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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A boy and his faithful dog are good companions.

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How does learning a different language gives students an opportunity to learn about other cultures?

Which of the following would not be an example of a soft skill?
O Professionalism
O Writing a computer program
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Which line in this excerpt from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice illustrates Miss Bingley's growing dislike for Elizabeth Bennet? "Your picture may be very exact, Louisa," said Bingley; "but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice." "You observed it, Mr. Darcy, I am sure," said Miss Bingley;"and I am inclined to think that you would not wish to see your sister make such an exhibition." "Certainly not." "To walk three miles, or four miles, or five miles, or whatever it is, above her ankles in dirt, and alone, quite alone! What could she mean by it? It seems to me to show an abominable sort of conceited independence, a most country-town indifference to decorum." "It shows an affection for her sister that is very pleasing," said Bingley. "I am afraid, Mr. Darcy," observed Miss Bingley in a half whisper, "that this adventure has rather affected your admiration of her fine eyes. "

Portraying various personas differs from imitating someone because our
personas:
A. completely conceal our personalities.
B. are like people we have never met.
C. cannot adapt to different scenarios.
D. contain some aspect of our true self.

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If we don't think of a solution to ___________ the parking problem, we will have to reschedule the concert.
choices
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What type of law is the broadest category of law and defines the rights and responsibilities of individuals?

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How does the use of first-person point of view in the story "The Tell-Tale heart" impact the
reader?

O The story is more suspenseful because the reader has insight into the thoughts and feelings of all the
characters in the story.
O The story is more suspenseful because the reader has insight into only one character's thoughts and
feelings.

Which of the following demonstrates academic integrity in your writing? Select all that apply.


Ethical use of other people's work to support, comment upon and add to your own ideas

Referencing the sources you use in-text and at the end of your assignment

Making notes for your assignment without recording the details of your sources

Paraphrasing, summarising and synthesising the ideas of others into your assignment

Write a poem of how discrimination is a problem in the US

Why would Swift write such a proposal?
What do believe motivated him to present such an argument?

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Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job.

"I want to go to jail," Audrey had told her mother.

Which best describes the point(s) of view used in this excerpt?

first person only
second person only
first person and third person
second person and third person

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Romeo and Juliet are sometimes called "star-crossed lovers" because
fate-"the stars- seems to work against them. Write an essay in which you
explore the role of fate in their lives. Does everything seem to go wrong
for these young lovers? Do you think their (or their families) behavior is
more to blame for their sad end than fate? Answer these questions in
your essay."
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"Some Massanello may hereafter arise, who, laying hold of popular disquietudes, may collect together the desperate and the discontented, and by assuming to themselves the powers of government may sweep away the liberties of the continent like a deluge." In the excerpt, Paine compares a deluge—a torrential downpour—to the actions of a group of men to illustrate their force. intentions. numbers. pride.

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The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.


Part A

How are the doctors from the 1700s and modern doctors similar?


A.

They use the best medical information available at the time.


B.

They believe that a person can have too much “bad blood.”


C.

They understand that it is important to clean their tools.


D.

They do not always do what the patient wants.


Part B

Which detail from the text best supports your answer in part A?


A.

"carefully cleaning hands"


B.

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C.

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D.

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Pretend you are a part of the audience for the formal debate shown in the video below. Summarize the key points of both the affirmative and the opposing side. Then conduct some additional research to better inform yourself about the pros and cons of technology and smart devices, including the impact they have on the developing human brain. Finally, explain which side you agree with and why.

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"There's n othing smart about personalized intimate technology. It simply confirms our misplac ed ideal that the world revolv es around us.

Smart technology has made us smart in some unexpected ways. It's made us more responsive. It's made us more engaged.

What we've created, in other words, is an environment that is constantly frustrating our mind's ability to create deep knowledge into think deeply.

This is the greatest time in human history to be wanting to know. There is no better time. The access to information has never been this free.

We're losing that contemplative deep focused attentive state of mind that is crucial to the creation of knowledge, the creation of intelligence, and deep thinking in general.

In this age of constant distraction-- we can't focus-- we're watching seven years of Game of Th rones, the most complex narrative that we've ever seen in our world. Our universities are turning out experts and scholars who are deep into their topics-- deeper than ever, because they can go that deep because of the internet. We are knowing more and better than ever.

What we're losing is the sub tlety, the depth, the sophistication of thought. In an odd way, perhaps we're becoming like machi nes. But that, in an odd way, as well makes us du mber than we once were.

There are lots of things that people do with technology in this current moment that may not rise to the bar of tenured faculty and book writers. That doesn't necessarily mean it's dum b. What is d umb, and what is lying underneath that judgment? Buried in that is notions about what is appropriate disco urse, what is sufficiently merit-worthy.

We're not all broadcasting these deep thoughts. Were sending out links to sill y videos. We're going-- spending huge amounts of time on Fac ebook. We're spending lots of time on T witter, sending Snapc hats.

We've never had an opportunity like this, the ability to participate in the creation of knowledge. This is the smartest age we've ever had."

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