Comments on: Elizabeth for 11/5 http://drumtaps.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/05/song_of_parting/ Just another Looking for Whitman weblog Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.30 By: sanja http://drumtaps.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/05/song_of_parting/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:59:52 +0000 http://drumtaps.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=108#comment-15 I believe you gave us something to think about. I too think he would be one of few people who would put their phone away and take a good look around, but what would he see except the people who did not put their phones away. And I do think that his poetry is very much alive and true today, but I must wonder, would he be thinking the same (and writing the same poetry) if he was to see the world today? I would really like to hear your oppinion on this.

]]> By: bmzreece http://drumtaps.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/05/song_of_parting/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:48:23 +0000 http://drumtaps.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=108#comment-14 “It is interesting to think of Whitman’s embrace of technology and the great push in advancements that have happened in the last twenty years, not to mention the last century.”

It makes me think of later poets such as Ginsburg who thought of the city as the new forest, the concrete jungle, and not necessarily in a bad way. I’m sure Ezra Pound would somehow fall in there, too.

I agree with your conclusion: Whitman would certainly appreciate the way the world has connected through technology, but would still want the “real world” to be experienced and felt – not just known about.

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