Like medals with their ribbons
A five hairs beard of wisdom
And victory filled up
Starting with its very title, "Song of Myself" is indeed a poetic embodiment of the transcendentalist philosophy. Whitman (or the speaker who calls himself Whitman) doesn't sing and praise some outside ideals or occurrences, but himself. This is the transcendentalist ideal of self-reliance, explained in Emerson's eponymous essay. It says that the greatest strength of every individual is his/her own self, independent, free from authority and restraints, liberated and self-sufficient. Both Emerson and Whitman, each in his own right, have written a giant ode to individualism.
Another transcendentalist ideal embodied in Whitman's famous poem is relationship with nature. In his view, nature is the source of genuine beauty and wisdom, uncorrupted by the touch of social and political institutions. Whitman says "<span>I will go to the bank by the wood and become undisguised and naked", which means that nature is the only realm of sincerity, and people can only be true to themselves if they are independent of humanity but close to nature.
Just like Transcendentalism has been a unique, authentic American take on Romanticism, Whitman has been the pillar of American national and cultural identity in poetry. He has taken the very American notion of individualism (defined and praised by transcendentalists) and put it in his poetry, most notably in "Song of Myself" as the most self-obsessed, yet not egotistical account of modern American poetry.</span>
A verb phrase is the part of a sentence which contain a verb and an object, which can be a direct object or an indirect object. A verb phrase is an incomplete sentence and can not stand on its own.
The verb phrases in the passage given above are as follows:
1. Offers prescription drug coverage.
2. To help senior citizens.
3. Get the prescription drug they need.
4. Are enrolled in the Medicare Advantage Plan.
5. Can join a drug plan.
6. Look for the Medicare approve list.
7. To make sure.
8. Are getting the best deal.
