Is America, just a place to Walt Whitman, or is it an idea and a goal to shot for, a place where everyone is equal and important? His poems “O Pioneers,” “America,” “O Me! O Life,” “I Hear America Singing,” “I Sit and Look Out,” and “Miracles” explore, discuss, and celebrate the ideas of goals, equality, and importance. In a way, reading these poems is a way to tell readers what they shall do.