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    2.1 Song of The Open Road

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    Walt Whitman's poem "Song of the Open Road" celebrates freedom and optimism. The poem follows the speaker as he takes to the open road, feeling healthy, free and content with the world before him. He declares that he will no longer complain or feel burdened, and that he has all he needs in nature and people. The poem encourages readers to embrace life's opportunities and fill themselves with lightheartedness.

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    Walt Whitman's poem "Song of the Open Road" celebrates freedom and optimism. The poem follows the speaker as he takes to the open road, feeling healthy, free and content with the world before him. He declares that he will no longer complain or feel burdened, and that he has all he needs in nature and people. The poem encourages readers to embrace life's opportunities and fill themselves with lightheartedness.

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    Walt Whitman's poem "Song of the Open Road" celebrates freedom and optimism. The poem follows the speaker as he takes to the open road, feeling healthy, free and content with the world before him. He declares that he will no longer complain or feel burdened, and that he has all he needs in nature and people. The poem encourages readers to embrace life's opportunities and fill themselves with lightheartedness.

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    SECTION TWO (POETRY)

    2.1 SONG OF THE OPEN


    ROAD

    Walt Whitman
    Walt Whitman
    (1819-1892)

    ● American Poet,
    Essayist and
    Journalist

    ● The Father of
    Free Verse
    Afoot and light-hearted I
    take to the open road,
    Healthy, free, the world
    before me,
    The long brown path before
    me leading wherever I
    choose.

    Henceforth I ask not good-


    fortune, I myself am good-
    fortune,
    Henceforth I whimper no
    more, postpone no more,
    need nothing,
    Done with indoor
    complaints, libraries,
    querulous criticisms,
    Strong and content I travel
    the open road.
    The earth, that is sufficient,
    I do not want the
    constellations any nearer,
    I know they are very well
    where they are,
    I know they suffice for those
    who belong to them.

    (Still here I carry my old


    delicious burdens,
    I carry them, men and
    women, I carry them with me
    wherever I go,
    I swear it is impossible for
    me to get rid of them,
    I am fill’d with them, and I
    will fill them in return.)
    VOCABULARY (NEW WORDS)
    1. Afoot- going on foot, 6. whimper - low voice of cry
    walking, in motion or agony, unhappiness,
    2. brown path- bare land sadness
    3. postpone- to stop for 7. querulous -
    few days argumentative, complaining
    4. suffice- enough, 8. constellations - Here it
    adequate, sufficient means group, collection,
    5. deliciuos gathering of people
    burdens(here)- sweet 9. light-hearted – cheerful,
    memories of the past care-free
    10.take to – begin
    FIGURES OF SPEECH
    1) The long brown path before me 4) Still here I carry my old delicious
    leading wherever I choose....... burdens.....
    Alliteration - Sound of letter ‘l’ is Paradox- Delicious and burden
    repeated. express opposite meaning.

    2) Henceforth I as not good- fortune, 5) Done with indoor complaints,


    I myself am good- fortune...... libraries, querulous criticism.....
    Repetition - Word ‘good –fortune’ is Tautology- ‘Complaint and Querulous’
    repeated. expresses same meanings.

    3) I carry them, men and women, I 6) Still here........burdens


    carry them with me wherever I go..... Metaphor - Old sweet memories are
    Repetition - Words 'Carry them’ are indirectly compared to something
    repeated. delicious.
    7) Henceforth I....need no more – 11) Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open
    Climax....Words are arranged in road.
    their ascending order of importance Inversion- The words are not in a correct prose
    order. The correct prose order is – I take to the
    8) Querulous Criticism open road afoot and light hearted.
    Alliteration- Sound ‘k’ is repeated.
    12) Done with indoor complaints, libraries,
    9) Strong and content I travel the querulous criticisms.
    open road. Climax- Ideas are arranged is ascending order.
    Inversion- The words are not in a
    correct prose order. The correct 13)Song of the road - Personification
    prose order is – I travel the open Non-living object road is shown singing.
    road strong and content.
    14) I carry my old delicious burdens
    10)I am fill’d with them, and I will fill Paradox-Burdens are described as delicious.
    them in return
    Repetition- The word ‘fill’ is repeated
    MESSAGE OF THE POEM

    It teaches us to be
    optimistic and happy.
    We have everything
    including freedom and
    opportunities. It
    encourages us to enjoy
    the life in healthy and
    free world. It motivates
    us to fill our heart with
    immense pleasure
    NK Y O U
    THA

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