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A GLIMPSE, through an interstice caught,
Of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar-room, around the stove,
late of a winter night--And I unremark'd seated in a corner;
Of a youth who loves me, and whom I love, silently approaching, and
seating himself near, that he may hold me by the hand;
A long while, amid the noises of coming and going--of drinking and
oath and smutty jest,
There we two, content, happy in being together, speaking little,
perhaps not a word.
Walt Whitman
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ata khan
(2/9/2009 3:00:00 PM) |
I agree with Joe Powhit regarding this no tv and video.
Dear readers, kindly read my poem 'My village, winter and hope'
on the same topic, you'll like it too. THANKS
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JOE POEWHIT
(2/9/2009 9:47:00 AM) |
How Whitman captured a moment in time. 'AROUND THE STOVE'. Coal or wood burning. No TV. - Radios, - just people being people, in a remote setting of a reality of the past. A boy holding his hand, today would have different implications. BUT, it was more, a neighbor family atmosphere, surrounding the early American community. Captured well by the poet..
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Kevin Straw
(2/9/2009 7:24:00 AM) |
'interstice' seems the wrong word somehow, a bit obscure in the context. The interstice seems to have been in a screen which separated him (and the youth) from the workmen, for he catches a glimpse of them only. Whether the couple were in a private place unseen or whether they were in view of the workmen seems to me to be important to the poem. And WW seems to be suggesting the former.
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Chris Mendros
(2/9/2008 2:38:00 AM) |
'...A long while, amid the noises of coming and going-of drinking and/oath and smutty jest, '
Wrappin' it up in a nutshell. Wotta' description!
Know Whitman wasn't into drinking and swearing, so that leaves the 'smutty jest'. But i wonder if all contact- such as hand-holding- was considered sexual then, as it is in our (less sophisticated?) time?
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Hans Boerema
(10/14/2007 8:17:00 AM) |
that's because Whitman was gay.
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Lizzie Reynolds
(2/13/2007 9:52:00 PM) |
OMG...Good poem but a little confused when he says in the 5th line...HE
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