Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
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"Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" is a celebrated poem by Walt Whitman that meditates on time, shared human experience, and the connection between past and future generations through the everyday act of crossing the East River.
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| instanceOf |
poem
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| addresses |
future generations
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future readers → |
| author |
Walt Whitman
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| centralSymbol |
East River crossing
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ferry → |
| collection |
Leaves of Grass
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| containsMotif |
crowds
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journey → light and shadow → water → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| firstPublishedIn |
Leaves of Grass
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| form |
long poem
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| genre |
free verse
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lyric poetry → |
| hasSubject |
New York City
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everyday life → human connection → |
| language |
English
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| literaryMovement |
American Romanticism
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Transcendentalism → |
| literaryTechnique |
anaphora
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cataloguing → direct address → imagery → repetition → |
| meter |
free verse
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| narrativePerspective |
first person
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| narrator |
ferry passenger
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| originalPublicationLanguage |
English
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| partOf |
Whitman canon
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| period |
19th century American literature
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| poet |
Walt Whitman
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| publicationType |
book poem
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| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
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Song of Myself → |
| setting |
Brooklyn
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East River → Manhattan → New York Harbor → |
| structure |
sectioned poem
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| theme |
connection between generations
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continuity of past present and future → democracy → shared human experience → spiritual unity → time → urban life → |
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Leaves of Grass
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notablePoem |
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Walt Whitman
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wrote |