Song of Myself VI

VI

Or I guess if is the handkerchief of the Lord,

A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt,

Bearing the owner’s name someway in the corners, that we

     may see and remark, and say Whose?

Or I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of 

     the vegetation.

1.This poem suggests that the poet is religious because he refers to grass as something God left behind for people to remember him by. It also suggests he believes that no one really dies and that he wishes he could translate what dead people were saying through the grass. He respects the grass because it comes from those who have died.

2.This poem portrays that America has a hopeful nature through the symbol of grass. Through his idea that no one really dies, makes it known how everyone matters and makes an impact on the world forever. It also could be saying that grass represents tongues of dead people.

3. It makes us, as individuals, feel hopeful by demonstrating an underlying message that no one really dies and death isn't as bad as it seems. It also symbolizes the importance of each individual because no one really dies.

4. The way he describes the connection between Man and nature(grass) is to use it as a symbol of the continuity of the inherent life-death cycle. "all goes onward and outward.." It also shows how grass grows everywhere no matter what just like people are born and die no matter what.