Through The Eyes Of CHASE…

It has come to my attention that I am not the only one who faces some challenges understanding and graping Walt Whitman’s work. He doesnt follow the rules when it comes to writing poetry. His writing style is often first approached as confusing. But if you give it a chance, you’ll quickly begin to realize that anoyone can relate to Whitman’s work in some form of fashion. And it is though relation that one can truly understand his work.

To understand is to become one with his words… to become one with his words is to attempt to step into into Whitman’s world. You step into his world by completely allowing yourself to become what you are reading. Recall when you were a child and your parents read you a fairytale story. The pictures and words always seem to jump up from out the page and into existence. We understood and personally relived, even for a brief moment, the story that was being read to us. This is how one must attempt to read and undersyand Whitman works.

One way to relate to his work is by understanding that he wants you to know that everything is all about you. What better way to relate to a poertic piece than to actually be in the piece, personally.

The sum of all known value and respect I add up in you whoever you are;

The President is up there in the White House for you… it is not you who are here for him,

The Secretaries act in the bureaus for you… not you here for them,

The Congress convenes every December for you,

Laws, Courts, the forming of states, the charters of cities, the going and coming of commerce and mails are all for you.