Canto a Mi Mismo

Canto a Mi Mismo is the Spanish title of Song of Myself, the central poem of Leaves of Grass. In it a speaker celebrates himself and, through himself, every other person, from labourers and mothers to slaves and presidents. The poem moves through scenes of nature, city life, the body, war and death, and insists on the equal worth of all things. This edition presents the poem as a single work. It is loose, joyful and open, and remains Whitman's most famous poem.