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Transcript of Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
To A Stranger
By: Walt Whitman
PASSING stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you, You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking, (it comes to me as of a dream,) I have somewhere surely lived a life of joy with you, All is recall'd as we flit by each other, fluid, affectionate, chaste, matured,
Walt was born on May31st 1819 in West Hills, NY
He was the 2nd of 9 children.
This is a simile
This isassonance
Every single person dreamsEvery single night; we usually
Don’t remember it.
You grew up with me, were a boy with me or a girl with me, I ate with you and slept with you, your body has become not yours only nor left my body mine only, You give me the pleasure of your eyes, face, flesh, as we pass, you take of my beard, breast, hands, in return,
He died onMarch 26th
1896 in CamdenNJ
“Eyes,Face,
Flesh,” isAlliteration.
There is a main streetIn every borough of
NYC except Manhattan. WaltWas raised in Brooklyn.
A beard can contain Anywhere from
40 to 4,000Hairs.
Whitman was quite conceited and often
Referred to himself as the American bard.
I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.
Whitman isGenerally
Considered to be The mostImportant
American poetOf the 19th century
This is assonance
Whitman designed The tomb he is buried in.
Whitman’s Sexuality is
Debated.
Explication Slide
• This poem is all about the people we encounter. It talks about how everyone we meet affects us, and how we affect them in return. They change us, we change them, and we move on, but that’s the way its suppose to be. It also mentions that we will continue to think of these people as the rest of our lives go on.