
9	Canto 8 Phil Benson	2:18
10	Canto 9 Phil Benson	0:57
11	Canto 10 Phil Benson	2:41
12	Canto 11 Phil Benson	1:48
13	Canto 12 Phil Benson	1:04
14	Canto 13 Phil Benson	2:21
15	Canto 14 Phil Benson	1:52
16	Canto 15 Phil Benson	7:24
17	Canto 16 Phil Benson	2:48
18	Canto 17 Phil Benson	0:51
19	Canto 18 Phil Benson	1:15
20	Canto 19 Phil Benson	1:43
21	Canto 20 Phil Benson	3:13
22	Canto 21 Phil Benson	2:32
23	Canto 22 Phil Benson	2:58
24	Canto 23 Phil Benson	2:08
25	Canto 24 Phil Benson	6:04
26	Canto 25 Phil Benson	2:15
27	Canto 26 Phil Benson	3:11
28	Canto 27 Phil Benson	0:58
29	Canto 28 Phil Benson	2:14
30	Canto 29 Phil Benson	0:53
31	Canto 30 Phil Benson	1:24
32	Canto 31 Phil Benson	2:12
33	Canto 32 Phil Benson	2:32
34	Canto 33 Phil Benson	16:20
35	Canto 34 Phil Benson	2:38
36	Canto 35 Phil Benson	3:10
37	Canto 36 Phil Benson	2:01
38	Canto 37 Phil Benson	1:34
39	Canto 38 Phil Benson	1:47
40	Canto 39 Phil Benson	1:25
41	Canto 40 Phil Benson	3:04
42	Canto 41 Phil Benson	3:45
43	Canto 42 Phil Benson	4:19
44	Canto 43 Phil Benson	4:17
45	Canto 44 Phil Benson	3:24
46	Canto 45 Phil Benson	3:16
47	Canto 46 Phil Benson	3:16
48	Canto 47 Phil Benson	3:34
49	Canto 48 Phil Benson	2:16
50	Canto 49 Phil Benson	2:06
51	Canto 50 Phil Benson	1:14
52	Canto 51 Phil Benson	1:16
53	Canto 52 Phil Benson	2:09