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challenging
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challenging
inspiring
reflective
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slow-paced
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“Dear friend whoever you are take this kiss,
I give it especially to you, do not forget me,”
I will not I will not I will not.
This book is a part of me now.
I give it especially to you, do not forget me,”
I will not I will not I will not.
This book is a part of me now.
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Would have been much better if my brain didn't decide to sing the verses in country rather than just reading it as poetry. . . -_- I'll try to read it again another day maybe.
Okay I get the hype now. It all makes sense. Reading Leaves of Grass made me happy. It made me feel in control and honestly, that’s a nice thing. Thank you, Whitman, for finding the preciousness in humans that is so hard to explain.
inspiring
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hopeful
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relaxing
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This is a classic poetry collection, of course, and this edition reproduces it just as it was published in 1855, with the author's own meandering preface, in which he concludes:
"The poems distilled from other poems will probably pass away. The coward will surely pass away. The expectation of the vital and great can only be satisfied by the demeanor of the vital and great... The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it."
And the poetry that follows is emphatically American, individualistic and transcendentalist and humanist and sensual.
"I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise,
Regardless of others, ever regardful of others,
Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well as a man,
Stuffed with the stuff that is coarse, and stuffed with the stuff that is fine,
One of the great nation, the nation of many nations—
the smallest the same and the largest the same,..."
Dover editions are usually quite affordable, so I was surprised that this (public domain) book has a list price of $12.95, which seems a little high since it is just the text and no additional commentary or notes. But it's a collection worth having, however you choose to read it.
Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to review a digital ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.
"The poems distilled from other poems will probably pass away. The coward will surely pass away. The expectation of the vital and great can only be satisfied by the demeanor of the vital and great... The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it."
And the poetry that follows is emphatically American, individualistic and transcendentalist and humanist and sensual.
"I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise,
Regardless of others, ever regardful of others,
Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well as a man,
Stuffed with the stuff that is coarse, and stuffed with the stuff that is fine,
One of the great nation, the nation of many nations—
the smallest the same and the largest the same,..."
Dover editions are usually quite affordable, so I was surprised that this (public domain) book has a list price of $12.95, which seems a little high since it is just the text and no additional commentary or notes. But it's a collection worth having, however you choose to read it.
Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to review a digital ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
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1. America is out of commas. Walt Whitman used them all.
2. There are some parts of this that are absolutely wonderful. Whitman's exuberance and whimsy are things to which I feel that we can all aspire. He is sad and happy and feels deeply the boons and banes of what it means to be human.
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He also has a few poems/reflections that are so cringe-ridden that it's hard to follow them. I realize that these are 100% products of the time period, but no one seems to want to talk about them. This brings me to my next point:
3. I forgot how absolutely in love with the USA, Whitman was. Holy crap. Patriotism is the pastime of the vicious, my friend. Even back then. Dude. Seriously.
4. How... HOW... HOW did I not see all the sex in this the first time I read it? I think I was like sixteen or something? Maybe, I'm misremembering and only read bits of it. Dunno. Wow. Lots of sex. Whitman, you dog, you.
2. There are some parts of this that are absolutely wonderful. Whitman's exuberance and whimsy are things to which I feel that we can all aspire. He is sad and happy and feels deeply the boons and banes of what it means to be human.
...
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He also has a few poems/reflections that are so cringe-ridden that it's hard to follow them. I realize that these are 100% products of the time period, but no one seems to want to talk about them. This brings me to my next point:
3. I forgot how absolutely in love with the USA, Whitman was. Holy crap. Patriotism is the pastime of the vicious, my friend. Even back then. Dude. Seriously.
4. How... HOW... HOW did I not see all the sex in this the first time I read it? I think I was like sixteen or something? Maybe, I'm misremembering and only read bits of it. Dunno. Wow. Lots of sex. Whitman, you dog, you.