For Him I Sing
For Him I Sing - fact Summary
Leaves of Grass Inclusion
A short, declarative poem celebrating an individual as both rooted and expansive. Whitman likens the subject to a perennial tree, extending presence from past into present. By dilating the figure through time and space and fusing "immortal laws," the poem presents self-creation: the individual becomes "the law unto himself." It reflects Whitman’s democratic belief in human potential and self-sovereignty within Leaves of Grass.
Read Complete AnalysesFOR him I sing, (As some perennial tree, out of its roots, the present on the past:) With time and space I him dilate—and fuse the immortal laws, To make himself, by them, the law unto himself.
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