City Of Ships Comments

Powerful words and thoughts shared by the great writer.

Or possibly he is writing his feeling about his city.

I agree with Briana beacuse maybe he's talking about the Civil War or he is just writing about the city that he is feeling.

This poem comes across to me as a man that has grew up in a peaceful city but now the city has turned and he must attempt to restore it.

Perhaps kristine, he isn't talking about a specific city, maybe the 'City of the world..' or perhaps America if he is talking about the Civil War. Or maybe he is just writing about a city in a general sense of the feeling of a city.

i dont think Whitman is talking about a certain city in general but how all people feel of their hometown, where they grew and hope to live their life, to protect and care for, and preserve for ever

I have no idea what city for sure he is talking about. He might be talking about New York. He is trying to encourage a city's patriotism for the Civil War.