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September 13th, 2009 by oatakan
Sep 15th Oatakan (image gloss)
“I pass death with the dying, and birth with the new-washed babe
…and am not contained between my hat and boots,
And peruse manifold objects, no two alike and every one good.
The earth good, and the stars good, and their adjuncts all good.
I am not an earth nor an adjunct of earth,
I am the mate and companion of people, all just as immortal and fathomless as myself
They do not know how immortal, but I know.”
American Heritage Dictionary (2)
Fathomless:
- adjective Too deep to be fathomed or measured.
- adjective Too obscure or complicated to be understood.
The word fathomless means “too deep to fathom” and with respect to the universe, this can be applied both to its physical depth, as well as to the difficulty in understanding its properties.
Since, I am struggling to understand his words and put them together to find out meaning of his lines ; (fathomless) is the perfect word to call Walt Whitman as well as he calls himself. I think in these lines he is trying to explain his existence in a unique way. He tells about objects like not one thing looks like another, however they complete each other. Furthermore, he defines himself as being immortal and fathomless. In my opinion, he is not afraid to die and he accepts being complicated to be understood.
The picture is US, Fantastic Pit in Georgia’s Ellison’s Cave, which I thought incredibly deep (fathomless) adjuncts with Whitman’s thoughts and work.
Posted in Uncategorized | | 3 Comments
on September 14th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Hi Oatakan, i really like your image, it caught my attenion when i was looking upon projects, i think the visual really shows how in depth the word fathomless means.
on October 2nd, 2009 at 5:42 am
Hi Otakan! I really like your image gloss. I am constantly amazed at the words that fellow students pick out of that poem and what they get from that. I love the picture.
on October 5th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
I have to echo Jennifer’s comment, Oktay — you chose a beautiful image to illustrate your term.