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on A child said, What is the grass? by Walt Whitman, on May 31, 2004
I think Whitman was trying to slap whoever said "show, don't tell" in the face with this one. This proves that whole school of thought. How can you "show" a blind man what the color green is? You have to TELL them. I think that was kind of they way he leaned in this one, and really, it was the only way he could've answered the kid's question. Or maybe it was a question he asked himself, and like AP said above, the grass is just a metaphor for various things that Whitman could relate it to. The last line gave me goose bumps. I wish Whitman was my daddy.
on 1861 by Walt Whitman, on May 31, 2004
This is a fantastic personifying piece, making his horrible, rough year to be have characterstics similar to human ones. I think the repition of the "Or" is just Whitman's way of listing the different types of ways the year had done him wrong. To me, it just seems like a rant. I hope Whitman had some resolutions for the following year .
on One's Self I Sing by Walt Whitman, on May 31, 2004
I found this one to be ironic, in the sense that Whitman knows that he is in fact an individual, but knows he is part of a group; the masses. His rights are equal to those held by women. I think this is just a simple, obvious politcal statement. Whitman would've made a great president.