Walt Whitman begins his poem by naming its subject himself. He says that he celebrates himself and that all parts of him are also parts of the reader. I notice in this poem Whitman calls his poems “songs” this implies that Whitman feels there is an audible quality to his work; moreover, that the true meanings of his poems will not be understood if they are not heard by a listener. In addition, he feels as though he will not be understood as an individual if he is not heard by the world. He emphases so many idea, characters, images and symbols all at once that reading this poem is “untranslatable”.

However, Whitman tell us what he believes and what he opposed to. he believes “everyone is equal, including slaves; Truth is everywhere, but unspeakable; people who think they preach the truth, like the clergy”.  In chapter IV Whiteman describe a child coming to him and asking him what is the grass. He has no answer, meaning that he cannot fully describe the “individual self” in people and human. At the end the poem, he says that he is going to give out his body back to nature and to continue his great journey. I think Whitman break up “Song of Myself” with a parable that offers a moral or instructive lesson for its readers.