ENGL 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dazzle Camouflage, Spoken Word, Lightning
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Promonok= long island, the place of his literal birth and the place of his birth as a poet. The boy, the man, the female bird, the male bird. The young boy is watching the two birds in their nest. Then one day the female bird leaves/dies and never returns to the nest. The entire story consist of the male bird singing sad songs to the world because his mate has left him. The first 22 lines describes walt whitman and his journey of leaving is home and relocating. 36-40- the male bird waiting for the return of his mate. 66- is a personification of the poem (white arms= seas waves) Aira= it is a single song by one person during the opera. 140- colloquy- conversations with the trio, each uttering. The male bird, the sea and the boy. 143- to the outsetting bard birth of a poet. 147- the birth of walt whitman as a poet.
