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If you were to ask me about the poem "A Song of Joys" I would say "it's alright" but if you asked me on a deeper level I'd say "O to attract by more than attraction! How it is I know not—yet behold! the something which obeys none of the rest, It is offensive, never defensive—yet how magnetic it draws. O to struggle against great odds, to meet enemies undaunted! To be entirely alone with them, to find how much one can stand! To look strife, torture, prison, popular odium, face to face! To mount the scaffold, to advance to the muzzles of guns with perfect nonchalance! To be indeed a God! O to sail to sea in a ship! To leave this steady unendurable land, To leave the tiresome sameness of the streets, the sidewalks and the houses, To leave you O solid motionless land, and entering a ship, To sail and sail and sail!"
Important for the American Poets and interesting to see where some of the current poets get their ideas from.
Did you know that both Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker wrote love letters to this guy?
I get it.
Първоначално мислех да дам 3-3.5 звезди; книгата ми беше приятна, някои части ми харесваха, други не разбирах. Но някак си се промениха нещата с времето. Първо, почнах да разбирам по-голяма част от това, което четох. Второ, привързах се емоционално. Чувства се сякаш не чета, а разговарям с много приятна личност, която споделя с мен мъдростта си. Това е интересно развитие, защото Уитман обикновено пише за любовта си към хората и подобни оптимистични мисли, които обикновено ме дразнят, ама просто е различно с него. Когато се чувствах зле, четох произведенията му за успокоение, и ми беше тъжно, ако не я намирах в бъркотията в стаята ми. И начинът, по който са подредени произведенията е интересен; получава се gradual transition от по-оптимистични теми към опитите на Уитман във войната и подобни. Усещането е все едно чета за живота му и виждам как се променя катo човек.
I get it.
Първоначално мислех да дам 3-3.5 звезди; книгата ми беше приятна, някои части ми харесваха, други не разбирах. Но някак си се промениха нещата с времето. Първо, почнах да разбирам по-голяма част от това, което четох. Второ, привързах се емоционално. Чувства се сякаш не чета, а разговарям с много приятна личност, която споделя с мен мъдростта си. Това е интересно развитие, защото Уитман обикновено пише за любовта си към хората и подобни оптимистични мисли, които обикновено ме дразнят, ама просто е различно с него. Когато се чувствах зле, четох произведенията му за успокоение, и ми беше тъжно, ако не я намирах в бъркотията в стаята ми. И начинът, по който са подредени произведенията е интересен; получава се gradual transition от по-оптимистични теми към опитите на Уитман във войната и подобни. Усещането е все едно чета за живота му и виждам как се променя катo човек.
Awesome, as in it inspires awe. What a trascendental experience to read this book
This has been one of my favorite works since November of 2011, but I just realized I had never reviewed it after finishing [b:Paper Towns|2914097|Paper Towns|John Green|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327869758s/2914097.jpg|3364505].
There is not much I can say about this that has not been said, but I will say this:
This book changed my outlook on life. This is the most influential piece of literature on me that I have ever read. Honestly, Song of Myself truly changed the way I view the world around me. I hope that I have become less inwardly focused, but I don't know. All I know is that whenever I feel lost, I pick up this book. There is always something in there that can comfort me.
There is not much I can say about this that has not been said, but I will say this:
This book changed my outlook on life. This is the most influential piece of literature on me that I have ever read. Honestly, Song of Myself truly changed the way I view the world around me. I hope that I have become less inwardly focused, but I don't know. All I know is that whenever I feel lost, I pick up this book. There is always something in there that can comfort me.
surprise i actually Have been reading just not finishing anything lol!!! Anyway ok first of all i read the first edition of it, which is only ~15 poems (in later editions he kept adding more on and there ended up being like 200?). my favorite of them by far was "the sleepers," really cool imagery and narrative shift, and i personally found it unique from the other poems idk. song of myself is also fun and has its good moments but my god it is SO LONG and walt heres just really on his transcendentalist schtick so a lot of the content in a lot of these poems is like "We Are All One We All Come From The Earth Mother I Am You Everyone Is Beautiful America." like its fine when ur reading song of myself bc thats what that poem is about but a lot of the shorter ones later in the book are just reiterating that kind of idea without being as interesting as song of myself. like ive read poems of his that werent in this first collection that i like waaaay more lmao. giving 4 stars still bc i really loved the sleepers and my favorite parts of song of myself but like a lot of the other ones i was kind of indifferent to. much to think about. oh also shoutout to mr whitman for writing the funniest ever descriptions of busting a nut
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