Comments on: BROADWAY http://camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/02/broadway/ Just another Looking for Whitman weblog Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:30:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.30 By: jillians http://camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/02/broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:54:46 +0000 http://camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=55#comment-141 Whitman loved to take endless strolls down streets like Broadway in New York and look for inspiration for his writing. Here, I think he is speaking of such a day. He uses words like hurrying, whirls and shuffling that lead me to believe he is speaking of how busy the New York streets are. There is so much vitality in the city and every person and every thing has its own story. This poem is so descriptive, it is easy to imagine you are walking right along with Whitman.

The last two lines, I feel, sum up the poem…I think Whitman is saying that nothing compares to New York.

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