Song of Myself


Read by Phil Benson

(5 stars; 2 reviews)

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

Inspiring


(5 stars)

Beautifully read, wonderful to hear this treasure.