When I read the poem “From Song of myself,” I thought it was interesting. Actually, the author caught the readers’ attention in the beginning of the poem. For example, the author wrote “And what I assume you shall assume,” the author tried to make the readers could find some connections between him and the readers. It was a special beginning for the readers because it would make the readers want to read more. According to the author said that “For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you,” I felt like the author tried to express that people are equal. We lived in the same world, so people have the same rights. In other words, I thought the author advocated a democracy society; but it could only exist in his idealistic world.

Furthermore, I thought the author was a person who had a social responsibility because he thought everything happened he had responsibility. For one thing, he wrote that “Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done themselves from their jambs!” As we can see that the author put himself with everyone together, it could prove he was a “universe son” that he mentioned before. As for me, I like the way the author wrote. Unlike other authors, Walt Whitman not just expressed his own thoughts; he also tried to think himself as a reader. He tried to stand on readers’ side, he always make some connections with readers. In last part of his poem, he wrote that “Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you.” Although the author used these simple words, he made the readers get more involved in his poem.