Walt Whitman: Poems
O Me! O Life
In the third line, the speaker adds himself to the pathetic crowd of the "faithless and foolish." What effect does this have on the reader
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In my opinion, the poet's addition of himself provides the reader with a way of likening the poem to their own experiences, it gives us a personal reference. Whitman is asking a question.... which he answers as well.
