Song of Myself
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman’s Biography
1.
Walt Whitman was
born in 1819 and died in 1892.
2.
He is an American
poet and known as the ‘people’s poet’.
3.
He started
working as a carpenter before his twelfth birthday.
4.
He also worked as
a printer, teacher, and editor and was volunteer nurse during Civil War.
5.
His major works
include Leaves of Grass (1855) and Drum Taps (1866
6.
Song of Myself is
an extract from Leaves of Grass.
SONG OF MYSELF EXPLANATION
I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you should assume,
for every atom belonging to me as good belong to you.
EXPLANATION: The
poet says that he will sing of himself. He believes he has a complete identity
with humanity. So, singing of himself he will also sing of others. He is
confident that his beliefs and ideals are also the beliefs and ideals of all
others, and what belongs to him, belongs to all.
SONG OF MYSELF HINDI EXPLANATION
कवि का कथन है कि वह
अपने बारे में गाएगा। उसका विश्वास है कि मानव जाति से वह पूर्णतः एक है। इसलिए
अपने बारे में गाकर वह सबके बारे में गाएगा। उसे पूर्ण विश्वास है कि उसके विचार
और आदर्श अन्य सबके मत व आदर्श भी हैं,
और जो कुछ उसका है, वह सबका है।
I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass
My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air,
Born here of parents, born here from parents the same, and their parents the
same,
I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,
Hoping to cease not till death,
EXPLANATION: He says that every particle of which he is
made, has also gone into the making of others. He invites his soul to observe a
blade of summer grass. He wants to have his mystic experience direct from
nature. He wants to set all creeds aside, and wants to be in direct communion
with nature.
Every atom of his body is formed out of the soil of his country where he is
sitting and breathing the air. All his ancestors were also formed out of those
very elements. Thus, he belongs to nature. He is thirty-seven years old and is
in sound health. He hopes to stay healthy till his death.
SONG
OF MYSELF HINDI EXPLANATION
उसका कहना है कि जिन
अणुओं से वह बना है उन्हीं से सब बने हैं। वह अपनी आत्मा को ग्रीष्म में घास के एक
तिनके को देखने के लिए आमंत्रित करता है। वह अपना गूढ़ अनुभव सीधा प्रकृति से
प्राप्त करना चाहता है। वह सब मत-मतांतरों को एक ओर हटा कर सीधे प्रकृति से
सम्पर्क स्थापित करना चाहता है। उसके शरीर का हर परमाणु उसके देश की मिट्टी से बना
है जहाँ वह बैठा वायु में साँस ले रहा है। उसके सभी पूर्वज उन्हीं तत्त्वों से बने
थे। इसलिए वह प्रकृति का है। वह 37 वर्ष का हो गया है और
पूर्णतः स्वस्थ है। उसे आशा है कि मृत्यु आने तक वह स्वस्थ ही रहेगा।
Creeds and schools in abeyance,
Tetiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never forgotten,
I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard,
Nature without check with original energy.
EXPLANTION: The poem clearly brings out the poet's firm
belier in democracy, equality and universal brotherhood of man. There is
essential unity in all creation.
SONG
OF MYSELF HINDI EXPLANATION
यह कविता स्पष्ट रूप
से कवि के प्रजातंत्र, समानता और विश्वव्यापक मानव
भाईचारे में पूर्ण विश्वास को प्रकट करती है। समस्त सृष्टि में मूल एकता है।
SONG OF MYSELF SUMMARY
This poem “Song of Myself” is composed by an American
poet Walt Whitman. He is known as an individualistic poet.
In this poem poet has presented the life of American people. He has presented
his concept of life and says that he enjoys himself and sings alone. He thinks
that the feeling all the American people are same. He also says that there is
similarity between man and in their opinion. Poet says that the atom of the
blood of every individual is same.
He is thirty seven years old and is in sound health. He hopes to stay healthy
till his death. The poet says that we should not harm the nature. It can be
dangerous if we harm the nature. Nature always looks beautiful in its original.
SONG OF MYSELF OBJECTIVE QUESTION
1.
Walt Whitman was ___________ poet.
a) an Indian
b) an American
c) a British
d) none of these
2.
The opening section of ‘Song of Myself’ is entitled__
a) Leaves of Grass
b)Drum Taps
c) O Captain My Captain
d) I Celebrate myself
3.
Every atom of blood is __________ in all human beings.
a) Same
b) Different
c) equal
d) none of these
4.
Who is the speaker in the poem?
a) American people
b)poet’s parents
c) the poet himself
d) a school boy
5.
I loaf and invite my _________.
a) friend
b) teacher
c) relatives
d) soul
6.
Nature without check with original __________.
a) energy
b)hope
c)power
d)force
7.
Who is known as people’s poet?
a) John Donne
b)John Keats
c) W.H. Auden
d) Walt Whitman
8.
And what I assume you shall ________.
a) assume
b) understand
c) eat
d)play
9.
My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, ________.
a) this land
b) this earth
c) this water
d) this air
10.
Creeds and schools __________.
a) to abeyance
b) in abeyance
c) to be present
d) in present
11. How many times
the word ‘you’ has been used in ‘Song of Myself’ ______________.
a)ones
b)twice
c)thrice
d)none
12. ‘Song of myself’ is written by ____________.
a)Walt Whitman
b)Kamala Das
c)John Keats
d) John Donne
13. The word ‘school’ stands for ____________ in ‘Song of Myself’.
a)academy
b)systems of thought
c)teaching institutes
d) all
14. Walt Whitman was born in ____________.
a)1818
b)1819
c)1828
d) 1888
15. Walt Whitman died in ____________.
a)1850
b)1870
c)1892
d)1970
16. Who is known as ‘People’s poet’ ____________?
a)Walt Whitman
b)John Donne
c)John Keats
d) Kamala Das
17. Walt Whitman ____________ poet.
a)British
b)American
c)Indian
d) Russian
18. ‘Song of Myself’ is ____________.
a)an epic
b)a sonnet
c)free verse
d) a ballad
19. Walt Whitman was a ____________.
a)carpenter
b)teacher
c)editor
d)all
20. Walt Whitman was volunteer nurse during the ____________.
a)first world war
b)second world war
c) civil war
d) None
21. According to ‘Song of Myself’ (I Celebrate Myself) the speaker is a
great lover of ____________.
a)arts
b)science
c)nature
d) love
22. ‘Leaves of Grass’ is written by ____________.
a)John Donne
b)Rupert Brooke
c)Walt Whitman
d) T.S. Eliot
23. Walt Whitman first published ‘Leaves of Grass’ at his expense in ____________.
a)1855
b)1870
c)1850
d) 1950
24. ‘Drums Taps’ is written by ____________.
a)Walt Whitman
b)Kamala Das
c)John Keats
d) Rupert Brooke
25. ‘And what I assume you shall assume’ is taken from the poem ____________.
a)Song of myself
b)An Epitaph
c)The Soldier
d) Ode to Autumn
26. ‘Drum Taps’ was published in ____________.
a)1864
b)1866
c)1872
d) 1555
27. Walt Whitman is ____________ years old.
a)30
b)25
c)37
d)47
28. The poet in song of myself ____________ for himself.
a)runs
b)sings
c)paints
d) plays
29. ‘I harbor for good or bad’ is written by ____________.
a)John Keats
b)John Donne
c)Walt Whitman
d)none
30. SONG OF MYSELF SHORT QUESTION
1.
Who is the speaker in this poem (song of Myself) and how old he
is?
Ans. The poet is the speaker
of this poem and he is thirty seven years old.
2.
What is the theme of the poem ‘song of myself?
Ans. The theme of the poem is
universal brotherhood and identification of oneself with every atom of the
universe.
3.
What similarities does the poet draw between two human beings?
Ans. The poet draws physical
and mental identity between two persons. He asserts that each human being is
made up of the same atoms of earth and air as he himself, or as any other human
being.
4.
Why does poet the poet not want to bother himself with ‘Creeds
and schools’?
Ans. The poet does not want to
bother himself with creeds and schools because he does not want them to come
between him and nature. He wants to concentrate on nature.
5.
What does he want to speak about?
Ans. He wants to speak about
himself. But ‘himself’ means all kind, the supreme being himself.
6.
What does he (Walt Whitman) hope to do in the poem ‘song of
myself’?
Ans. He hopes to concentrate
on nature for inspiration of his songs.
7.
How does the speaker establish relation between ‘me’ and ‘you’?
Ans. The speaker establishes a
complete identity between himself and others by saying ‘every atom belonging to
me as good belongs to you’. me and you are the two sides of the same coin.
8.
What has formed the speaker’s blood?
Ans. The blood of the speaker
has been formed by the same soil and the same air that everyone breathes. There
is no difference between his blood and the blood of others.
SONG OF MYSELF LINE EXPLANATION
1.
‘I, now
thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin
Hoping the cease not till death’
Answer- The given stanza
has been taken from the poem ‘Song of Myself’ which is written by Walt Whitman.
He was born in 1819 and died in 1892. He is known as people’s poet.
The poet is thirty-seven years old. He is in perfect health. He hopes he will
stay healthy till the last day of his life.
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