When I Heard The Learned Astronomer Comments

silence is the ultimate master for every wise person; give the lecture sheet but thru the wisdom of silence

Not much time for the learned astronomer, who is a bore. Looking up at the starry night is better than an astronomy lecture.

Dis boi needs sum

A nearly perfect poem in the changing sounds (pitch, internal rhyme or its absence, rhythm, and more) from pleasant to irritating to fatigue and then positive resolution marry sound effects with emotion so effectively. And what a marvelous resolution!

In the poem “When I Heard the learned the learn’d astronomer”, Walt Whitman explores the concept that you can understand nature better just by sitting and observing over a variety of math equations and diagrams.