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“Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” blog post #3
I think Whitman makes a good case for the connection between individual and the masses of commuters. Throughout the poem. Walt Whitman shows how commuters share emotions, creating a strong connection among them. For example, when he says, “Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt,” he points out that they all have similar feelings. This makes it easier for readers to relate to their own experiences during the commute. By talking about things like nature that everyone can appreciate, Whitman encourages people to feel compassion for one another. He turns the everyday act of commuting into something special, reminding us that we’re…
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“Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” Walt Whitman
In “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” Walt Whitman portrays the daily commute, which we might experience as mundane, to be full of significance. He makes a good case for a connection between individual and the masses of commuters and this is seen in: How he observes, and acknowledges his fellow commuters, understand and accept their unique stories by observing and being empathetic. By his use of words like “we”, “us” and “together”, he emphasizes their shared experiences throughout the poem. “We understand then do we not?, What I promis’d without mentioning it, have you not accepted?”(Section 8) as he expresses their mutual understanding in terms of diversity, complexity and urban experiences which…
