![]() The word "spear" is suggestive of a weapon. Section 1: The speaker states his intention to look at a "spear" of summer grass.Title: The title of the book in which "Song of Myself" appears, Leaves of Grass, is a pun on the meaning of "leaves" as the green things on plants, and also as the pages of a book. ![]() According to the speaker, the bodies of countless dead people lie under the grass we walk on, but they also live on and speak through this grass. Grass is an image of hope, growth, and death. You could think of the speaker narrating the entire poem while sitting in the grass with his soul. It was the first poem in that book, and grass is one of its central images. "Song of Myself" did not originally have a title, but people probably thought it was titled Leaves of Grass, which is the name of the book in which it was published. Check out our "How to Read a Poem" section for a glossary of terms. ![]() Before you travel any further, please know that there may be some thorny academic terminology ahead. Welcome to the land of symbols, imagery, and wordplay. ![]()
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