The thought of Jesus is murky in this poem. Whitman believes he also finds the concept useful in his effort to show that divinity is everywhere that we could do without worrying so much about the nature of God, but. The whole world is filled with reminders associated with the divine, like little letters “dropped on the street. ” The letters are left by him if you need them.

The environment just isn’t a perfume…. It offers no style regarding the distillation…. It is odorless, it’s for my lips forever…. I’m in love along with it, I will go directly to the bank by the lumber and be undisguised and naked, I will be mad because of it to stay connection with me personally.

The smoke of my personal breathing, Echos, ripples, and buzzed whispers…. Loveroot, silkthread, crotch and vine, (part 1)

Intercourse is actually a metaphor rather than a metaphor in “Song of Myself. ” You need to be careful about interpreting passages like that one. Read More