Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Poets actually work????
I will start off saying that I have not read the entire preface yet, so my opinion and calls may be totally off. I believe that Whitman is trying to say that the job of the poet is to capture the beauty and uniqueness of the new developing America. Whitman lists tons of things that the poet needs to capture, and I feel like the poet needs to take the images he sees and not just record them as text, but paint history as beautiful well written words.
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Your post shows that you have done a shallow reading of this material. Whitman says much about the job of a poet and how the poet compares to the common man. See if you can find what he says about honesty and what sets the poet apart. Whitman does see the job of the poet as hard work. This opinion caused problems in his family when some of the members saw him avoiding the work necessary to help to support the household. Be sure that you understand some of the nuances of Whitman's position.
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