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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
inspiring
slow-paced
Strong character development:
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Loveable characters:
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+2 stars for gayness
-3 stars for colonial romanticism
-3 stars for colonial romanticism
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
whitman’s love for life, nature, and america radiates off every page. somewhat tedious (especially because i am not the biggest poetry person) but also at times bright, refreshing, and insightful. at its best, whitman’s words are infectiously joyful. at its worst, they become rambling, self important, deluded, and essentially pointless.
favorite quotes:
“i exist as i am, that is enough, / if no other in the world be aware i sit content, and if each and all be aware i sit content.”
“i hear the sound of the human voice …. a sound of love, / i hear all sounds as they are tuned to their uses ….. sounds of the / city and sounds out of the city …. sounds of the day and night”
“i am an acme of things accomplished, and i an encloser of things to be.”
“do i contradict myself? very well then …. i contradict myself; / i am large …. i contain multitudes.”
“the wonder every one sees is every one else he sees …. and the / wonders that fill each minute of time forever and each acre of surface and space forever”
“to think that the sun rose in the east …. that men and women / were flexible and real and alive …. that every thing was real / and alive”
“sure as the stars return again after they merge in the light, death is great as life.”
favorite quotes:
“i exist as i am, that is enough, / if no other in the world be aware i sit content, and if each and all be aware i sit content.”
“i hear the sound of the human voice …. a sound of love, / i hear all sounds as they are tuned to their uses ….. sounds of the / city and sounds out of the city …. sounds of the day and night”
“i am an acme of things accomplished, and i an encloser of things to be.”
“do i contradict myself? very well then …. i contradict myself; / i am large …. i contain multitudes.”
“the wonder every one sees is every one else he sees …. and the / wonders that fill each minute of time forever and each acre of surface and space forever”
“to think that the sun rose in the east …. that men and women / were flexible and real and alive …. that every thing was real / and alive”
“sure as the stars return again after they merge in the light, death is great as life.”
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
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Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Walt Whitman's poetry needs no introduction from me, but this edition is well laid out with nice-sized font. I haven't read different editions of Leaves of Grass to know how they compare, but I will say that there feels like this edition may suffer a bit from including everything rather. Great as a resource but less great to read end to end.
Walt Whitman is one of the greatest American poets who along with Emily Dickinson share credit as pioneers of the Modern American poetry.
His work is long and can be intimidating. Also, at times it can feel tiring to go through his long lists while at other times can be very enjoyable.It depends on my mood at that moment. I love both poets, but I tend to enjoy more the Dickinsonial style. Nevertheless, his work is brilliant! I highly recommend that you read Emerson's essay The American Scholar at some point before, during, or after your reading of Leaves of Grass. Emerson highly endorsed Whitman's poem, and and Leaves of Grass seems to be a response to Emerson's The American Scholar or at the very least to have influenced Whitman's original writing style in Leaves of Grass that brought American poetry to new levels and have contributed to national identity.
His work is long and can be intimidating. Also, at times it can feel tiring to go through his long lists while at other times can be very enjoyable.It depends on my mood at that moment. I love both poets, but I tend to enjoy more the Dickinsonial style. Nevertheless, his work is brilliant! I highly recommend that you read Emerson's essay The American Scholar at some point before, during, or after your reading of Leaves of Grass. Emerson highly endorsed Whitman's poem, and and Leaves of Grass seems to be a response to Emerson's The American Scholar or at the very least to have influenced Whitman's original writing style in Leaves of Grass that brought American poetry to new levels and have contributed to national identity.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
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Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
This is not at all the changing of the tide of morality by standing up for nobility, truth, and justice that I though it ours be having read G. K. Chesterton’s introductory poem to the Man Who Was Thursday.
It does not at all live up to:
I found again the book we found. I feel the hour that flings
Far out of fish-shaped Pommanoak some cry of cleaner things
And the green carnation withered as in forest fires that pass
Roared in the wind of all the world ten million leaves of grass
And I was disillusioned.
It does not at all live up to:
I found again the book we found. I feel the hour that flings
Far out of fish-shaped Pommanoak some cry of cleaner things
And the green carnation withered as in forest fires that pass
Roared in the wind of all the world ten million leaves of grass
And I was disillusioned.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A