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Whitman (writing style (line breaks (sec 33: white space & ellipses…
Whitman
writing style
line breaks
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rewards 1) slow reading, 2) reading out loud, 3) reading in a group
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@ beginning of poem he asks you (reader) to stop for him, @ the end he stops for you (reader)
sound
p 41-42: sounds around us like concert choir, complexity of sound mirrors major theme of poem --> equality in sound is like equality in beings & their purposes
no sound is superior to another, no being is superior to another
words as symbols on page
reader's interpretation gives value to words; reader & author minds together create [the word's] own medium
self spirituality
accept myself for all that I am, forget past & future, only present matters
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witness v observation
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combination of vision & speech results in being/becoming a witness (to the world, people, & nature) --- "prophetical screams"
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nature & self
GRASS
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as a whole, grass = society
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soul & self
"invite my soul" (21) indicates separation from self (self & soul are independent, not necessarily bound)
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birth, death & immortality
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all serve the same function, which exists only (for our consciousness) in the present
death & religion
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death used to demonstrate: 1) everyone is connected, 2) we ALL impact ALL lives even after we've died with our memories & actions
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