Walt Whitman Song of Myself

How does the metaphor of grass reflect the transformation of the self? (sect 17)

Foreword

In this very brief section, Whitman continues the contraction of his poem from the long catalogue two sections earlier. Now he offers a simple and straightforward claim: everything he has said in the poem up to this point is “not original with me” but rather has been thought by “all men in all ages and lands.” What is original with him is the articulation of these commonplace thoughts: we all have thought these things, but only the poet expresses them. That is the nature of poetry—to make us suddenly aware of something we knew at some level before but only now have experienced it in language. . Whitman goes on to insist that, if “Song of Myself” is to be successful, it has to actually and fully enter your mind, to read as if you yourself are thinking the thoughts that the poet is expressing. The magic of any powerful poem is that the distance between the reader and the author evaporates: the Walt Whitman who wrote this poem may be 150 years removed from us, and we may be reading him thousands of miles from where he wrote these words, but—in the act of reading—the thoughts come to seem “just as close as they are distant.” We all inhabit bodies, form minds, and the poet’s body and mind, though physically gone, are palpable in the words that his body put on paper and that our bodies ingest through the hands and eyes and ears, carrying mind to mind. Without that confluence, there are only dead words, ink on an unread page; with it, things literally come to mind.

The final two lines of this section continue Whitman’s answer to the child’s question that he began in Section 6: What is the grass? Here, it is that which grows everywhere and equally, like the “common air that bathes the globe.” Breathe in these thoughts, these images, the poet whispers; they are your experience as much as mine. They are the grass; they are the air.

Section 17

These are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me,

If they are not yours as much as mine they are nothing, or next to nothing,

If they are not the riddle and the untying of the riddle they are nothing,

If they are not just as close as they are distant they are nothing.

This is the grass that grows wherever the land is and the water is,

This the common air that bathes the globe.

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What topic does the article parody?

This can be added to the end of a word to change the word meaning

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When Pozo adopted Abate and Ali, he vowed to
take great care of them. And he did his best. But
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Abate and Ali did exactly as they were told not to
Their greatest passion was snail-hunting.
As he left home for an important meeting one
District afternoon, Pozo told the boys that he would be
particularly pleased if they did not join any snail-
hunting group or go snail-hunting by themselves. He
even promised surprise presents if they abstained
from snail-hunting for once. It was quite obvious to
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had been a heavy downpour that morning.
Pozo's meeting was a marathon. When he
arrived home at 8.30 that night, neither of the boys
was at home. He felt that something grave might
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have happened. He stood still for sometime
confused. He switched on his radio and tuned in to
his favourite station, Hiawa FM and the breaking
news was: "Five snail-hunters have been run over a
Yaaboi by the early evening in-coming Densuano-
bound train". As the dreadful news hit him, Pozo
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According to We’ve Got a Job, why do students at Miles organize a Selective Buying Campaign?

so Birmingham will desegregate public buses
so residents will be protected from violence
so schools that are segregated will be shut down
so stores that discriminate will make less money

Many of the hardest rocks are metamorphic rocks. Why do you think metamorphic rocks are harder than sedimentary rocks?

Which of the following would not be a good supporting sentence for an
illustration paragraph with the following topic sentence?
My brother has always been amazingly smart.
A. He picks up on concepts really quickly.
B. When he studies, he doesn't have to stick with one subject for
hours.
C. In fact, he can teach the concept to his friends minutes after
learning it for the first time.
D. Smart people are irritating.

Who is speaker in the story Monkeys Paw?

How are cole and nothukula alike? Story: Sweet, difficult sounds

Which scenario is an example of interpersonal communication?
a. A store employee ringing up a transaction.
b. Alicia introducing herself to the new student in class.
C. A bank teller accepting a deposit from an account holder.
d. Sandy asking the librarian where to find a biography on Shakespeare.

Which of the following roots most closely means "write"?
O A. Dem
B. Derm
C. Graph
O D. Lith

Which of the following is a strategy for crafting an effective conclusion to an essay? Introduce a new topic. Summarize your main points. Write "in conclusion" to signal the end of the essay. Restate your thesis verbatim.

Which word below is the best replacement for the underlined word?

The author said, “there are only a few writers in history that compare to William Shakespeare.”

Select one:


declares



says



implied



tells


underline word is "said"

Justify the need to make notes from a source.

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Week Three Discussion
Week Three Discussion
Question(s):
What types of processes have you used in the past when you have been asked to write an essay?
How are your prior experiences with essay writing different from what you are learning about in
class? How are they similar?

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4. Which statement describes how the author develops
their analysis of the Hero's Journey?
O A The author describes the structure of the Hero's
Journey and then explores how it translates to
popular books,
OB The author discusses the Hero's Journey as
Campbell describes it and then shows how it has
changed over time,
O c The author describes what the Hero's Journey is and
then discusses the pros and cons of following such a
structure,
OD The author discusses Campbell's discovery of the
Hero's Journey and then explores how the structure
of stories has changed since then,

on the research paper my teacher asked me what is ur arguement on vaccines what should I say?

please help please
Which of the following is NOT a basic belief or practice in Chinese Folk Religions?
Yin and Yang
Fasting
Filial Piety
Ancestor Worship

He is palying football into indiret speech​

what cause imamu to to stop running in the dissaperrance​

Replace the underlined words with the correct pronoun

Which sentence below correctly uses a comma before the quote?
Select one:

“Obama claims, looking at today’s youth, our future is bright.”


Obama claims – “looking at today’s youth, our future is bright.”


Obama claims: “looking at today’s youth, our future is bright.”


Obama claims, “Looking at today’s youth, our future is bright.”

Finish the sentence: What normally starts out as a utopia...

THIS IS DUE IN LIKE 15 MIN PLS HELP LOL

Summary
As you wrote your essay for this lesson, how did you define your audience and how did you ensure it would be accessible to your whole audience?

Describe the most important thing you learned before you were 10 years old.

my mom looks beautiful ​

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Write a three paragraph essay about being a scientist. Include the following: If you could be any kind of scientist, what kind would you be? Why? Describe what your life would be like as the scientist you imagine

I don't know how many flamingos there are in the zoo but I could blank a guess ?

which on is it plsssssssssssssssssssssss help

A
B
C
D
E

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* True or Folge: Mark T for True and F for False

1. The Ceremony of Ten involves haircuts T/F

2. Jonas' mother gives him a pill to stop his Stirrings. T/F

3 Gabriel will be released from the community T/F

4. Fritz, Jonas' neighbor, has a reputation of being very talented T/F

5 Members of Jonas' community get to choose their spouses T/F​

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