Monthly Archives: November 2009
5 CONCLUSION (Part 8)
5 CONCLUSION (Part 8 ) “Our Old Feuillage,” published in 1860 (but probably written in 1856), was composed by Whitman to be the “National Poem,” as declared by himself (WHITMAN, 2002, p.145). It is a catalogue of scenes, places, people, … Continue reading
5 CONCLUSION (Parte 7)
5 CONCLUSION (Parte 7) Now an excerpt from “Song of the Answerer,” or the “Poem of the Poet” as its original title indicates, naming the poet as the answerer. Once again, the poet is giving his message of death, faith, … Continue reading
5 CONCLUSION (Parte 6)
5 CONCLUSION (Parte 6) This is a very famous part of “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”, one of the six elegies referred to in section 2.4; it was published in 1856, and was the best poem of that edition. This poem depicts … Continue reading
5 CONCLUSION (Part 5)
5 CONCLUSION (Part 5) We quote two passages from “Song of the Open Road.” Both show the main theme of this chant, which is the invitation to travel, because Whitman always liked to be in the open air, in direct … Continue reading
5 CONCLUSION (Parte 4)
5 CONCLUSION (Part 4) Now a passage from section 4 of “Salut au Monde!,” with the use of anaphoras, the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of verses (see section 3.5) and a catalogue of geographical features. … Continue reading
5 CONCLUSION (Part 3)
5 CONCLUSION (Part 3) Now we quote the initial stanza from “Starting from Paumanok” that shows a typical whitmanian construction, that is, a long series of sentences with the subject appearing only in the last line of the passage. This … Continue reading
5 CONCLUSION (Part 2)
5 CONCLUSION (Part 2) We shall now provide examples of poetic re-creations from Leaves of Grass so that the reader might judge our work for themselves. We will also add some comments on each poem, in order to situate the … Continue reading
5 CONCLUSION
5 CONCLUSION We must begin this chapter by remembering what we stated in section 3.2, where we declared that our purpose is to re-create some books and poems from Leaves of Grass into Portuguese according to our theory and practice … Continue reading
4 THE POEMS
4 THE POEMS This section contains the books and poems from Leaves of Grass on which we have been working up to now. After much re-working, we believe they are now ready to be presented to public appreciation. As we … Continue reading
3.9 Passages from Leaves of Grass
3.9 Passages from Leaves of Grass Thus, we shall begin now to quote some passages from Leaves of Grass, reminding ourselves and the reader of Whitman’s “abrupt departure” from traditional poetic forms. Even though we have brought here examples of … Continue reading
