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The enduring power of his poetry continues to captivate audiences, ensuring that his works remain a significant part of the literary canon.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>27855</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0299a2029acaae34de778e36b59e48f2.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Song of Myself - Walt Whitman</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/song-of-myself-walt-whitman--72869796</link><description><![CDATA[Walt Whitman's best known poem - a vast and multitudinous celebration of American life in which the 'myself' of the title becomes at one with the universe. 'Song of Myself' was first published in 1855 as part of the collection Leaves of Grass and revised several times for subsequent editions. 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Several of these cantos are well known in their own right, including Canto 6 ('What is grass?'), Canto 11 (The twenty-ninth bather), Canto 25 ('I sound my barbaric yawp!') and Canto 51 ('I am large, I contain multitudes'). - Summary by Phil Benson]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72869796</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:37:41 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72869796/song_of_myself_walt_whitman.mp3" length="69038726" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e90493f5-204b-463e-a723-b616eaf02dcd/e90493f5-204b-463e-a723-b616eaf02dcd.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e90493f5-204b-463e-a723-b616eaf02dcd/e90493f5-204b-463e-a723-b616eaf02dcd.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e90493f5-204b-463e-a723-b616eaf02dcd/e90493f5-204b-463e-a723-b616eaf02dcd.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Walt Whitman</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Walt Whitman's best known poem - a vast and multitudinous celebration of American life in which the 'myself' of the title becomes at one with the universe. 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Several of these cantos are well known in their own right, including Canto 6 ('What is grass?'), Canto 11 (The twenty-ninth bather), Canto 25 ('I sound my barbaric yawp!') and Canto 51 ('I am large, I contain multitudes'). - Summary by Phil Benson]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>8630</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>bather,canto,cantos,grass,myself,roycroft,single,song,whitman,yawp</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0299a2029acaae34de778e36b59e48f2.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
