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“A Noiseless, Patient Spider” by Walt Whitman
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10:04 AM
July 24, 2009


CelfistJett

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This is a poem I'm having to analyze for my ENG 112 class. I found it interesting, because Walt Whitman uses the spider to describe himself. My thesis argues that Whitman is using his observations from the actions of the spider to convey his longing for communication and social acceptance.

A NOISELESS, patient spider,  
I mark’d, where, on a little promontory, it stood, isolated;  
Mark’d how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding,  
It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself;  
Ever unreeling them—ever tirelessly speeding them.          5
  
And you, O my Soul, where you stand,  
Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space,  
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,—seeking the spheres, to connect them;  
Till the bridge you will need, be form’d—till the ductile anchor hold;  
Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul.   10

4:54 PM
December 24, 2009


i_miss_you

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I like A Clear Midnight…

But A Noiseless, Patient Spider is good too:)


                                      <33Cassie4eva:)

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