Walt Whitman Famous Poems
Walt Whitman Famous Poems. Though it is a collection of lyrics, it is epical in its value and significance. The title suggests that in it the poet would sing of himself, but it is as much a song of America as of Whitman. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ THIS is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best..
O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear; Those of mechanics--each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong; The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring: But O heart! heart! heart! Sands at Seventy) Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII.
This monumental work chanted praises to the body as well as to the soul, and found beauty and reassurance even in death.
My Captain!" and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", and gave a series of lectures.
Not to-day is to justify me and answer what I am for, But you, a new brood, native, athletic, continental, greater than. before known, Arouse! for you must justify me. After a stroke towards the end of his life, Whitman moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. A Leaf for Hand in Hand.
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