I celebrate myself," the longest poem Walt Whitman included in his Leaves of Grass.
The narrator of this poem mentions the "tale of the murder in cold blood of four hundred and twelve young men" after noting that "not one escaped to tell the fall of the Alamo." In another section, a woman watches "Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore." In the sixth of this poem's fifty two sections, the narrator suggests answers like the "handkerchief of the lord" to a child's query of "What is the grass?" The narrator justifies the line "very well then I contradict myself" by declaring "I am large, I contain multitudes." For 10 points, name this poem which opens with the line "I celebrate myself," the longest poem Walt Whitman included in his Leaves of Grass.
The narrator of this poem mentions the "tale of the murder in cold blood of four hundred and twelve young men" after noting that "not one escaped to tell the fall of the Alamo."
“Song of Myself”