Review of Whitman's "Song of Myself"

While I began on the journey of reading Walt Whitman, I became fascinated and confused by his writing style. “Song of Myself” seemed to me to be one giant paradoxical statement. As stated in class, I recognized that Whitman definitely embodies some other infamous poets, like Emerson and Thoreau. His statement shows an insightful portrayal of democracy:
“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.

My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air,
Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their
parents the same,
I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,
Hoping to cease not till death.”(Whitman 1240).
Whitman also portrays inception in “Song of Myself” by seeming invincible:
“I know I am deathless,
I know this orbit of mine cannot be swept by a carpenter's compass,
I know I shall not pass like a child's carlacue cut with a burnt
stick at night” (Whitman 1254). This passage to me seemed strange. It seems as though Whitman wrote this as if he was detached from reality, with the repetition and the common use of being invinsible.