Monday, January 20, 2003

Out Of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking Comments

Rating: 3.1

Out of the cradle endlessly rocking,
Out of the mocking-bird's throat, the musical shuttle,
Out of the Ninth-month midnight,
Over the sterile sands and the fields beyond, where the child
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Walt Whitman
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Tony Best 08 October 2007

One of my favorites. I love how walt combines the pathos of the male bird for his lost mate, with his own poetic self, or his poetic awakening. What can one say? The Master has spoken, and we stand humbled.

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Francesco Lorto 22 August 2005

extremely moving(? ... 'commovente' in italian) . The verses spoken by the bird should be quoted, highlighted somehow...

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