This poem describes a woman who "hides handsome and richly drest aft the blinds of the window" while imagining (*) joining "twentyÂ­eight young men" she sees bathing.
The speaker of this poem claims that "voices of the interminable generations of prisoners and slaves" speak through him after exclaiming "unscrew the locks from the doors!" This poem describes "Houses and roomsÂ… full of perfumes" before stating "The atmosphere is not a perfume." This poem describes a woman who "hides handsome and richly drest aft the blinds of the window" while imagining (*) joining "twentyÂ­eight young men" she sees bathing. This poem's speaker answers "the beautiful uncut hair of graves" to a child's question of "What is grass?" Its last section states "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." For 10 points, name this poem that begins "I celebrate myself and sing myself," a long poem from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.
The speaker of this poem claims that "voices of the interminable generations of prisoners and slaves" speak through him after exclaiming "unscrew the locks from the doors!"
"Song of Myself"