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Gusman · 61-69, M
A Noiseless Patient Spider
BY WALT WHITMAN
A noiseless patient spider,
I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated,
Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,
It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.
And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them,
Till the bridge you will need be form’d, till the ductile anchor hold,
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.
- In this poem, the speaker observes a noiseless, patient spider on a
promontory (a rock outcropping over the ocean). It leaves a mark on its
vast surroundings by weaving its web. In the second stanza, the speaker
compares the spider to his soul, which is always trying to make
connections in the world
The tone of this poem is very lonely and dark. The theme depicts the difficulty of human life, and how hopeless it can seem. Whitman uses various imagery to symbolize how the speaker feels and he (Whitman) is represented as the spider and if the spider is the speakers soul, then the surrounding is the universe.
BY WALT WHITMAN
A noiseless patient spider,
I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated,
Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,
It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.
And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them,
Till the bridge you will need be form’d, till the ductile anchor hold,
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.
- In this poem, the speaker observes a noiseless, patient spider on a
promontory (a rock outcropping over the ocean). It leaves a mark on its
vast surroundings by weaving its web. In the second stanza, the speaker
compares the spider to his soul, which is always trying to make
connections in the world
The tone of this poem is very lonely and dark. The theme depicts the difficulty of human life, and how hopeless it can seem. Whitman uses various imagery to symbolize how the speaker feels and he (Whitman) is represented as the spider and if the spider is the speakers soul, then the surrounding is the universe.
manly · 46-50, M
Are those song lyrics co-written by the late-great Ray and Margie? I'm a bit confused. XD