On Walt Whitman's Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry
Title: On Walt Whitman's Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry
Category: Literature / Poetry | Words: 875 | Pages: 3.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
On Walt Whitman's Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry
One and the Same
Walt Whitman asks himself and the reader of the poem, 'Crossing
Brooklyn Ferry,' what significance a person's life holds in the
scope of densely populated planet. The poem explores the
difficulties of discovering the relevance of life. The methods
that helped Whitman grasp his own idea of the importance of life
are defined with some simple yet insightful and convincing
observations. By living under and for the standards of others,
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showed last 75 words of 875 total…poem set his conclusion
regarding the importance of interiority its results on the
world.
You furnish your parts toward eternity,
Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the soul.
Whitman himself ignored the social standards of his day and by
doing what fulfilled his personal goals, he established his own
eternal identity as one of the greatest American poets.
'Crossing Brooklyn Ferry' communicates Whitman's ideas about
life in an discrete but highly effective manner.
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