Comments on: AS I SIT WRITING HERE http://camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/02/as-i-sit-writing-here/ Just another Looking for Whitman weblog Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:30:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.30 By: joefxd http://camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/02/as-i-sit-writing-here/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:24:20 +0000 http://camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=17#comment-164 I actually knew what ennui meant, but you’ll never guess where I heard it first.

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1543

]]> By: erinm http://camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/02/as-i-sit-writing-here/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:22:24 +0000 http://camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=17#comment-21 “As I sit Writing Here” is a poem that chronicles walt’s fear that his sickness, aging and discontented mood regarding his health will aeffect his poetry. He longss to still be the strong, bright, passionate writer we met when reading Song of Myself.

Definitions:
querilities: not in the dictionary, so it must be a Whitman word; based on the context I think he mean queries or questions that he worries about. such as: will my health seep into my writing?
ennui: a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom: The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.
lethargy:the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.

Definitions from Dictionary.com

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