Whew...I knew this was going to be challenging for me but man oh man! I started by trying to read, "Song of Myself". Big Mistake. I did not understand anything that I was reading so I went back to basics. I copied off the "11 basic steps to reading a poem" and searched for a smaller poem and found "The Dalliance of the Eagles". Much Better. I read the poem...then re-read the poem...the again, re-read the poem. Is this poem actually about a male and female eagle dallying around or is there deeper meaning? So I did what every red-blooded librarian would do...I looked it up on the internet. Of course, there it was...deeper meaning! We as human beings searching for thrills and the joy of living only to find ourselves spiralling down unto death! Well, I re-read the poem again with this in mind.
And so...on I will go to another poem of Walt Whitman's and see if I do any better!
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