1. Ranier Rilke - The Unfinished
... makes one think Whitman believed that the self was an amalgam of all people - alive or dead, good or bad - in the world. He believed that we all share a common bond through the "life source," a primeval force that defined the world: Smile O voluptuous coolbreathed Earth! Earth of the slumbering and liquid trees! Earth of departed sunset! Earth of the mountains misty-topt! Earth of the vitreous pour of the full moon just tinged with ... blue! Earth of shine and dark mottling the tide of the river! Earth of the limpid gray of ... ...
- Word Count: 2891
- Approx Pages: 12
- Grade Level: High School