The first lines of “Song of Myself” read: “I celebrate myself, and sing myself”Whitman wants in his poetry to “sing” his vision of America. What is that visioninsofar as he sees and records it as something both real and as a wished for ideal inparts 1-16 of his poem? What can you say about his attitude toward his subjectmatter, and what are some of the different moods present in the sections you haveread? In your essay, you must address these questions with specific reference tolines in the poem. When you quote from the poem, use the parenthetical citation torecord the line number(s) which you see to the right of the poem. For example “Ilean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass” (Whitman 5).Tips: Use your dictionary to look up new vocabulary; use pre-writing exercises togenerate ideas, then organize your ideas into a paragraph topic-sentence outline;do not attempt to generalize based on your reading of Web-based resourcesdealing with the poem.FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY