Song of Myself
Walt Whitman
Read by Phil Benson
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 (2 hr 23 min)
Chapters
Front Matter | 1:32 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 1 | 1:21 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 2 | 2:43 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 3 | 3:04 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 4 | 1:49 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 5 | 1:54 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 6 | 3:03 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 7 | 1:52 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 8 | 2:18 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 9 | 0:57 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 10 | 2:41 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 11 | 1:48 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 12 | 1:04 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 13 | 2:21 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 14 | 1:52 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 15 | 7:24 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 16 | 2:48 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 17 | 0:51 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 18 | 1:15 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 19 | 1:43 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 20 | 3:13 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 21 | 2:32 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 22 | 2:58 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 23 | 2:08 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 24 | 6:04 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 25 | 2:15 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 26 | 3:11 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 27 | 0:58 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 28 | 2:14 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 29 | 0:53 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 30 | 1:24 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 31 | 2:12 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 32 | 2:32 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 33 | 16:20 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 34 | 2:38 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 35 | 3:10 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 36 | 2:01 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 37 | 1:34 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 38 | 1:47 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 39 | 1:25 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 40 | 3:04 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 41 | 3:45 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 42 | 4:19 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 43 | 4:17 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 44 | 3:24 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 45 | 3:16 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 46 | 3:16 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 47 | 3:34 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 48 | 2:16 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 49 | 2:06 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 50 | 1:14 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 51 | 1:16 | Read by Phil Benson |
Canto 52 | 2:09 | Read by Phil Benson |
Reviews
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Ashiee
Beautifully read, wonderful to hear this treasure.