Song Of Myself by Walt Whitman focuses on the power of self-identity. Throughout the whole poem are there are various parts where Walt discusses how self-identity plays a role in defining yourself and your part in the world. By doing so not only does he show the importance of self-identity in yourself but also how society and the world around you plays a role in various factors.
The first part focuses on caring and celebrating yourself. This is an aspect that seems lost in society, Walt Whitman really touches a vital point in the “untranslatable self” by describing self virtue as an internal energy that can’t easily be explained.

The second part focuses on people and the world as a whole. In this part he refers to people as “fragrances” and explains how each person becomes “intoxicated” by the people around them because they influence them so heavily. However, at the end of the day it is important you who are as a person and whatever the situation, you should always listen to yourself.

The fourth part focuses on the differences between individuals. Even though we don’t have a specific reason as to why were are on this planet and that we all may look different, we still all live. This part shows how each individual should understand that they are alive, and all that means is that you can anything. It’s something that is clearly obvious in our lives but not taken advantage of.

The last part focuses how “untranslatable” an individual is. There are so many parts of an individual that stimutameously make them up and at the same time remain impossible to explain. There are so many things about an individual and aspects around them that shape them as a person. Walt Whitman does an excellent job in dissecting them and explaining them.