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“Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” Prompt: Blog post #3
Whitman’s thoughts about the quiet, unseen forces really got me thinking about how easy it is to miss the small things that shape us. In my own life, I’ve noticed that it’s not always the big events that change me, but those everyday moments or even people I don’t pay much attention to at first. He talks about nature and experiences waiting patiently, and that idea really sticks with me. It reminds me of how little things, like a random conversation or even just time spent in a certain place, end up having a bigger impact on who I am than I realized at the time. It’s those moments that…
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The Tempest–Themes and Historical Contexts
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Blog Post #3
Whitman makes an excellent connection between the individual and sea of people he encounters everyday. For starters, he explains how they’re all viewing the same thing on their daily commute; the sun and birds that are starting to appear. He adds on that no matter the time and place, there will always be someone else walking alongside those who commute, regardless if they pay attention or not. Furthermore, during the midst of his poem, everyone on that boat sees the same thing he does–a connection between everyone although most don’t pay attention.
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Post #3
In “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” Walt Whitman does a beautiful job portraying what is like to be connected to the mass of commuters in the ferry. In the poem he describes how he too saw himself looking at the water, looking at the buildings, at the sky, at what the other commuters are looking at. He feels identified with the commuters. In paragraph 6 he compares himself with the actions and thoughts of the commuters by relating to them in more than one way.
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Blog Post #3
In the poem Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Walt Whitman makes a good case for a connection between theindividual and the masses of commuters. Throughout the poem the author discusses how a commonexperience amongst strangers creates a bond that unites them across time. The author and thecommuters, present and future, share the same observations, emotions and life experiences. Forexample, “It avails not, time nor place – distance avails not, I am with you, you men and women of ageneration, or ever so many generations hence. Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so Ifelt.” The author considers the many common sights they share on their daily journey…
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Blog Post #3
In “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”, Walt Whitman makes a great case to portray the daily commute to be full of significance. Throughout the story, Whitman’s connection between the individual and the masses of commute amplifies how the commute of yours and others around you, can say a lot about yourself and the other person ahead or behind you. Whether we commute to school, work, the gym, we all may have experienced the same or similar cultural impact during traveling. Whitman uses his own commute as a prime example, using the ferry can only make him question what kind of people he is surrounded by and how similar they are as people.…
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Blog Post #3
Walt Whitman’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” beautifully explores the interconnectedness of the individual and the collective. Not only through the commute itself, but through the human experience overall. Whitman says “These and all else were to me the same as they are to you, I loved well those cities, loved well the stately and rapid river, The men and women I saw were all near to me.” Our experiences will be shared by those around us, even those in the future long after. Our steps will be retraced, and the places we leave will be filled by others.
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