A Child’s Reminiscence
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A Child’s Reminiscence is the original title of Walt Whitman’s lyric poem later known as “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking,” a seminal work of American free verse exploring memory, loss, and the awakening of the poetic self.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Child’s Reminiscence canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American poem
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lyric poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author | Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
cradle-like motion of the sea
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song of birds ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
artistic vocation
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awakening of the poetic self ⓘ childhood ⓘ death ⓘ loss ⓘ memory ⓘ memory and recollection ⓘ nature ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
formation of the poetic consciousness
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relationship between memory and art ⓘ transforming personal loss into song ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
childhood reminiscence
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poetic calling ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern free verse ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterRetitledAs | Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American Romanticism
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Transcendentalism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | American lyric tradition ⓘ |
| meter | free verse ⓘ |
| movement | American free verse ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| narrator | adult speaker recalling childhood ⓘ |
| originalTitleOf | Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking ⓘ |
| partOf | Leaves of Grass ⓘ |
| setting |
Long Island seacoast
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seashore ⓘ |
| significance | seminal work of American free verse ⓘ |
| style |
highly musical free verse
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imagistic description of nature ⓘ |
| symbol |
child as emerging poet
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lost mate as lost love ⓘ mockingbird as poet figure ⓘ sea as cradle ⓘ |
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