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Walt Whitman

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To A Stranger

By: Walt Whitman

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PASSING stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you, You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking, (it comes to me as of a dream,) I have somewhere surely lived a life of joy with you, All is recall'd as we flit by each other, fluid, affectionate, chaste, matured,

Walt was born on May31st 1819 in West Hills, NY

He was the 2nd of 9 children.

This is a simile

This isassonance

Every single person dreamsEvery single night; we usually

Don’t remember it.

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You grew up with me, were a boy with me or a girl with me, I ate with you and slept with you, your body has become not yours only nor left my body mine only, You give me the pleasure of your eyes, face, flesh, as we pass, you take of my beard, breast, hands, in return,

He died onMarch 26th

1896 in CamdenNJ

“Eyes,Face,

Flesh,” isAlliteration.

There is a main streetIn every borough of

NYC except Manhattan. WaltWas raised in Brooklyn.

A beard can contain Anywhere from

40 to 4,000Hairs.

Whitman was quite conceited and often

Referred to himself as the American bard.

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I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.

Whitman isGenerally

Considered to be The mostImportant

American poetOf the 19th century

This is assonance

Whitman designed The tomb he is buried in.

Whitman’s Sexuality is

Debated.

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Explication Slide

• This poem is all about the people we encounter. It talks about how everyone we meet affects us, and how we affect them in return. They change us, we change them, and we move on, but that’s the way its suppose to be. It also mentions that we will continue to think of these people as the rest of our lives go on.


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