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Analysis and comments on A Noiseless Patient Spider. by Walt Whitman

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Comment 2 of 12, added on May 19th, 2005 at 10:30 PM.

a noiseless patient spider: the spider is making a web, making a home for
itself. kinda like a soul waiting for a body. the soul is making a bridge
"till the ductile anchor hold, Till the gossamer thread you fling catch
somewhere."

marissa from United States
Comment 1 of 12, added on April 21st, 2005 at 8:43 AM.

this poem is very strange and i dont understand why the title has to do
with a spider, i really dont get that

Jason from United States

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Information about A Noiseless Patient Spider.

Poet: Walt Whitman
Poem: 10. A Noiseless Patient Spider.
Volume: Leaves of Grass
- 18. Whispers of Heavenly Death
Year: 1900
Added: Feb 7 2004
Viewed: 14066 times
Poem of the Day: Dec 25 2004


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