To My Own Self
To My Own Self - meaning Summary
Self as Elemental Whole
This short lyric addresses the self using bodily metaphors that link inner life to natural and cosmic images. Hands, breast, brow, heart, and soul are paired with elemental phenomena—thunder, arroyo, horizon, dawn, song—to suggest an integrated identity rooted in nature and creativity. The poem reads as an affirmation of wholeness, portraying the speaker’s capacities (labor, feeling, perception, love, voice) as part of a larger living world.
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