Connections from Whitman

To me, this poem talks about how when children see something, they adapt to it. Children will change what they like or what they do if other kids are doing the same thing. Adapting with these things will make the child apart of who they are in the future. Later in the poem it talks about how when a child is born their parents give them everything thing they have. They give birth and parent them because from that moment the child is apart of them. Everything the child is exposed to will form what kind of person they will grow up to be.

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Emily Dickinson's Garden of Poetry

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The Daisy follows soft the Sun by Emily Dickinson

The Daisy follows soft the Sun --
And when his golden walk is done --
Sits shyly at his feet --
He -- waking -- finds the flower there --
Wherefore -- Marauder -- art thou here?
Because, Sir, love is sweet!

We are the Flower -- Thou the Sun!
Forgive us, if as days decline --
We nearer steal to Thee!
Enamored of the parting West --
The peace -- the flight -- the Amethyst --
Night's possibility!

     I believe Dickinson is trying to convey that the Daisy is the people of the world and the Sun is God. We follow God throughout our lives. It could also be interpreted literally as flowers blooming as the sun comes up in the east and following the sun till it sets in the west.

Affirmations of Life

     To positively handle something that is not so good requires a positive outlook on the situation. To handle something that is bad you also have to have patience and you have to be calm. It all depends on the exact situation to determine how else to handle it.

The Truth About Nature

     I believe I have a connection to nature when I go up to my cabin and just relax. My family and I sit out on the pier and just look out at the lake. I do not think I neccessarily found truth in this experience. I do not think that this alters my way of thinking but it does make me much more relaxed and I appreciate nature a little more each time. I like going up to my cabin because I can be connected to nature because it is not in the city. Being in nature takes away my stress that I have back in the city.