Song of Myself is a beautiful piece
that notes the feelings and times of all peoples. It is the expression of every
circumstance he can think of.
This particular section you
have cited is about the feeling of great triumph and the struggle of the greatest
tragedies.
The metaphor for
this section refers to the great captain having to watch a ship go down, and then having
Death personified gobble up the victims of such a crash
making for a great tragedy.
As a reader, you receive the
image of a man drowning and waving his
hand hoping for a person to save him.
He refers to the
mothers and infants living their last moments, he talks about being a fireman, and a
soldier, and a slave. With each one, he tries to find the most meaningful experiences of
their given tasks.
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