▁persona : ▁" W alt ▁Whit man , ▁a ▁Kos mos , ▁of ▁Manh attan ▁the ▁son ," ▁ ▁and ▁a ▁ret iring ▁private ▁one . ▁He ▁called ▁his ▁interior ▁persona ▁the ▁Me ▁myself : ▁" I ▁have ▁not ▁once ▁had ▁the ▁least ▁idea ▁who ▁or ▁what ▁I ▁am ." ▁▁ ▁The ▁first ▁was ▁bold ▁enough ▁to ▁self - publish ▁and ▁self - review ▁the ▁work ▁he ▁offered ▁to ▁his ▁public ; ▁the ▁second ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁resort ▁to ▁code ▁to ▁dis gu ise ▁his ▁interior ▁ag end as . ▁The ▁most ▁famous ▁of ▁his ▁codes ▁was ▁" 1 6 . 4 ". ▁P ▁is ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁letter ▁of ▁the ▁alphabet ▁as ▁D ▁is ▁the ▁ 4 th . ▁P D ▁= ▁Peter ▁Do yle , ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁street car ▁driver ▁that ▁he ▁met ▁after ▁the ▁war ▁and ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁developed ▁a ▁deep ▁emot ional ▁attachment . ▁ ▁The ▁basis ▁for ▁Whit man ' s ▁Code : ▁A ▁New ▁Bible ▁was ▁another ▁Whit man ▁Code . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁first ▁discovered ▁by ▁his ▁friend , ▁R . M . ▁Buck e ▁in ▁a ▁not ebook ▁to ▁which ▁his ▁was ▁entr usted ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁execut ors ▁of ▁the ▁poet ' s ▁estate . ▁Fragment ▁ 1 4 ▁read : ▁" The ▁Great ▁Const ruction ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Bible . ▁Not ▁to ▁be ▁di vert ed ▁from ▁the ▁principal — the ▁main ▁life ▁work — the ▁three ▁hundred ▁and ▁si xty - five -- it ▁ought ▁to