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A Noiseless Patient Spider
I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated.
Mark'd how to explore the vast surrounding.
It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, filament out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.
And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to
connect them,
Till the bridge you will need be form'd till the ductile anchor hold,
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.
I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated.
Mark'd how to explore the vast surrounding.
It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, filament out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.
And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to
connect them,
Till the bridge you will need be form'd till the ductile anchor hold,
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.
| Using Digital Media to Interpret Poetry: Spiderman Meets Walt Whitman Read the article in Research in the Teaching of English Watch an interpretation of Walt Whitman's poem, A Noiseless Patient Spider. Before viewing, we recommend reading the print-based version of the poem |
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